Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 121 priced lines covering 16,780 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,077 head. replacement cattle receipts at 110 head. Counted as USDA files them — 42 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,077Last week 8,404Year ago 14,486

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs sold sharply higher. Steers weighing 600 to 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher and those over 800 lbs sold 7.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly 11.00 to 18.00 higher. Heifers weighing more than 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good to very good throughout the week, with large runs of cattle being offered and lightweight calves being heavily demanded.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	537	390.00–391.00	390.35
6	550–600	562	360.00	360.00
43	600–650	635	340.00–350.00	344.11
11	650–700	668	320.50	320.50
32	700–750	736	304.00–309.00	307.01
33	750–800	773	294.00–302.00	298.89
33	800–850	823	286.00–294.00	290.44
5	850–900	860	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	250–300	277	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,662.91
18	300–350	337	480.00–495.00	486.62
85	350–400	374	460.00–510.00	483.27
150	400–450	435	430.00–482.50	449.33
330	450–500	471	409.00–454.00	437.34
494	500–550	523	389.00–433.00	412.67
810	550–600	573	376.00–417.50	392.37
606	600–650	625	348.00–377.50	364.21
990	650–700	676	328.00–355.00	341.39
851	700–750	717	305.50–340.00	331.85
685	750–800	768	293.00–334.75	310.60
378	800–850	820	283.00–310.00	304.24
685	850–900	869	272.00–303.25	293.00
1,263	900–950	923	264.00–293.00	287.05
264	950–1000	965	260.00–281.00	272.23
89	1000–1050	1,020	258.00–265.50	262.17
21	1050–1100	1,050	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	495.00	495.00
10	400–450	405	460.00	460.00
8	450–500	496	432.00	432.00
69	500–550	519	415.00–429.00	421.06
37	550–600	564	412.50–414.00	413.52
59	600–650	625	368.00–377.00	372.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	361	507.50	507.50
162	600–650	621	387.00	387.00
265	650–700	681	354.00–370.00	364.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	386	472.50	472.50
22	400–450	437	420.00	420.00
143	450–500	486	395.00–442.50	416.23
92	500–550	528	350.00–407.50	389.43
83	550–600	581	347.50–375.50	367.95
103	600–650	626	300.00–353.50	336.06
50	650–700	686	327.00–332.50	329.52
6	700–750	705	308.00	308.00
43	750–800	770	286.00–310.00	294.31
29	800–850	825	267.50–292.00	274.31
15	850–900	891	280.00–283.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	482.50	482.50
14	350–400	395	462.50	462.50
18	450–500	479	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	370	485.00–490.00	487.18
57	450–500	482	412.50–419.00	415.70
50	550–600	581	370.00–383.00	374.94
76	600–650	629	344.00–365.00	358.74
33	650–700	658	317.50–363.00	355.94
6	700–750	729	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	608	380.00	380.00
80	750–800	798	299.50	299.50
71	850–900	857	298.50	298.50
65	900–950	928	289.50	289.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	285	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,437.98
41	300–350	333	400.00–465.00	439.31
89	350–400	383	380.00–457.50	430.37
241	400–450	424	375.00–437.50	401.25
409	450–500	475	357.00–400.00	380.61
517	500–550	522	340.00–387.50	367.59
754	550–600	571	311.00–367.50	343.22
772	600–650	619	305.00–338.00	326.48
655	650–700	671	290.00–330.00	308.23
372	700–750	724	273.00–317.00	296.28
397	750–800	772	265.00–293.00	284.12
199	800–850	831	265.50–277.00	271.60
356	850–900	880	246.00–273.50	261.89
219	900–950	928	239.50–257.00	252.53
115	950–1000	965	251.00–253.00	251.35
9	1000–1050	1,033	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	354.00	354.00
9	500–550	540	337.50	337.50
9	550–600	565	318.00	318.00
29	600–650	627	305.00–314.00	309.05
16	650–700	684	280.00–285.00	281.52
18	700–750	725	275.00–280.00	276.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	450–500	473	403.00	403.00
73	550–600	563	362.50	362.50
73	600–650	641	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	371	415.00–422.50	417.63
145	400–450	411	355.00–411.00	405.38
64	450–500	484	358.00–382.00	366.69
79	500–550	529	342.50–352.50	350.28
72	550–600	579	300.00–327.50	314.62
50	600–650	624	300.00–312.50	301.86
43	650–700	692	286.50–291.00	287.85
6	700–750	703	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	394	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	467	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	427.50	427.50
5	400–450	432	392.50	392.50
61	450–500	469	385.00–401.00	394.67
42	500–550	535	358.00–363.00	361.48
54	550–600	583	312.50–345.00	333.65
18	600–650	636	261.00–301.00	285.56
8	650–700	671	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	635	339.00	339.00
134	650–700	693	317.00–361.00	344.85
111	700–750	715	305.00–340.00	316.59
127	750–800	761	308.00–325.00	314.09
140	800–850	808	294.00–299.00	295.46
31	950–1000	972	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	314	440.00–470.00	455.91
10	350–400	376	455.00	455.00
5	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
32	600–650	618	339.00	339.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	463.00	463.00
10	450–500	468	357.00–405.00	380.18
9	700–750	708	291.00	291.00
8	900–950	914	250.00	250.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	—	1,194	3,225.00	3,225.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,434	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,274	3,225.00	3,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,545	2,275.00	2,275.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,195	4,250.00–4,850.00	4,567.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,610	3,350.00	3,350.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Nebraska barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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