Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 21, 2025

16,780 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $287.17/cwt +17.67 vs last sale · ≈ $2,651/hd at 923 lb · 1,328 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $346.27/cwt +5.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,342/hd at 676 lb · 1,299 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $327.99/cwt -0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,042/hd at 623 lb · 1,018 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	16,780	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–339	337	18	480.00–495.00	$486.62	$1,640	+37.58
360 thin fleshed	360	8	495.00	$495.00	$1,782	—
361 fancy	361	33	507.50	$507.50	$1,832	—
358–386 unweaned	370	24	485.00–490.00	$487.18	$1,803	—
359–388	374	85	460.00–510.00	$483.27	$1,807	+39.61
405 thin fleshed	405	10	460.00	$460.00	$1,863	—
401–448	435	150	430.00–482.50	$449.33	$1,955	+15.84
450–493	471	330	409.00–454.00	$437.34	$2,060	+24.61
469–499 unweaned	482	57	412.50–419.00	$415.70	$2,004	—
496 thin fleshed	496	8	432.00	$432.00	$2,143	—
500–534 thin fleshed	519	69	415.00–429.00	$421.06	$2,185	—
503–547	523	494	389.00–433.00	$412.67	$2,158	-3.26
535–540	537	23	390.00–391.00	$390.35	$2,096	-25.58
562	562	6	360.00	$360.00	$2,023	-5.97
554–569 thin fleshed	564	37	412.50–414.00	$413.52	$2,332	+28.52
550–593	573	810	376.00–417.50	$392.37	$2,248	+26.40
556–593 unweaned	581	50	370.00–383.00	$374.94	$2,178	—
608	608	49	380.00	$380.00	$2,310	+26.22
621 fancy	621	162	387.00	$387.00	$2,403	+40.00
600–644 thin fleshed	625	59	368.00–377.00	$372.90	$2,331	—
600–648	625	606	348.00–377.50	$364.21	$2,276	+10.43
603–649 unweaned	629	76	344.00–365.00	$358.74	$2,256	—
620–646	635	43	340.00–350.00	$344.11	$2,185	-9.67
655–674 unweaned	658	33	317.50–363.00	$355.94	$2,342	—
668	668	11	320.50	$320.50	$2,141	-20.27
652–698	676	990	328.00–355.00	$341.39	$2,308	+0.62
653–694 fancy	681	265	354.00–370.00	$364.36	$2,481	—
700–742	717	851	305.50–340.00	$331.85	$2,379	-1.90
729 unweaned	729	6	292.50	$292.50	$2,132	—
721–746	736	32	304.00–309.00	$307.01	$2,260	-26.74
753–787	768	685	293.00–334.75	$310.60	$2,385	+14.10
770–786	773	33	294.00–302.00	$298.89	$2,310	+2.39
798	798	80	299.50	$299.50	$2,390	-6.55
803–846	820	378	283.00–310.00	$304.24	$2,495	+19.96
811–838	823	33	286.00–294.00	$290.44	$2,390	+6.16
857	857	71	298.50	$298.50	$2,558	+12.05
860	860	5	272.00	$272.00	$2,339	-14.45
850–887	869	685	272.00–303.25	$293.00	$2,546	+6.55
900–946	923	1,263	264.00–293.00	$287.05	$2,649	+17.55
928	928	65	289.50	$289.50	$2,687	+20.00
951–994	965	264	260.00–281.00	$272.23	$2,627	-1.95
1009–1029	1020	89	258.00–265.50	$262.17	$2,674	+26.17
1050	1050	21	255.00	$255.00	$2,678	+16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346 unweaned	346	7	482.50	$482.50	$1,669	—
386	386	16	472.50	$472.50	$1,824	+29.75
395 unweaned	395	14	462.50	$462.50	$1,827	—
437	437	22	420.00	$420.00	$1,835	+11.95
479 unweaned	479	18	405.00	$405.00	$1,940	—
464–498	486	143	395.00–442.50	$416.23	$2,023	+33.50
510–545	528	92	350.00–407.50	$389.43	$2,056	+9.29
562–596	581	83	347.50–375.50	$367.95	$2,138	+11.59
603–648	626	103	300.00–353.50	$336.06	$2,104	-5.12
670–699	686	50	327.00–332.50	$329.52	$2,261	+4.40
705	705	6	308.00	$308.00	$2,171	—
755–799	770	43	286.00–310.00	$294.31	$2,266	—
823–832	825	29	267.50–292.00	$274.31	$2,263	—
890–892	891	15	280.00–283.00	$281.00	$2,504	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
268–286	277	24	1,650.00–1,675.00	$1,662.91	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344 thin fleshed	314	24	440.00–470.00	$455.91	$1,432	—
308–345	333	41	400.00–465.00	$439.31	$1,463	+7.11
376 thin fleshed	376	10	455.00	$455.00	$1,711	—
355–394	383	89	380.00–457.50	$430.37	$1,648	+27.57
384 unweaned	384	7	427.50	$427.50	$1,642	—
400 thin fleshed	400	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,620	—
400–441	424	241	375.00–437.50	$401.25	$1,701	+11.71
432 unweaned	432	5	392.50	$392.50	$1,696	—
465	465	6	354.00	$354.00	$1,646	-15.61
466–471 unweaned	469	61	385.00–401.00	$394.67	$1,851	—
473 fancy	473	124	403.00	$403.00	$1,906	—
450–495	475	409	357.00–400.00	$380.61	$1,808	+11.00
500–548	522	517	340.00–387.50	$367.59	$1,919	+28.46
525–540 unweaned	535	42	358.00–363.00	$361.48	$1,934	—
540	540	9	337.50	$337.50	$1,822	-1.63
563 fancy	563	73	362.50	$362.50	$2,041	+7.50
565	565	9	318.00	$318.00	$1,797	-10.48
550–597	571	754	311.00–367.50	$343.22	$1,960	+14.74
560–596 unweaned	583	54	312.50–345.00	$333.65	$1,945	—
618 thin fleshed	618	32	339.00	$339.00	$2,095	—
603–649	619	772	305.00–338.00	$326.48	$2,021	-17.52
600–639	627	29	305.00–314.00	$309.05	$1,938	-13.39
635	635	94	339.00	$339.00	$2,153	+16.56
631–639 unweaned	636	18	261.00–301.00	$285.56	$1,816	—
641 fancy	641	73	343.00	$343.00	$2,199	—
650–696	671	655	290.00–330.00	$308.23	$2,068	+31.23
671 unweaned	671	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,879	—
665–693	684	16	280.00–285.00	$281.52	$1,926	-19.86
692–696	693	134	317.00–361.00	$344.85	$2,390	+43.47
708–730	715	111	305.00–340.00	$316.59	$2,264	+23.66
701–747	724	372	273.00–317.00	$296.28	$2,145	+3.35
725	725	18	275.00–280.00	$276.94	$2,008	-15.99
756–769	761	127	308.00–325.00	$314.09	$2,390	+55.09
750–798	772	397	265.00–293.00	$284.12	$2,193	+9.88
808	808	140	294.00–299.00	$295.46	$2,387	+29.09
812–846	831	199	265.50–277.00	$271.60	$2,257	+5.23
853–897	880	356	246.00–273.50	$261.89	$2,305	+30.89
915–944	928	219	239.50–257.00	$252.53	$2,343	+2.03
961–968	965	115	251.00–253.00	$251.35	$2,426	+12.85
972	972	31	260.00	$260.00	$2,527	+21.50
1033	1033	9	251.50	$251.50	$2,598	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–372	371	20	415.00–422.50	$417.63	$1,549	+31.27
394 unweaned	394	15	390.00	$390.00	$1,537	—
406–448	411	145	355.00–411.00	$405.38	$1,666	+60.38
456 thin fleshed	456	5	367.50	$367.50	$1,676	—
467 unweaned	467	7	357.50	$357.50	$1,670	—
452–497	484	64	358.00–382.00	$366.69	$1,775	+26.78
519–539	529	79	342.50–352.50	$350.28	$1,853	+39.81
555–598	579	72	300.00–327.50	$314.62	$1,822	+15.31
623–630	624	50	300.00–312.50	$301.86	$1,884	+4.36
686–694	692	43	286.50–291.00	$287.85	$1,992	+17.85
703	703	6	259.00	$259.00	$1,821	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
271–295	285	15	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,437.98	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	463.00	$463.00	$1,533	—
452–484	468	10	357.00–405.00	$380.18	$1,779	-36.97
708	708	9	291.00	$291.00	$2,060	—
914	914	8	250.00	$250.00	$2,285	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1194	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	3,225.00	$3,225.00
1274	1274	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	3,225.00	$3,225.00
1434	1434	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1545	1545	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	2,275.00	$2,275.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1610	1610	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1071–1288	1195	(<2 yrs)	Open	35	4,250.00–4,850.00	$4,567.16	—

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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.