Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate on all classes offered. Next feeder sale is October 3.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.65/cwt on 1,527 head.

Average price

$137.65

1,527 head · 814 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$6.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	138.06	1,125	1,423
Medium and Large 1-2	799	132.05	1,056	104

One grade step is worth $6.01/cwt here — about $70 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 sale1,527 hd

137.65

—

NE average5 barns · 5,598 hd

139.45

−1.80

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

28 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	—	474	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,302	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	774	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	141.54/cwt	138.00–143.50	835	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,237	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	636	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	145.08/cwt	141.50–147.00	1,043	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	127.71/cwt	125.50–128.50	1,252	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	133.88/cwt	130.00–137.75	1,167	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	139.98/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,102	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	139.46/cwt	134.50–145.00	1,149	466
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	995	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,090	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	884	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,198	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	759	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	882	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	713	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	152.24/cwt	147.00–156.50	1,034	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	140.50/cwt	139.50–143.00	1,012	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	139.03/cwt	134.00–141.25	1,289	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,206	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,307	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	132.76/cwt	131.00–133.75	1,272	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	145.20/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,263	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	149.21/cwt	146.00–152.50	1,171	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,000	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,157	30

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 Sep 19, 2019

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

Receipts 2,628Last week 2,370Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate on all classes offered. Next feeder sale is October 3.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	474	145.50	145.50
14	—	1,025	127.00	127.00
22	—	530	146.00	146.00
25	—	590	138.00–143.50	141.54
29	—	946	130.75	130.75
35	—	417	152.50	152.50
142	—	719	141.50–147.00	145.08
156	—	980	125.50–128.50	127.71
250	—	872	130.00–137.75	133.88
273	—	787	138.00–146.00	139.98
466	—	824	134.50–145.00	139.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	748	133.00	133.00
66	—	829	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	884	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	339	176.00	176.00
8	—	506	150.00	150.00
23	—	608	145.00	145.00
25	—	443	161.00	161.00
34	—	679	147.00–156.50	152.24
35	—	720	139.50–143.00	140.50
39	—	927	134.00–141.25	139.03
54	—	829	145.50	145.50
58	—	1,025	127.50	127.50
70	—	958	131.00–133.75	132.76
88	—	870	140.00–149.50	145.20
126	—	785	146.00–152.50	149.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	741	135.00	135.00
30	—	890	130.00	130.00

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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