Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

30,702 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.77/cwt +4.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,183/hd at 627 lb · 2,242 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $201.83/cwt +5.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,357/hd at 672 lb · 1,884 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $188.81/cwt -0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,376/hd at 729 lb · 1,867 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	30,702	45,499	28,686
Feeder cattle	30,594	43,979	28,580
Replacement cattle	108	1,520	106

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 500 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 800 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for light weight cattle with moderate to good demand for feeder cattle. Quite a few buyers at reporting auctions along with internet buyers pushing on the market. Much needed warmer weather at weeks close that started to melt snow from cornfields and open some grazing for stock cows. On the downside, most feedlot pens will turn into a mess with all the melting snow. Quite a few livestock owners have been seeking additional hay supplies due to the previous 60 days of winter weather. Some have been fortunate to find a load of hay here and there with some hay coming in from South and North Dakota. Nebraska negotiated slaughter cattle was slow to transpire with most of the trading on Friday afternoon. Dressed sales steady to 2.00 higher from 248.00 to 250.00.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	19	251.00	$251.00	$750	—
302	302	6	246.00	$246.00	$743	—
358–397	376	108	250.00–269.00	$256.88	$966	+14.27
402–444	417	148	215.50–262.00	$246.14	$1,026	-1.59
450–499	468	538	200.00–259.00	$241.44	$1,130	+10.10
494	494	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,102	-8.34
500–509 thin fleshed	503	113	235.00–257.00	$250.91	$1,262	+4.11
501–548	522	983	215.00–246.00	$235.83	$1,231	+10.33
526	526	7	216.00	$216.00	$1,136	-9.50
534–540	537	30	233.50–236.50	$234.89	$1,261	+6.99
550 unweaned	550	8	202.00	$202.00	$1,111	—
555–565 fancy	562	76	235.00–247.00	$241.99	$1,360	—
557–567	562	13	190.00–205.00	$196.86	$1,106	-26.89
551–597	577	1,296	190.00–232.50	$218.23	$1,259	-2.20
608 fancy	608	34	223.00	$223.00	$1,356	+0.75
613 unweaned	613	18	188.00	$188.00	$1,152	+6.00
601–631 thin fleshed	618	178	212.50–219.00	$216.44	$1,338	+1.29
600–647	622	1,245	195.00–223.50	$211.37	$1,315	+4.20
626–632	629	144	216.00–218.50	$217.24	$1,366	+10.07
627–644	632	172	191.00–197.00	$192.80	$1,218	-14.37
650–698	672	1,855	185.50–211.00	$202.08	$1,358	+7.42
670–699	682	29	173.00–195.00	$185.67	$1,266	-8.99
700–719	707	37	180.00–183.50	$182.15	$1,288	-7.58
700–747	729	1,693	170.00–203.00	$188.95	$1,377	+14.11
731 unweaned	731	13	178.50	$178.50	$1,305	-1.31
735	735	124	190.00	$190.00	$1,396	+15.16
750–797	771	1,743	167.00–197.25	$184.87	$1,425	+3.06
775–797	779	122	173.00–180.00	$177.16	$1,380	+3.21
800–846	813	1,239	171.00–189.50	$182.57	$1,484	+5.27
835 fancy	835	119	187.00	$187.00	$1,561	—
829–844	838	72	169.50–180.00	$176.18	$1,476	+8.16
856 fancy	856	60	187.00	$187.00	$1,601	—
859–891	867	33	171.50–175.00	$174.13	$1,510	-0.72
852–897	875	532	171.00–180.00	$177.07	$1,549	+2.22
918–931	926	34	162.50–167.00	$165.01	$1,528	+7.01
904–946	927	356	169.50–177.25	$174.73	$1,620	+16.73
950–973	964	200	170.25–175.50	$172.94	$1,667	+3.83
992	992	54	168.75	$168.75	$1,674	-0.36
1064–1088	1074	100	166.50–167.25	$166.92	$1,793	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–396	375	34	207.00–242.50	$223.39	$838	+33.39
416 unweaned	416	5	197.50	$197.50	$822	—
414–445	433	62	206.00–237.00	$217.66	$942	+6.88
459 thin fleshed	459	5	216.00	$216.00	$991	-2.27
450–494	471	118	191.00–237.00	$217.83	$1,026	+7.66
500–546	518	131	191.00–227.50	$210.22	$1,089	-3.21
555–593	575	95	180.00–211.50	$202.61	$1,165	-1.23
601–627 thin fleshed	623	36	193.00–194.50	$194.26	$1,210	—
603–644	625	133	183.50–199.00	$192.81	$1,205	+1.58
665 thin fleshed	665	20	183.00	$183.00	$1,217	—
660–691	676	75	175.00–190.50	$181.49	$1,227	-0.25
694	694	14	180.00	$180.00	$1,249	-1.74
701–748	733	115	161.00–181.00	$174.44	$1,279	-1.81
799	799	8	161.00	$161.00	$1,286	-10.52
802–828	817	32	170.00–174.00	$171.72	$1,403	-1.26
851	851	25	186.50	$186.50	$1,587	+26.00
978	978	19	179.50	$179.50	$1,756	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
738–740	739	44	176.00–178.50	$176.63	$1,305	+7.63
853–857	855	35	168.50–178.75	$172.88	$1,478	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282	282	9	210.00	$210.00	$592	—
319–347	334	25	230.00–233.00	$231.38	$773	+13.01
363–398	371	95	195.00–221.00	$213.36	$792	-3.53
417	417	104	237.00	$237.00	$988	+23.72
400–447	420	400	200.00–243.00	$216.14	$908	+2.86
456–482	476	37	193.00–196.00	$194.93	$928	-10.56
452–499	480	692	180.00–229.00	$212.81	$1,021	+7.32
486	486	205	228.00	$228.00	$1,108	+22.51
500–549	530	1,672	186.00–215.00	$204.49	$1,084	+18.39
535 unweaned	535	10	181.00	$181.00	$968	+7.00
557	557	136	215.00	$215.00	$1,198	+22.50
552–587	566	19	179.00–184.00	$180.29	$1,020	-12.21
551–599	574	1,572	175.00–209.00	$195.89	$1,124	+8.99
576 unweaned	576	14	174.00	$174.00	$1,002	+6.74
605–638	609	65	172.50–180.00	$176.63	$1,076	-37.75
600–623	611	152	195.00–196.00	$195.50	$1,195	-18.88
602–635	615	178	195.25–206.00	$197.30	$1,213	-17.08
604–649	629	1,726	169.00–208.00	$187.34	$1,178	+19.39
639 fancy	639	121	194.75	$194.75	$1,244	—
651 thin fleshed	651	21	189.50	$189.50	$1,234	+5.00
666	666	56	182.50	$182.50	$1,215	-28.76
653–698	668	188	185.00–205.00	$193.25	$1,291	-18.01
650–696	669	1,222	169.00–187.00	$177.67	$1,189	-33.59
690–695	694	40	165.00–169.00	$166.05	$1,152	+1.15
713	713	26	168.25	$168.25	$1,200	+7.80
700–734	714	456	179.75–192.25	$184.74	$1,319	+24.29
711–726 fancy	717	147	178.50–180.25	$179.21	$1,285	—
700–748	721	971	160.00–179.00	$173.13	$1,248	-8.80
723 unweaned	723	12	168.00	$168.00	$1,215	±0.00
758–788	767	92	165.75–166.00	$165.92	$1,273	-0.28
770	770	38	171.50	$171.50	$1,321	+5.30
760–799	778	846	160.00–177.50	$172.58	$1,343	+10.77
816	816	30	167.00	$167.00	$1,363	+3.11
800–846	824	307	155.00–169.50	$165.71	$1,365	+4.96
806–841	828	109	168.25–172.00	$169.59	$1,404	+8.84
850–881	869	88	160.00–167.50	$163.37	$1,420	+1.83
895	895	7	158.50	$158.50	$1,419	-3.04
902	902	30	158.00	$158.00	$1,425	—
952	952	54	165.00	$165.00	$1,571	+25.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	5	213.00	$213.00	$722	+53.00
358–379	368	33	181.00–206.00	$191.88	$706	-8.67
378 unweaned	378	7	194.00	$194.00	$733	—
388 thin fleshed	388	9	202.00	$202.00	$784	—
400–447	423	29	181.00–192.00	$186.68	$790	+16.68
450–499	482	200	170.00–206.00	$189.95	$916	+1.61
509 thin fleshed	509	14	187.00	$187.00	$952	—
513–544	526	149	174.00–194.50	$188.56	$992	+6.93
550–598	572	224	176.00–191.00	$186.46	$1,067	+9.88
602–644	632	189	165.00–184.50	$178.93	$1,131	+5.18
650–694	671	50	166.00–179.00	$173.11	$1,162	+2.69
698	698	22	178.50	$178.50	$1,246	+8.08
726–737	732	20	161.00–169.75	$165.65	$1,213	+3.50
842	842	33	176.00	$176.00	$1,482	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	8	213.00	$213.00	$852	—
457	457	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,005	—
549	549	31	199.00	$199.00	$1,093	—
601	601	9	178.50	$178.50	$1,073	—
763	763	16	162.00	$162.00	$1,236	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1102–1196	1139	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	99	1,900.00–2,050.00	$1,981.80

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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.