Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 110 priced lines covering 24,600 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 25,511 head. replacement cattle receipts at 310 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25,511Last week 16,001Year ago 7,605

Replacement CattleReceipts 310Last week 670Year ago 477

Compared to last week steers under 450 lbs sold sharply higher on a light test, 500-750 lbs sold 5.00 to 16.00 higher, 750-850 lbs were 1.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 850 lbs sold uneven on a light test. Heifers weighing 500-650 lbs sold 3.00 to 12.00 higher, 650-750 lbs were unevenly steady, and over 750 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher with instances of 16.00 higher. Several heifers were bought for replacements again this week. Overall demand was Good to Very Good this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	409	565.00	565.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	417	520.00	520.00
35	450–500	477	480.00–520.00	503.21
16	500–550	543	467.00	467.00
48	600–650	618	411.00–427.50	422.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	554	473.00	473.00
21	600–650	602	452.50	452.50
161	650–700	678	425.00–436.00	434.41
77	750–800	760	392.50	392.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	638	386.00	386.00
25	650–700	685	380.00	380.00
13	700–750	736	361.00	361.00
81	750–800	783	338.00–340.00	338.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	605.00	605.00
173	400–450	422	480.00–555.00	528.65
467	450–500	481	499.00–540.00	516.16
600	500–550	528	465.00–511.00	483.61
1,341	550–600	576	397.50–478.00	452.24
1,453	600–650	626	391.00–447.00	428.30
1,572	650–700	672	375.00–417.00	397.07
1,159	700–750	721	351.00–403.00	379.27
904	750–800	770	341.50–417.00	370.43
70	750–800	775	3,025.00	3,025.00
505	800–850	824	326.50–365.00	342.82
252	850–900	869	316.00–342.00	325.95
194	900–950	929	309.00–309.25	309.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	479	460.00–535.00	497.79
87	500–550	534	440.00–468.00	461.98
87	550–600	571	377.50–455.00	419.32
156	600–650	638	375.00–418.00	403.49
35	650–700	685	356.00–397.50	378.45
21	700–750	732	345.00–366.00	354.84
33	750–800	789	343.00–348.00	345.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	635	442.00	442.00
249	650–700	666	410.00–433.00	420.58
77	650–700	673	2,750.00	2,750.00
530	700–750	723	382.50–460.00	414.13
230	750–800	781	379.00–414.00	400.30
137	750–800	775	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,134.31
246	800–850	810	368.00–396.00	377.97
88	800–850	810	2,885.00–3,275.00	3,070.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	606	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	311	570.00	570.00
10	350–400	374	580.00	580.00
10	400–450	401	580.00	580.00
138	500–550	515	506.00–515.00	508.93
67	600–650	606	443.00–448.00	446.81
85	650–700	665	411.00	411.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	628	445.00	445.00
40	700–750	744	388.00–391.00	389.13
10	750–800	795	369.00	369.00
133	800–850	817	359.00–368.00	366.82
36	850–900	862	348.50–353.00	349.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	455	600.00	600.00
117	500–550	535	548.00–580.00	550.82
225	600–650	618	494.00	494.00
15	650–700	654	462.00	462.00
525	700–750	718	419.00–446.00	437.45
119	800–850	811	392.00–394.00	392.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	398	550.00	550.00
31	400–450	414	535.00–607.50	563.93
22	450–500	471	502.00–550.00	522.28
80	500–550	532	460.00–525.00	505.26
186	550–600	585	400.00–495.00	457.23
171	600–650	634	396.00–466.00	438.44
70	650–700	694	387.50–414.00	401.51
21	700–750	719	363.00–392.50	383.83
52	750–800	774	350.00–383.50	371.80
18	850–900	873	340.00	340.00
12	900–950	946	335.00	335.00
42	950–1000	987	306.00	306.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	701	372.00	372.00
10	1000–1050	1,020	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	680.00	680.00
17	350–400	368	635.00–652.50	643.55
99	400–450	424	580.00–637.50	601.72
163	450–500	481	532.50–565.00	550.01
567	500–550	525	512.00–565.00	544.47
616	550–600	575	479.50–525.00	502.97
1,032	600–650	625	453.00–499.00	474.02
1,471	650–700	678	414.00–457.00	439.50
1,512	700–750	727	390.50–437.50	418.86
1,093	750–800	777	373.00–418.00	397.46
1,306	800–850	827	365.00–393.50	378.34
874	850–900	870	345.00–383.00	366.67
1,219	900–950	930	336.00–361.00	345.98
234	950–1000	964	323.00–350.50	342.45
77	1000–1050	1,009	312.00–317.00	315.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	436	595.00	595.00
46	500–550	508	560.00	560.00
150	550–600	558	522.00–526.00	523.01
35	600–650	602	491.00	491.00
40	850–900	855	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	540.00	540.00
7	450–500	452	508.00	508.00
24	500–550	535	493.00–517.50	506.38
11	550–600	578	485.00	485.00
41	600–650	638	445.00	445.00
32	650–700	666	421.00–433.00	425.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	736	371.00	371.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	470.00	470.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,483	3,300.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	—	1,373	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,186	3,600.00–4,200.00	4,013.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,585	3,600.00	3,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,481	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,678.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,290	3,200.00	3,200.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,395	4,650.00	4,650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	275	—	1,229	4,400.00–4,900.00	4,524.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,532	3,600.00	3,600.00

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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