Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good with a large crowd on hand for their 12th Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale. Offerings included weaned fall calves with several groups of yearling feeder cattle. Some packages and several load lots in the run and some came off of early spring grass.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.60/cwt on 2,295 head.

Average price

$146.60

2,295 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$180

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	147.87	756	142
Medium and Large 1	638	146.52	935	2,153

One grade step is worth $1.35/cwt here — about −$180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,295 hd

146.60

—

NE average4 barns · 3,586 hd

141.50

+5.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	165.02/cwt	161.00–169.00	536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,001	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	165.19/cwt	163.00–166.00	631	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,090	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	138.90/cwt	132.50–145.50	922	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	162.57/cwt	155.00–166.50	702	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	131.16/cwt	126.50–137.50	1,020	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	161.11/cwt	153.50–166.00	849	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	162.60/cwt	157.00–168.00	784	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	129.83/cwt	122.50–134.00	1,063	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	134.42/cwt	125.50–140.75	964	336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	153.93/cwt	147.00–161.00	891	397
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	151.46/cwt	146.00–160.00	950	407
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	716	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	148.49/cwt	144.00–152.00	774	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	749	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,138	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,182	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	119.71/cwt	116.50–122.00	1,221	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	198.22/cwt	196.00–200.50	838	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	197.26/cwt	193.00–202.00	750	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,163	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,197	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	149.88/cwt	146.00–156.50	1,166	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	159.62/cwt	155.00–166.50	1,077	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	183.08/cwt	175.00–190.00	884	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	182.28/cwt	170.00–190.00	957	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	174.29/cwt	164.50–181.00	1,088	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	174.72/cwt	165.00–184.00	1,017	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	164.72/cwt	159.00–169.50	1,186	350

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Jun 6, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 5,075Last week 5,440Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	325	161.00–169.00	165.02
15	—	852	117.50	117.50
23	—	382	163.00–166.00	165.19
42	—	952	114.50	114.50
102	—	664	132.50–145.50	138.90
107	—	432	155.00–166.50	162.57
150	—	778	126.50–137.50	131.16
167	—	527	153.50–166.00	161.11
178	—	482	157.00–168.00	162.60
219	—	819	122.50–134.00	129.83
336	—	717	125.50–140.75	134.42
397	—	579	147.00–161.00	153.93
407	—	627	146.00–160.00	151.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	554	136.00	136.00
41	—	477	150.00	150.00
89	—	521	144.00–152.00	148.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	749	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	863	137.00	137.00
29	—	1,020	116.50–122.00	119.71
31	—	423	196.00–200.50	198.22
53	—	380	193.00–202.00	197.26
53	—	805	144.50	144.50
61	—	910	131.50	131.50
115	—	778	146.00–156.50	149.88
178	—	675	155.00–166.50	159.62
194	—	483	175.00–190.00	183.08
274	—	525	170.00–190.00	182.28
305	—	624	164.50–181.00	174.29
329	—	582	165.00–184.00	174.72
350	—	720	159.00–169.50	164.72

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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