Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

21,967 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $207.01/cwt +1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,178/hd at 569 lb · 1,865 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $214.28/cwt +4.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,121/hd at 523 lb · 1,540 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $203.39/cwt -0.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,249/hd at 614 lb · 1,258 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	21,967	18,362	20,113
Feeder cattle	21,769	18,362	20,078
Replacement cattle	198	—	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady. Feeder steers from 600 to 800 lbs sold 4.00 lower and over 800 lbs sold steady. Heifer calves and feeder cattle sold steady. Demand was moderate at early week sales with good demand by week's close. Bulk of the calves sold this week would be marketed roughly a month earlier than normal due to the very dry range conditions. Nebraska feedlots traded negotiated cash cattle steady to 1.00 higher than last week. Live sales sold from 144.00 to 146.00 and dressed sales from 228.00 to 233.00. Some spring calving cows are listed at the bottom of the report. Fall harvest is getting ramped up across the state. So, please watch out for farmers on the highways.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–297	287	27	251.00–276.00	$261.79	$751	-38.76
321–346	339	92	222.00–269.00	$245.71	$833	-34.49
355–398	380	118	221.00–248.00	$238.60	$907	-7.93
400 thin fleshed	400	14	250.00	$250.00	$1,000	—
422	422	19	231.00	$231.00	$975	-10.78
402–449	425	466	212.00–246.00	$234.59	$997	-7.19
454–499	477	1,158	200.00–242.00	$226.21	$1,079	+5.39
479–495	486	38	191.00–208.00	$200.71	$975	-20.11
505–537 fancy	520	372	222.75–227.25	$225.57	$1,173	—
500–544	524	1,168	190.00–224.50	$210.68	$1,104	+0.74
550–569	553	72	191.00–195.00	$194.31	$1,075	-10.82
554–570 unweaned	557	34	178.00–181.00	$180.08	$1,003	—
562 fancy	562	45	220.25	$220.25	$1,238	—
551–598	570	1,714	186.00–220.00	$207.73	$1,184	+2.60
602	602	8	190.00	$190.00	$1,144	-14.15
600–636 unweaned	611	670	189.00–210.50	$203.09	$1,241	+6.09
603–647	618	488	176.00–214.00	$198.24	$1,225	-5.91
618 fancy	618	92	234.00	$234.00	$1,446	—
650–686 unweaned	664	271	165.00–212.00	$194.26	$1,290	—
663–670 fancy	665	278	205.50	$205.50	$1,367	—
653–696	668	182	174.00–198.00	$187.79	$1,254	-14.21
698	698	10	172.50	$172.50	$1,204	-29.50
710–716	713	59	185.00–192.50	$188.64	$1,345	-19.36
728	728	10	153.00	$153.00	$1,114	-39.69
720–744 unweaned	735	114	160.00–190.00	$180.57	$1,327	—
749	749	20	163.50	$163.50	$1,225	-29.19
750–792	766	284	180.00–196.00	$189.50	$1,452	-3.05
804–840	824	197	174.00–190.75	$184.66	$1,522	-0.28
824	824	27	161.00	$161.00	$1,327	-23.94
874–898	880	323	178.00–191.10	$186.57	$1,642	+2.41
900–940	917	1,075	177.25–188.75	$185.87	$1,704	-9.87
953–997	972	439	166.00–183.00	$179.04	$1,740	-3.66
1007 fancy	1007	104	184.75	$184.75	$1,860	—
1008–1018	1014	134	152.75–179.25	$176.59	$1,791	+0.65
1123	1123	75	167.00	$167.00	$1,875	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–326	317	37	220.50–247.00	$238.29	$755	+7.29
363–385 thin fleshed	368	29	225.00–228.00	$225.76	$831	—
359–386	370	31	195.00–220.00	$205.78	$761	-39.94
376	376	6	207.00	$207.00	$778	-38.72
420–445	436	176	182.00–220.00	$205.15	$894	-6.37
439	439	8	189.00	$189.00	$830	-22.52
456–496	475	95	190.00–227.50	$208.47	$990	+22.16
501–540	517	98	182.00–203.00	$193.13	$998	+1.13
546 thin fleshed	546	19	199.00	$199.00	$1,087	—
566–597	584	138	187.00–202.00	$194.82	$1,138	+6.47
602–645	615	37	181.50–191.00	$186.80	$1,149	+2.80
600–640 unweaned	619	27	184.50–190.00	$186.50	$1,154	—
659–679	668	86	165.00–195.50	$187.86	$1,255	+3.43
701	701	10	184.50	$184.50	$1,293	+3.00
708 unweaned	708	27	173.50	$173.50	$1,228	—
757–770	762	41	166.00–194.00	$177.04	$1,349	+2.11
804–823	810	15	175.50–176.00	$175.83	$1,424	-18.17
828–835	830	18	157.00–157.50	$157.36	$1,306	-36.64
854–870	861	16	173.00–178.00	$175.79	$1,514	+3.41
916	916	12	176.50	$176.50	$1,617	+5.84

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272	272	8	210.00	$210.00	$571	-7.00
320–345	337	67	211.00–230.00	$225.98	$762	-1.73
352–399	376	227	185.00–223.00	$205.83	$774	-0.15
402–449	429	673	192.00–219.00	$203.37	$872	-2.14
450–498	475	1,041	182.50–209.00	$195.14	$927	+0.28
473–483	480	21	171.00–182.00	$178.90	$859	-15.96
451–498 fancy	484	186	205.00–212.00	$210.24	$1,018	+8.33
512 thin fleshed	512	104	206.00	$206.00	$1,055	—
500–547	516	965	174.50–202.00	$190.28	$982	-1.75
501–546 fancy	521	90	196.00–218.50	$202.30	$1,054	—
550–596	572	1,027	175.50–192.50	$185.60	$1,062	+5.19
556–580 unweaned	573	46	161.00–168.00	$164.88	$945	—
618 fancy	618	153	196.00	$196.00	$1,211	—
611–638	619	112	166.50–192.50	$184.64	$1,143	-1.61
600–648 unweaned	621	57	155.00–179.00	$171.28	$1,064	—
650–660 unweaned	654	101	155.00–175.50	$162.73	$1,064	—
650–678	668	69	177.00–184.00	$182.54	$1,219	-0.39
704	704	12	160.00	$160.00	$1,126	-20.72
708	708	72	186.00	$186.00	$1,317	+5.28
712	712	45	174.00	$174.00	$1,239	-6.72
710–749	722	398	165.00–189.50	$179.06	$1,293	-1.66
744	744	79	180.50	$180.50	$1,343	+10.00
755 unweaned	755	16	151.00	$151.00	$1,140	—
759	759	33	156.00	$156.00	$1,184	-19.90
767	767	23	170.50	$170.50	$1,308	-5.40
752–799	776	218	163.25–185.50	$180.79	$1,403	+4.89
786 thin fleshed	786	234	185.25	$185.25	$1,456	—
774–793	787	204	184.75–185.00	$184.83	$1,455	+8.93
808	808	106	177.00	$177.00	$1,430	-5.39
800–837	826	305	164.50–181.25	$176.85	$1,461	+2.35
850–897	868	193	155.00–177.00	$169.24	$1,469	-11.90
897	897	131	175.00	$175.00	$1,570	+4.34
902–944	911	372	156.00–174.75	$167.53	$1,526	-1.30
938–941	940	286	168.85	$168.85	$1,587	-8.65
953–998	970	196	155.00–170.50	$163.52	$1,586	-1.26
1000–1015	1006	52	158.25–165.50	$162.44	$1,634	-0.60
1056	1056	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,478	-18.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–286	279	14	185.00–205.00	$193.29	$539	—
308	308	8	190.00	$190.00	$585	+1.17
367–398	384	94	177.00–195.00	$183.69	$705	+15.22
403–448	425	126	176.00–194.00	$189.10	$804	+6.71
459–488	470	89	175.50–186.00	$180.89	$850	+4.89
516	516	9	176.00	$176.00	$908	+6.00
518–543	535	45	168.00–182.00	$176.44	$944	+6.44
538 thin fleshed	538	27	180.00	$180.00	$968	+7.00
553–589	569	131	166.00–181.00	$173.19	$985	—
623–639	631	23	165.00–173.50	$169.01	$1,066	—
639	639	15	175.00	$175.00	$1,118	—
653–699	668	79	152.50–182.50	$171.98	$1,149	-7.02
761–794	786	43	152.00–155.00	$152.95	$1,202	—
817–825	822	30	160.00–169.50	$167.69	$1,378	+5.39
861	861	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,292	—
923–942	928	20	145.00–158.50	$148.43	$1,377	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1104–1105	1104	11	146.00–149.00	$147.36	$1,627	-2.14

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	8	191.00	$191.00	$970	—
593	593	11	175.50	$175.50	$1,041	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1198	1198	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,445.00
1176–1388	1347	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	44	1,005.00–1,185.00	$1,113.60
1366	1366	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1376	1376	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	1,360.00	$1,360.00
1340–1426	1382	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	104	1,125.00–1,260.00	$1,216.74

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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.