Nebraska Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Nebraska · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 6, 2026

13,939 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $377.58/cwt +6.75 vs last sale · ≈ $3,138/hd at 831 lb · 1,017 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $480.75/cwt +10.82 vs last sale · ≈ $3,002/hd at 624 lb · 982 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $429.80/cwt +14.00 vs last sale · ≈ $3,104/hd at 722 lb · 771 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	13,939	12,756	12,458
Feeder cattle	13,894	12,756	12,045
Replacement cattle	45	—	413

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs sold sharply higher, 550-800 lbs 9.00 higher to sharply higher, and over 800 lbs mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-550 lbs sold sharply higher, 550-750 lbs 7.00 to 11.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and over 750 lbs mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand Good.

▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers 400-550 lbs sold sharply higher
▲ Feeder steers: feeder steers under 550 lbs sold sharply higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	5	605.00	$605.00	$2,311	-8.06
387–399 unweaned	389	62	615.00–646.00	$640.36	$2,491	—
401 fancy	401	46	658.00	$658.00	$2,639	—
400–447	419	85	580.00–630.00	$601.71	$2,521	+37.48
438–449 unweaned	441	122	560.00–589.00	$587.58	$2,591	—
451–497	473	164	535.00–607.50	$561.67	$2,657	+6.17
473 fancy	473	111	567.00	$567.00	$2,682	—
474–498 thin fleshed	485	29	575.00–592.50	$585.49	$2,840	—
470–497 unweaned	491	132	501.00–547.50	$536.31	$2,633	—
503–543	521	388	512.50–573.00	$554.16	$2,887	+39.28
502–542 unweaned	526	33	510.00–541.00	$523.94	$2,756	—
549	549	20	515.00	$515.00	$2,827	+0.12
559 fancy	559	17	512.50	$512.50	$2,865	—
555–591 unweaned	574	78	447.00–516.00	$476.74	$2,736	—
557–597	581	310	440.00–532.50	$497.61	$2,891	+14.59
584 thin fleshed	584	85	513.00	$513.00	$2,996	+7.43
602–612 fancy	603	193	513.00–521.00	$520.54	$3,139	—
609–629 thin fleshed	614	124	476.00–478.00	$476.66	$2,927	—
625	625	103	490.00	$490.00	$3,062	+20.07
607–649	634	555	450.00–500.00	$466.68	$2,959	-3.25
637 unweaned	637	7	435.00	$435.00	$2,771	—
653 unweaned	653	9	430.00	$430.00	$2,808	—
658 thin fleshed	658	18	458.00	$458.00	$3,014	—
652–691	672	465	425.00–460.00	$451.01	$3,031	+18.55
682	682	88	455.00	$455.00	$3,103	+22.54
710 fancy	710	172	468.00	$468.00	$3,323	—
700–743	720	451	405.00–440.00	$424.09	$3,053	+8.29
742	742	89	398.00	$398.00	$2,953	-17.80
745	745	59	410.00	$410.00	$3,054	-5.80
774	774	11	375.00	$375.00	$2,902	-15.97
760–791	776	271	376.00–419.00	$406.22	$3,152	+15.25
800–847	831	1,017	362.00–402.00	$377.58	$3,138	+6.75
868 thin fleshed	868	30	373.00	$373.00	$3,238	—
850–891	875	307	347.00–373.50	$362.28	$3,170	+1.62
903	903	7	336.50	$336.50	$3,039	-9.68
915–940	923	258	345.00–358.00	$352.70	$3,255	+6.52
950–998	976	314	335.00–344.00	$340.52	$3,323	+4.93
974–985	976	56	326.00–331.00	$326.90	$3,191	-8.69
1010–1024	1021	55	321.00–327.00	$325.81	$3,327	-0.33
1061–1076	1064	197	297.00–323.00	$317.93	$3,383	+10.81

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392 unweaned	392	11	540.00	$540.00	$2,117	—
416 thin fleshed	416	14	553.00	$553.00	$2,300	—
437 unweaned	437	12	550.00	$550.00	$2,404	—
454–494 unweaned	483	18	460.00–480.00	$472.78	$2,284	—
479–498	492	39	526.00–555.00	$546.03	$2,686	+16.48
531	531	7	430.00	$430.00	$2,283	—
518–542	533	58	485.00–538.00	$513.95	$2,739	—
565–597	587	46	420.00–487.50	$465.89	$2,735	+41.56
621 unweaned	621	10	416.00	$416.00	$2,583	—
626–645	636	49	427.50–467.50	$445.57	$2,834	+8.26
672–690	682	39	405.00–437.00	$416.61	$2,841	—
688	688	5	382.50	$382.50	$2,632	—
705–743	732	90	394.00–407.50	$398.54	$2,917	+20.14
769 thin fleshed	769	9	397.00	$397.00	$3,053	—
773–795	785	29	381.50–391.00	$387.32	$3,040	+29.46
811–838	829	54	341.00–370.00	$355.74	$2,949	—
877	877	14	341.00	$341.00	$2,991	-4.55

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 unweaned	335	19	585.00	$585.00	$1,960	—
341–348	344	18	550.00–600.00	$569.69	$1,960	+9.69
373–384 unweaned	382	136	565.00–575.00	$566.99	$2,166	—
394	394	15	547.50	$547.50	$2,157	-26.69
400–435 unweaned	424	111	536.00–543.00	$538.14	$2,282	—
402–440 thin fleshed	427	63	555.00–566.00	$562.38	$2,401	—
426–449	436	68	507.50–540.00	$523.29	$2,282	+24.65
436 fancy	436	12	542.50	$542.50	$2,365	—
476–496 unweaned	479	86	444.00–509.00	$496.62	$2,379	—
452–497	482	240	476.00–512.50	$497.34	$2,397	+15.37
500–520 thin fleshed	512	40	480.00–490.00	$485.45	$2,486	—
503–540	513	334	450.00–509.00	$494.82	$2,538	+35.02
502–547 unweaned	522	44	445.00–469.00	$458.00	$2,391	—
555–570 thin fleshed	559	105	464.00–467.00	$466.24	$2,606	—
559 unweaned	559	41	460.00	$460.00	$2,571	—
550–592	574	376	440.00–465.00	$450.70	$2,587	+7.24
606–642 unweaned	621	17	400.00–414.00	$408.04	$2,534	—
603–643	624	549	407.00–460.00	$424.14	$2,647	+9.98
635 fancy	635	91	480.00	$480.00	$3,048	—
643	643	64	421.00	$421.00	$2,707	+6.84
660 thin fleshed	660	73	425.00	$425.00	$2,805	+10.00
671–692	679	251	380.00–436.00	$417.72	$2,836	+32.66
684	684	85	460.00	$460.00	$3,146	+94.29
676–687	686	77	378.00–380.50	$378.29	$2,595	+12.58
707 unweaned	707	7	340.00	$340.00	$2,404	—
702–729	710	224	357.50–385.00	$381.05	$2,705	+10.39
715	715	47	398.00	$398.00	$2,846	+27.34
712–742	727	184	397.50–420.00	$410.51	$2,984	+39.85
702–744	735	46	355.50–361.00	$356.84	$2,623	+6.84
761–792	769	265	348.00–372.00	$355.49	$2,734	+1.81
760–788	775	116	401.00–420.00	$411.33	$3,188	+57.65
790	790	30	341.00	$341.00	$2,694	+8.00
812	812	11	333.00	$333.00	$2,704	-34.95
800–823	815	151	341.00–350.00	$344.90	$2,811	-23.05
806–846	829	32	331.00–410.00	$364.62	$3,023	+26.80
857–884	867	199	324.00–346.00	$332.12	$2,879	+3.45
887–895	894	59	313.00–318.00	$317.50	$2,838	-15.50
942–948	944	49	318.50–322.50	$319.65	$3,017	+27.15
959–975	964	31	311.50–327.00	$322.45	$3,108	+21.45
966	966	70	301.00	$301.00	$2,908	±0.00
1001–1042	1017	56	287.50–309.00	$300.58	$3,057	—
1048	1048	15	282.50	$282.50	$2,961	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	6	525.00	$525.00	$1,759	+20.00
395 unweaned	395	10	500.00	$500.00	$1,975	—
433–445 unweaned	438	29	452.50–498.00	$470.05	$2,059	—
471 unweaned	471	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,884	—
477–480 thin fleshed	478	11	441.00–450.00	$445.90	$2,131	—
508–545	528	113	430.00–472.50	$446.48	$2,357	+14.29
537 unweaned	537	10	400.00	$400.00	$2,148	—
561 unweaned	561	11	432.00	$432.00	$2,424	—
579 thin fleshed	579	5	420.00	$420.00	$2,432	—
551–590	580	29	405.00–432.50	$415.50	$2,410	+10.42
600–614	604	31	397.50–402.50	$400.70	$2,420	+38.56
632 thin fleshed	632	27	412.50	$412.50	$2,607	—
653–696	676	24	370.00–400.00	$383.28	$2,591	+26.49
752–760	756	20	336.00–340.00	$337.79	$2,554	+5.50
772	772	9	322.00	$322.00	$2,486	-10.29
842–846	843	30	320.00–334.00	$323.75	$2,729	+1.04
923	923	8	285.00	$285.00	$2,631	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
807 thin fleshed	807	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	4,200.00	$4,200.00	—
1041–1205	1134	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	5,050.00–5,200.00	$5,165.89	—

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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.