Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

35,301 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $153.57/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 676 lb · 2,644 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $142.46/cwt +0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,103/hd at 774 lb · 2,403 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $165.96/cwt +3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 620 lb · 2,345 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	35,301	16,995	22,972
Feeder cattle	34,673	16,623	20,998
Replacement cattle	628	372	1,974

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs sold steady, over 700 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good for grass type cattle and replacement heifers with moderate to good demand for feedlot placements. Rapid snow melting throughout the week left sloppy and muddy pens around the state. But temps looking forward are to be in the 60’s and will help dry yard conditions up. Nebraska feedlots sales were slow to kick off as producers wanted sharply higher money for their show-list as cattle lost from 30 to 100 lbs during the bitter cold. By week’s close live sales sold steady at 114.00 and dressed sales 1.00 to 2.00 higher at 182.00. Nearby March corn as up 12.75 cents and closed at 5.55 on Friday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–338	337	17	190.00–201.00	$194.51	$655	—
371 thin fleshed	371	24	201.00	$201.00	$746	—
380–398	392	78	194.00–222.00	$215.42	$844	+18.22
404 thin fleshed	404	13	194.00	$194.00	$784	—
424–425 fancy	424	25	202.00–202.50	$202.22	$857	+0.22
404–448	432	278	180.00–199.00	$188.90	$816	+3.58
472 unweaned	472	6	151.00	$151.00	$713	—
450–495	477	500	172.00–210.75	$193.28	$922	+6.14
463–495 thin fleshed	492	121	194.00–196.25	$196.02	$964	—
506 thin fleshed	506	80	186.00–187.00	$186.44	$943	-1.27
511	511	17	168.00	$168.00	$858	-1.00
501–525 fancy	522	151	191.00–192.00	$191.13	$998	—
501–546	524	980	168.00–208.00	$187.73	$984	+9.18
525	525	12	153.00	$153.00	$803	-25.55
540 unweaned	540	8	143.00	$143.00	$772	—
560 thin fleshed	560	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,008	+1.38
566 fancy	566	224	184.25	$184.25	$1,043	—
576–580 unweaned	579	18	144.00–149.00	$145.38	$842	—
550–599	580	1,509	157.00–184.50	$173.88	$1,009	-3.55
589–590	590	60	162.00–164.00	$163.60	$965	-13.83
590	590	17	163.00	$163.00	$962	-14.43
601–628 thin fleshed	610	195	164.00–171.00	$167.61	$1,022	+2.10
608–614 fancy	612	347	175.75–183.75	$181.42	$1,110	+5.40
613–626 unweaned	620	29	135.00–147.00	$143.80	$892	—
600–648	623	1,703	150.00–175.50	$163.49	$1,019	+3.49
619–640	627	71	146.00–157.00	$154.10	$966	-5.90
657–663 fancy	660	160	167.00–167.50	$167.29	$1,104	—
650–699	677	2,321	140.50–165.00	$153.38	$1,038	+13.23
657–696	684	156	139.00–148.00	$143.26	$980	+3.11
697 unweaned	697	7	132.50	$132.50	$924	—
700	700	17	142.50	$142.50	$998	-6.50
712–722 thin fleshed	718	59	149.75–152.00	$151.21	$1,086	-1.96
700–749	725	2,076	135.50–157.75	$146.83	$1,065	-0.87
700–746	726	190	133.00–141.75	$138.60	$1,006	-9.10
760	760	51	135.75	$135.75	$1,032	+2.25
762 unweaned	762	11	129.50	$129.50	$987	—
750–799	773	2,143	133.00–149.00	$142.08	$1,098	-0.62
794 fancy	794	198	149.00	$149.00	$1,183	—
818 fancy	818	62	146.50	$146.50	$1,198	—
801–848	825	1,321	123.50–143.50	$136.97	$1,130	-2.93
821–840	832	68	131.00–134.00	$132.22	$1,100	-7.68
854–895	872	944	122.25–139.00	$134.77	$1,175	-0.59
861–898	886	283	129.00–130.10	$129.73	$1,149	-5.63
900–937	910	688	122.00–138.00	$130.73	$1,190	-0.53
921	921	15	126.25	$126.25	$1,163	+1.25
957–985	962	437	118.50–128.50	$127.64	$1,228	+0.89
1033	1033	24	117.50	$117.50	$1,214	-7.50
1072	1072	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	7	187.00	$187.00	$709	+9.33
426–445	438	35	174.00–195.50	$182.49	$799	—
450–497	480	74	156.00–184.50	$170.04	$816	+10.04
497	497	5	169.00	$169.00	$840	+9.00
508–548	525	108	140.00–180.00	$167.32	$878	-3.73
523–534 thin fleshed	527	47	169.00–173.00	$171.33	$903	—
550–595	578	96	151.00–164.00	$157.90	$913	+10.00
590–595	594	34	150.50–155.50	$151.52	$900	+3.62
603–647	617	145	145.50–159.00	$153.58	$948	+2.71
626–645	634	29	140.00–143.50	$141.47	$897	+6.47
642 thin fleshed	642	7	154.00	$154.00	$989	+5.00
650–697	679	145	131.00–149.00	$142.10	$965	-3.15
715–742	726	103	136.00–143.00	$138.49	$1,005	-4.22
727–729	728	20	131.00–133.00	$132.40	$964	-10.31
752–781	772	69	127.00–136.00	$131.21	$1,013	—
820–841	827	101	127.00–135.50	$133.30	$1,102	—
879	879	20	126.00	$126.00	$1,108	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1024–1037	1032	24	121.00–122.50	$121.94	$1,258	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–348	338	42	158.00–176.00	$165.03	$558	—
339 thin fleshed	339	5	185.00	$185.00	$627	—
358–399	384	83	157.00–177.50	$171.74	$659	-2.26
393	393	11	166.00	$166.00	$652	—
409 unweaned	409	7	147.00	$147.00	$601	—
408–448	433	305	149.00–175.00	$165.71	$718	+0.67
455–465 unweaned	459	13	137.50–139.75	$138.87	$637	—
461	461	11	161.00	$161.00	$742	-2.84
451–499	477	638	146.00–176.00	$163.33	$779	-0.51
505–519 unweaned	509	21	135.00–137.50	$135.73	$691	—
505–529 thin fleshed	512	142	163.00–166.00	$164.68	$843	+1.04
501–549	530	1,004	141.00–168.50	$157.06	$832	-1.57
547	547	29	146.50	$146.50	$801	-12.13
562–570 thin fleshed	565	99	155.00–158.00	$156.01	$881	-1.89
565 fancy	565	65	161.00	$161.00	$910	-1.00
557–577	572	32	141.50–143.50	$143.01	$818	-8.12
550–597	578	1,600	138.50–166.50	$150.14	$868	-0.99
582–592 unweaned	589	21	125.00–130.00	$126.65	$746	—
606–622	614	66	135.00–139.50	$137.33	$843	-5.99
611–619 thin fleshed	614	148	147.00–147.50	$147.34	$905	-1.17
602–649	626	1,469	130.00–153.50	$141.95	$889	-1.37
615–647	626	354	143.00–173.00	$151.45	$948	+8.13
666 unweaned	666	9	125.25	$125.25	$834	—
650–691	670	235	131.00–157.00	$144.05	$965	+7.13
650–699	675	1,631	129.00–146.50	$136.21	$919	-0.71
676–692	686	33	127.75–130.00	$128.82	$884	-8.10
678–698 fancy	690	46	172.00–175.00	$173.78	$1,199	—
700–749	720	1,504	125.00–137.50	$132.28	$952	-13.79
701–739	721	130	126.50–128.50	$127.75	$921	-18.32
707–744	721	366	132.35–166.50	$141.17	$1,018	-4.90
750–760	759	196	134.00–138.75	$137.62	$1,045	-4.95
755–783	765	173	121.50–126.25	$124.46	$952	-18.11
751–799	769	717	123.50–136.25	$128.66	$989	-13.91
802–843	822	727	119.50–133.00	$126.04	$1,036	-28.46
857–895	864	240	117.00–129.00	$124.62	$1,077	-7.38
875	875	17	120.50	$120.50	$1,054	-11.50
910	910	31	122.50	$122.50	$1,115	-2.51
937–944	939	83	115.00–123.75	$122.67	$1,152	-2.34
950–999	965	16	110.00–117.00	$112.26	$1,083	-8.74
1009–1049	1029	14	99.00–116.00	$107.33	$1,104	—
1128	1128	5	112.50	$112.50	$1,269	—
1159	1159	10	83.00	$83.00	$962	—
1223	1223	6	81.00	$81.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	7	151.00	$151.00	$593	—
400–447	436	26	149.00–156.50	$153.03	$667	—
450–490	476	89	141.00–163.50	$152.41	$725	—
500–545	526	136	141.00–150.50	$146.07	$768	-2.68
583 thin fleshed	583	17	146.25	$146.25	$853	—
551–597	585	268	136.00–145.00	$140.22	$820	—
595	595	30	134.50	$134.50	$800	—
612–644	633	209	127.50–141.50	$136.81	$866	+0.40
681–698	687	117	121.00–137.00	$127.45	$876	-2.05
709–736	719	38	124.00–128.50	$125.52	$902	—
916	916	6	111.50	$111.50	$1,021	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1181	1181	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1182	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	30	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1097–1377	1239	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	40	825.00–925.00	$883.71
1214–1274	1244	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	775.00–785.00	$780.12
1186–1299	1277	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	1,425.00–1,600.00	$1,552.86
1282–1371	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	800.00–850.00	$826.05
1285–1454	1329	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,032.13
1192–1466	1356	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	71	1,285.00–1,750.00	$1,626.76
1397	1397	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1352–1533	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	41	1,375.00–1,485.00	$1,424.66
1432	1432	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1451	1451	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140–1208	1169	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	217	1,500.00–1,725.00	$1,592.40

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.