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Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 12

● As filed121 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1860

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Nebraska reported 121 priced lines covering 27,422 head across feeder cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 29,584 head. replacement cattle receipts at 245 head. Counted as USDA files them — 10 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Mon Oct 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29,584Last week 22,174Year ago 27,573

Replacement CattleReceipts 245Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, flyweight steer calves sold steady to 10.00 higher. With all other steers calves selling 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Yearling steers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves less than 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Majority of the calves had fall precondition shots. For the lots that only had spring vaccination protocol a steep discount was applied by the buyers. Not a lot of heifers sold this week compared to steers, but buyers did seek out some top quality, reputation genetics to grow and develop into a bred heifer next year. Feedlot trade was slow all week until Friday where feedlots sold live cattle from 222.00 to 227.00 and dressed sales from 350.00 to 355.00. Harvest continues to roll into the feedlots and some elevators. The amount of high moisture corn that some feedlots lay into the bunker in the fall is eye opening! Many feedlots put up 5 to 14 million bushels a year at the feedlots. Think of the acres it takes to harvest that many bushels of wet corn for each feedlot.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
184	350–400	383	615.00	615.00
108	400–450	407	587.50	587.50
185	450–500	472	507.50–527.50	521.14
173	500–550	509	489.00–495.00	493.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	300–350	339	612.50–667.50	632.38
249	350–400	381	475.00–615.00	583.39
935	400–450	435	466.00–572.00	540.40
1,429	450–500	473	475.00–538.00	505.44
2,280	500–550	527	440.00–500.00	469.44
2,330	550–600	573	28.00–465.00	442.98
1,228	600–650	618	395.00–445.00	420.24
626	650–700	669	368.00–417.00	394.54
211	700–750	717	353.00–404.00	387.59
413	750–800	771	352.00–372.00	361.68
858	800–850	832	333.00–373.25	358.48
466	850–900	878	331.00–363.50	350.63
860	900–950	928	315.00–354.00	345.57
608	950–1000	977	321.00–346.00	336.15
115	1000–1050	1,046	318.00–321.00	319.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	610.00	610.00
17	350–400	388	505.00–545.00	516.87
200	400–450	434	451.00–527.50	500.28
223	450–500	475	444.00–510.00	466.35
325	500–550	529	410.00–449.00	433.78
104	550–600	580	377.50–425.00	409.18
207	600–650	630	375.00–418.00	387.98
111	650–700	686	332.50–394.00	366.82
36	700–750	727	332.00–363.00	356.57
15	750–800	776	340.00–350.00	345.28
40	800–850	823	331.00–339.50	336.97
26	850–900	868	284.00	284.00
69	900–950	920	319.50–331.00	324.68
65	950–1000	985	315.00–318.50	317.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	950–1000	982	316.25–318.00	317.13
487	1000–1050	1,019	309.00–336.50	327.18
56	1050–1100	1,070	317.00	317.00
52	1100–1150	1,121	304.00	304.00
198	1150–1200	1,190	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	583	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
527	600–650	630	395.00–436.00	415.11
368	650–700	665	374.00–415.00	395.71
196	700–750	717	369.00–382.50	373.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	582	435.00	435.00
45	600–650	641	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	850–900	873	321.00	321.00
121	900–950	901	337.00	337.00
84	950–1000	999	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	394	502.50	502.50
22	450–500	474	485.00	485.00
51	500–550	526	452.50	452.50
182	550–600	571	413.00–462.00	456.07
45	600–650	628	424.00	424.00
160	700–750	705	414.00	414.00
121	750–800	790	391.00	391.00
60	1050–1100	1,051	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	500–550	503	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	623	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1050–1100	1,051	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	478	427.50	427.50
24	550–600	562	367.50–377.50	374.19
5	600–650	641	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1100–1150	1,149	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	322	492.50–505.00	499.98
30	350–400	374	460.00–472.50	466.30
31	400–450	424	435.00–485.00	447.52
108	450–500	487	394.00–438.00	415.22
243	500–550	519	372.50–420.00	398.79
95	550–600	587	352.50–407.50	361.96
21	600–650	634	338.00	338.00
13	650–700	682	331.00–352.50	344.04
27	750–800	791	324.00	324.00
117	800–850	841	295.00–320.00	316.07
5	950–1000	976	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	551	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	326	517.50–552.50	539.42
144	350–400	376	475.00–535.00	511.56
646	400–450	426	440.00–493.00	468.29
998	450–500	472	407.50–467.50	438.01
1,299	500–550	522	371.00–477.00	422.04
831	550–600	568	363.00–420.50	388.65
202	600–650	623	351.00–390.00	369.61
54	650–700	675	336.00–349.00	340.27
124	700–750	737	324.50–340.50	334.01
197	750–800	772	334.00–348.00	343.00
529	800–850	817	300.00–365.00	330.24
394	850–900	883	298.00–335.00	323.14
344	900–950	921	285.00–321.00	304.55
258	950–1000	974	286.00–306.00	296.36
14	1000–1050	1,017	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	900–950	941	292.00	292.00
36	950–1000	999	288.00	288.00
206	1000–1050	1,019	268.00–300.00	292.10
32	1050–1100	1,074	262.00–279.75	269.99
21	1100–1150	1,114	266.00–269.00	267.70
11	1150–1200	1,160	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	411	505.00	505.00
221	700–750	721	355.00–365.00	363.82
174	750–800	775	350.00–351.00	350.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	450–500	489	472.00–487.50	475.34
102	550–600	553	522.00	522.00
16	600–650	633	422.60	422.60
16	650–700	685	2,700.00	2,700.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	405	492.00	492.00
50	450–500	469	433.00	433.00
43	500–550	546	435.00	435.00
188	600–650	625	396.00	396.00
139	700–750	709	364.00	364.00
72	750–800	776	353.50	353.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
267	600–650	625	350.00–382.00	361.02
14	650–700	671	336.00	336.00
25	700–750	728	346.50	346.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	1000–1050	1,028	300.00	300.00
54	1050–1100	1,082	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
382	900–950	919	325.50–326.25	325.91
304	950–1000	964	307.50–310.50	309.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
5	250–300	259	1,560.00	1,560.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,086	3,700.00	3,700.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	188	—	1,114	3,775.00–3,925.00	3,877.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,283	4,075.00	4,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,622	4,025.00	4,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,529	3,750.00	3,750.00

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.