Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 102 priced lines covering 9,173 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,510 head. replacement cattle receipts at 732 head. Counted as USDA files them — 180 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,510Last week 13,894Year ago 8,404

Replacement CattleReceipts 732Last week 45Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers and heifers less than 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower and over 700 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. The drought of 2026 is very persistent with most of the state in the extreme category. Only spotty rain shower have prevailed with most of the rain going to the eastern side of the state. Range conditions are dry but cattlemen are optimistic rain showers will come and green grass will shoot up for summer turnout roughly 45 days away. Also, some cattlemen continue to purchase heifers to breed this summer to replace smooth mouth cows they have sold. Feedlot sales mostly steady on the week after the CME live cattle boards sold lower several days before the cattle on feed was released Friday. Lives sales 248.00 and dressed sales 388.00. Cattle on Feed was reported at 99.5, Placed 92.7 and Marketed 94.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
67	600–650	647	411.00	411.00
35	750–800	766	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,942.30
12	800–850	805	2,835.00	2,835.00
29	850–900	894	3,050.00	3,050.00
131	900–950	935	3,250.00–3,300.00	3,286.30
14	950–1000	995	3,225.00	3,225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	530.00	530.00
8	500–550	519	502.50	502.50
31	550–600	561	462.00–467.00	464.22
18	600–650	608	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	565	424.00	424.00
139	650–700	658	405.00	405.00
39	700–750	731	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
139	850–900	880	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	479	445.00–450.00	447.04
12	650–700	677	365.00–366.00	365.49
5	800–850	832	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	745	355.50	355.50
11	750–800	774	343.00	343.00
71	800–850	849	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	512.00	512.00
12	450–500	485	468.00–484.00	474.70
43	500–550	535	415.00–462.00	442.54
21	550–600	592	387.50–416.00	398.32
13	600–650	644	369.00–377.50	372.93
17	650–700	656	376.00–388.00	380.90
99	700–750	742	332.00–342.00	336.81
6	750–800	787	320.00	320.00
49	800–850	835	320.00–324.00	323.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	334	600.00	600.00
43	350–400	376	530.00–577.00	552.46
57	400–450	421	520.00–555.00	535.53
145	450–500	479	440.00–510.00	485.84
250	500–550	526	420.00–489.00	454.88
304	550–600	571	404.00–442.00	426.79
351	600–650	633	373.00–412.00	391.29
283	650–700	676	345.00–392.00	370.07
457	700–750	726	350.00–387.00	370.18
522	750–800	772	345.00–368.00	354.12
337	800–850	820	326.00–355.00	344.14
243	850–900	872	304.00–332.00	322.33
176	950–1000	983	295.00–316.00	301.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	432.50	432.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	659	390.00	390.00
8	750–800	778	388.00	388.00
3	800–850	828	355.00	355.00
24	850–900	888	345.00	345.00
13	900–950	922	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	620.00–680.00	642.01
5	350–400	355	635.00	635.00
31	400–450	428	571.00–647.50	613.88
137	450–500	465	490.00–595.00	558.30
136	500–550	524	495.00–542.50	523.52
439	550–600	577	452.50–525.00	489.18
303	600–650	624	418.00–478.00	462.69
366	650–700	677	409.00–460.50	439.32
203	700–750	724	392.50–434.00	418.86
210	750–800	776	364.00–409.50	401.79
568	800–850	817	352.00–390.00	378.84
458	850–900	882	360.00–378.00	372.22
172	900–950	914	331.00–355.50	347.86
272	950–1000	991	320.00–335.00	328.68
150	1000–1050	1,030	339.50	339.50
46	1100–1150	1,138	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	577	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	444	520.00	520.00
15	450–500	483	515.00–517.00	515.80
104	500–550	526	472.50–520.00	504.19
32	550–600	575	430.00–450.00	438.62
73	600–650	621	389.00–441.00	426.97
11	650–700	691	390.00–401.00	395.04
112	700–750	729	351.00–413.50	386.56
39	750–800	779	376.00–385.00	380.26
5	800–850	822	325.00	325.00
25	850–900	880	327.50–329.00	327.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	532.50	532.50
7	550–600	588	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	600.00	600.00
23	550–600	568	495.00–501.00	499.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	659	426.00	426.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	512	487.50	487.50
62	550–600	570	460.00	460.00
25	650–700	685	375.00	375.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	—	1,380	3,200.00–4,300.00	3,726.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,188	4,250.00	4,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,160	4,075.00–4,300.00	4,172.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,286	2,950.00–3,950.00	3,681.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,344	3,600.00–3,700.00	3,684.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	151	—	1,237	3,700.00–4,650.00	4,357.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	61	—	1,396	3,300.00–4,525.00	3,936.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	1,265	2,825.00–3,500.00	3,114.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,370	2,800.00	2,800.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,019	4,500.00–4,600.00	4,570.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	57	—	1,183	4,350.00–5,600.00	5,301.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	45	—	1,164	4,600.00–5,050.00	4,985.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	97	—	986	3,450.00–4,350.00	4,070.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,457	3,850.00–4,600.00	4,122.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,305	4,450.00–5,200.00	4,695.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,203	3,850.00–5,300.00	4,768.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,375	3,950.00	3,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,324	4,250.00–4,700.00	4,388.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,442	3,425.00–4,350.00	3,925.96

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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