Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 15, 2025

23,471 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $410.69/cwt +2.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,758/hd at 672 lb · 2,183 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $392.37/cwt +3.60 vs last sale · ≈ $2,833/hd at 722 lb · 1,737 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $431.50/cwt -8.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,704/hd at 627 lb · 1,449 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	23,471	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	4	552.50	$552.50	$1,740	-49.46
352–387	366	135	513.00–595.00	$572.71	$2,096	-4.55
368–398 unweaned	376	18	550.00–555.00	$553.53	$2,081	—
404–437	427	212	492.50–582.50	$556.32	$2,375	+34.63
426–437 unweaned	432	66	530.00–550.00	$544.99	$2,354	—
450–489 fancy	463	133	571.00–595.00	$582.98	$2,699	—
450–496	479	407	489.00–545.00	$532.24	$2,549	+11.60
450–494 unweaned	482	212	461.00–540.00	$520.98	$2,511	—
488	488	6	480.00	$480.00	$2,342	-40.64
511–512 fancy	511	72	532.00–532.50	$532.35	$2,720	-9.98
523	523	13	500.00	$500.00	$2,615	+5.17
500–548	528	569	480.00–521.00	$501.50	$2,648	+6.67
528	528	15	466.00	$466.00	$2,460	-28.83
504–547 unweaned	536	180	470.00–520.00	$489.36	$2,623	+28.36
562–580	566	23	366.00–446.00	$430.43	$2,436	-23.51
550–599	576	715	438.00–482.50	$463.44	$2,669	+37.57
567–580 fancy	576	215	493.00–497.50	$495.09	$2,852	+6.20
550–597 unweaned	581	141	447.00–470.00	$459.88	$2,672	—
606–648 unweaned	618	156	389.00–448.00	$426.68	$2,637	+3.10
616–635 fancy	623	199	460.00–471.00	$464.41	$2,893	+9.41
601–648	628	978	400.00–451.00	$430.01	$2,700	-9.16
607–645	630	46	390.00–400.00	$394.36	$2,484	-44.81
636	636	70	394.00	$394.00	$2,506	-45.17
655 fancy	655	48	444.00	$444.00	$2,908	—
655	655	75	409.00	$409.00	$2,679	-0.52
653–688 unweaned	660	108	365.00–412.50	$401.16	$2,648	+19.61
650–699	673	1,896	384.00–441.00	$411.51	$2,769	+1.99
650–693	684	56	371.00–382.00	$374.88	$2,564	-34.64
701–745	720	1,438	368.00–417.00	$396.63	$2,856	+10.95
700–726	722	121	360.00–391.00	$367.79	$2,655	-17.89
724 unweaned	724	15	365.00	$365.00	$2,643	-0.86
730–745	739	163	373.00–377.00	$375.52	$2,775	+27.52
750–779	773	129	350.00–357.50	$352.50	$2,725	-22.86
752–793	777	680	353.00–399.00	$380.43	$2,956	+5.07
811	811	64	358.50	$358.50	$2,907	+9.65
815	815	38	355.00	$355.00	$2,893	+6.15
800–849	824	899	344.00–375.00	$357.99	$2,950	+9.14
854–881	874	672	330.00–361.50	$349.93	$3,058	+10.19
881	881	8	349.00	$349.00	$3,075	+9.26
890 fancy	890	62	360.50	$360.50	$3,208	—
904 fancy	904	103	370.00	$370.00	$3,345	—
908–949	939	322	325.00–350.00	$342.42	$3,215	+23.84
964–983	977	182	310.00–334.50	$323.41	$3,160	-14.71
1017 fancy	1017	51	356.00	$356.00	$3,621	—
1012–1045	1026	112	307.00–317.50	$311.58	$3,197	-11.92
1073–1092	1075	117	292.50–303.50	$302.54	$3,252	—
1101–1142	1129	48	280.00–284.00	$282.34	$3,188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	331	12	475.00–540.00	$513.39	$1,699	—
360–376	370	10	485.00–532.50	$513.99	$1,902	—
399 thin fleshed	399	5	527.50	$527.50	$2,105	—
423–446	433	61	485.00–537.50	$522.61	$2,263	+13.41
462–495	484	63	462.50–510.00	$493.10	$2,387	+9.90
513–546	536	122	424.00–480.00	$463.01	$2,482	+2.36
540 unweaned	540	8	445.00	$445.00	$2,403	+24.00
553–592	587	102	421.00–446.00	$437.27	$2,567	+11.07
587–592 unweaned	590	23	409.00–428.00	$422.68	$2,494	+22.68
608–644	631	20	371.00–389.00	$379.82	$2,397	-31.10
658–695	671	61	377.00–392.00	$386.04	$2,590	+1.55
700–732	721	54	341.00–380.00	$356.26	$2,569	+17.81
744 unweaned	744	10	331.00	$331.00	$2,463	—
753–795	779	69	340.00–360.50	$356.29	$2,775	+5.29
861–893	873	53	314.00–339.00	$330.76	$2,888	—
906–934	917	21	324.00–333.00	$329.51	$3,022	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	5	372.50	$372.50	$2,395	—
1117	1117	12	290.00	$290.00	$3,239	-23.84

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	340	33	501.00–562.50	$550.21	$1,871	—
350–394 unweaned	367	26	497.50–510.00	$501.25	$1,840	—
353–398	382	140	452.50–580.00	$509.72	$1,947	-0.77
400–449	427	190	443.00–500.00	$483.94	$2,066	+13.23
433 unweaned	433	56	485.00–505.00	$493.17	$2,135	—
454–492 unweaned	469	45	449.00–495.00	$475.55	$2,230	—
450–499	476	397	428.00–490.00	$466.59	$2,221	+5.73
490–496	493	21	423.00–447.00	$436.64	$2,153	-24.22
503	503	14	440.00	$440.00	$2,213	+45.85
507–519	513	15	415.00–420.00	$417.70	$2,143	+23.55
512–513 thin fleshed	513	45	474.00–480.00	$478.40	$2,454	+35.14
502–534	521	255	414.50–472.00	$444.98	$2,318	+50.83
515–547 unweaned	523	147	370.00–444.00	$426.36	$2,230	+30.84
527 fancy	527	56	470.00	$470.00	$2,477	+16.92
541	541	33	435.00	$435.00	$2,353	+1.14
541–545	542	17	393.00–416.00	$409.20	$2,218	-24.66
553–596 fancy	566	252	433.50–442.00	$437.21	$2,475	+4.21
551–599	572	742	382.00–443.00	$416.68	$2,383	+5.26
551–592 unweaned	581	69	387.00–418.00	$411.30	$2,390	+39.85
576–588	583	43	405.00–410.50	$408.75	$2,383	+37.33
585	585	35	433.00	$433.00	$2,533	+61.58
593	593	49	390.00	$390.00	$2,313	+18.58
600–630 unweaned	618	81	372.50–402.00	$381.62	$2,358	-6.18
600–647	620	636	367.00–411.00	$388.91	$2,411	+31.13
624–644	634	239	401.50–410.00	$405.93	$2,574	+28.39
621–646	638	94	373.00–379.00	$377.89	$2,411	+0.35
675 unweaned	675	18	355.00	$355.00	$2,396	-1.00
650–699	677	482	342.00–389.00	$367.83	$2,490	+5.25
679 fancy	679	35	383.00	$383.00	$2,601	-6.31
682	682	61	362.00	$362.00	$2,469	-0.58
682	682	42	429.00	$429.00	$2,926	+66.42
693–699	695	25	329.50–347.00	$341.37	$2,373	+9.37
700–741	712	465	343.00–376.50	$358.03	$2,549	+30.28
753 fancy	753	26	397.50	$397.50	$2,993	+33.50
760–792	772	248	323.00–345.50	$339.41	$2,620	-0.83
761–793	786	50	326.00–329.50	$326.98	$2,570	-13.26
819 fancy	819	225	345.00	$345.00	$2,826	—
800–842	824	163	310.00–340.25	$331.47	$2,731	+10.31
829	829	20	337.50	$337.50	$2,798	+16.34
872	872	13	318.00	$318.00	$2,773	+4.74
860–882	877	288	312.50–330.00	$318.66	$2,795	+5.40
901	901	13	294.00	$294.00	$2,649	—
931	931	58	294.00	$294.00	$2,737	—
954–993	973	76	285.50–301.50	$294.76	$2,868	—
1047	1047	31	288.00	$288.00	$3,015	—
1053	1053	11	292.00	$292.00	$3,075	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	3	451.00	$451.00	$1,515	—
390–393	392	24	367.50–502.50	$457.73	$1,794	-5.63
401–446	424	8	442.50–445.00	$443.82	$1,882	+40.19
465–497	479	64	380.00–445.00	$412.63	$1,976	-5.26
505–541	523	51	396.00–432.50	$412.15	$2,156	+8.88
534 unweaned	534	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,869	—
559–597	581	194	369.00–400.00	$386.82	$2,247	+18.21
627 unweaned	627	25	337.00	$337.00	$2,113	—
600–645	632	83	360.00–371.00	$363.64	$2,298	+8.62
683–691	688	8	330.00–334.00	$332.51	$2,288	-10.39
721 unweaned	721	9	332.00	$332.00	$2,394	—
715–749	736	97	322.00–336.00	$332.40	$2,446	—
837–840	837	66	315.50–322.50	$321.86	$2,694	+0.16

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1003	1003	12	303.00	$303.00	$3,039	—
1053–1085	1078	87	280.00–314.50	$309.43	$3,336	—
1096	1096	7	279.00	$279.00	$3,058	—
1176–1181	1179	9	255.00–265.00	$259.43	$3,059	—
1229	1229	8	254.50	$254.50	$3,128	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	11	340.00	$340.00	$1,863	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1028–1442	1257	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	644	4,000.00–5,150.00	$4,652.37
1189–1648	1382	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	422	3,300.00–4,300.00	$3,735.05
1263–1560	1403	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	180	2,850.00–3,750.00	$3,327.60
1281–1534	1410	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	2,700.00–3,375.00	$3,074.71

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1061–1064	1062	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	129	4,050.00–4,800.00	$4,419.72
919–1199	1090	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	926	3,650.00–4,950.00	$4,208.83
960–1255	1130	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1,550	3,600.00–5,450.00	$4,464.01

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1049	1049	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	3,425.00	$3,425.00

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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.