heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers$355.51/cwt-9.63 vs last sale · ≈ $2,750/hd at 773 lb · 623 head
light 9-weight M&L 1 steers$340.99/cwt-27.87 vs last sale · ≈ $3,188/hd at 935 lb · 276 head
heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers$337.77/cwt-4.97 vs last sale · ≈ $3,315/hd at 981 lb · 263 head
Receipts
Head
This sale
Last sale
Last year
Total receipts
8,130
13,010
10,544
Feeder cattle
4,748
13,010
10,335
Replacement cattle
3,382
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209
Market comments — USDA reporter
Compared to last week's fairly large volume steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for calves, feeders, bred cows and cow/calf pairs. If all the reporting sale barns that report feeder cattle would allow USDA Market News to report their bred cow and pair special sales this week that number would have been very high compared to the reported volume of feeder cattle. Per NASS range and pasture conditions in Nebraska are 79 percent poor to very poor compared to 52 percent last year. (After this week last year, the rains came and conditions approved immensely!) Ranchers have made a very hard decision and are slowly downsizing their cow herds. Only bright note is that the selling prices is at record highs. Bulk of the bred cows and cow/calf pairs are headed to out-of-state producers. Another record in the books on the feedlot cash trade! Live sales sold steady to 5.00 higher from 260.00 to 265.00 and dressed sales sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher from 410.00 to 415.00.
→ Feeder cattle: feeders
▼ Feeder heifers: Compared to last week's fairly large volume steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower
▼ Feeder steers: Compared to last week's fairly large volume steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower
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.
Cattle Market
Compared to last week's fairly large volume steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for calves, feeders, bred cows and cow/calf pairs. If all the reporting sale barns that report feeder cattle would allow USDA Market News to report their bred cow and pair special sales this week that number would have been very high compared to the reported volume of feeder cattle. Per NASS range and pasture conditions in Nebraska are 79 percent poor to very poor compared to 52 percent last year. (After this week last year, the rains came and conditions approved immensely!) Ranchers have made a very hard decision and are slowly downsizing their cow herds. Only bright note is that the selling prices is at record highs. Bulk of the bred cows and cow/calf pairs are headed to out-of-state producers. Another record in the books on the feedlot cash trade! Live sales sold steady to 5.00 higher from 260.00 to 265.00 and dressed sales sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher from 410.00 to 415.00.