Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 96 priced lines covering 12,318 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,125 head. replacement cattle receipts at 496 head. Counted as USDA files them — 250 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,125Last week 1,673Year ago 7,079

Replacement CattleReceipts 496Last week 822Year ago 1,431

Compared to last week steers less 600 lbs sold 10.00 lower on light test, 600 to 800 lbs sold 20.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold 15.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for a rather heavy offering for the last May. Spotty rain showers across the state. Overall moisture still at records lows and most of the state continues in a deep drought situation. Cattlemen continue to sell would be grass cattle and cow/calf pairs trying to get to a number that their range land can handle through the summer. Some talks of dry-lotting cow/calf pairs and other heifers getting serviced by a bull. Very tough decisions to be made for the rancher or livestock owners that need range land to graze or hay to feed on how many animals will need to be sold. Feedlot trade on dressed sales 5.00 lower at 405.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	599	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	550–600	566	526.00	526.00
71	650–700	673	477.00	477.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	331	665.00	665.00
18	350–400	367	574.00–682.50	621.57
38	400–450	424	550.00–602.50	576.22
56	450–500	477	530.00–581.00	547.56
224	500–550	524	460.00–569.00	518.21
384	550–600	575	448.00–515.00	482.76
816	600–650	624	435.00–512.00	476.11
514	650–700	677	381.00–468.00	443.33
675	700–750	722	387.50–452.00	422.58
826	750–800	777	378.00–428.00	410.71
668	800–850	830	360.00–398.00	373.65
612	850–900	884	344.00–369.00	356.02
765	900–950	930	335.50–361.00	350.18
364	950–1000	966	335.50–353.00	345.86
78	1000–1050	1,043	316.50	316.50
27	1050–1100	1,051	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	690	406.00	406.00
26	850–900	879	339.00	339.00
16	900–950	906	320.00	320.00
7	950–1000	955	325.50	325.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	607.00	607.00
10	400–450	424	525.00	525.00
37	450–500	491	495.00–527.50	510.64
33	500–550	531	455.00–530.00	497.58
48	550–600	575	425.00–472.50	453.29
64	600–650	640	420.00–462.00	441.16
110	650–700	683	392.50–432.50	418.52
58	700–750	732	370.00–401.00	386.49
21	750–800	781	349.00–361.00	352.05
5	800–850	830	373.50	373.50
9	900–950	936	323.00	323.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,008	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	469	577.00	577.00
37	500–550	516	558.00	558.00
71	550–600	583	512.00	512.00
11	600–650	609	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	518	495.00–511.00	504.10
22	550–600	582	476.00	476.00
46	600–650	614	430.00–442.50	431.62
17	650–700	682	420.00–442.00	434.24
17	700–750	749	415.00	415.00
9	750–800	799	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	482	505.00–515.00	510.27
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	1100–1150	1,125	302.75	302.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	380	562.50–585.00	574.64
13	400–450	420	491.00–530.00	511.05
126	450–500	471	476.00–517.50	494.17
310	500–550	518	434.00–502.50	478.52
240	550–600	575	423.00–478.00	452.26
282	600–650	612	393.00–454.00	430.92
406	650–700	667	367.00–450.00	395.41
176	700–750	721	345.00–402.50	371.65
253	750–800	774	330.00–392.00	360.04
664	800–850	821	331.00–364.25	349.10
233	850–900	888	320.50–356.00	341.52
71	900–950	938	301.25–319.00	304.43
170	950–1000	980	301.00–308.50	303.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	772	330.50	330.50
7	800–850	818	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	480.00	480.00
35	500–550	520	440.00–472.50	456.39
37	550–600	591	397.50–430.00	415.77
52	600–650	630	377.00–415.00	403.59
12	650–700	693	395.00	395.00
28	700–750	711	352.50–367.50	359.23
6	950–1000	991	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	686	386.00–387.00	386.42
278	700–750	733	350.00–386.50	381.23
425	750–800	789	351.00–367.50	363.84
341	800–850	817	333.25–365.50	356.82
260	850–900	873	332.50–344.00	338.68
51	900–950	924	311.00–339.50	329.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	526	466.00–477.00	469.90
21	550–600	589	431.00	431.00
20	600–650	636	399.00–401.00	400.31
17	650–700	677	447.50	447.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	748	337.50	337.50
33	800–850	842	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	520.00	520.00

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)	24	—	1,377	2,400.00–3,300.00	3,028.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	63	—	1,200	3,200.00–4,325.00	4,122.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,528	2,975.00	2,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	71	—	1,302	2,625.00–4,050.00	3,681.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,356	2,300.00–3,400.00	2,664.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	—	1,532	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,979.36
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,408	5,725.00	5,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	74	—	1,228	5,100.00–5,800.00	5,478.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	49	—	1,161	5,100.00–5,475.00	5,405.71
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	838	3,550.00	3,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,565	4,600.00–4,625.00	4,612.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	79	—	1,380	3,900.00–4,500.00	4,094.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,368	3,525.00–4,050.00	3,718.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,509	3,950.00	3,950.00

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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