Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.10/cwt on 1,523 head.

Average price

$151.10

1,523 head · 827 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$15.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.45

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	151.95	1,255	1,438
Medium and Large 1-2	847	136.69	1,157	85

One grade step is worth $15.26/cwt here — about $98 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 sale1,523 hd

151.10

—

NE average6 barns · 8,353 hd

155.55

−4.45

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

31 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	—	303	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	609	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,332	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	565	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	145.54/cwt	145.00–146.00	832	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,291	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	948	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	135.39/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,210	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	134.81/cwt	132.50–136.00	1,247	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	149.53/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,023	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	146.79/cwt	143.50–147.50	1,064	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	142.55/cwt	139.50–145.00	1,110	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	140.68/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,169	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	855	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	775	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	165.60/cwt	160.00–168.00	696	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	148.25/cwt	140.50–152.50	867	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	158.71/cwt	153.50–160.50	1,076	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	156.08/cwt	155.00–158.50	1,230	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	145.67/cwt	138.50–146.75	1,342	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	160.73/cwt	155.50–163.50	1,149	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	143.89/cwt	139.00–144.75	1,383	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	152.10/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,252	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	151.79/cwt	149.75–155.75	1,342	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	724	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	981	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,158	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,142	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,147	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	143.08/cwt	141.00–145.50	1,032	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,260	22

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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Receipts 3,090Last week 2,628Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	303	160.00	160.00
6	—	426	143.00	143.00
12	—	1,009	132.00	132.00
25	—	395	143.00	143.00
26	—	572	145.00–146.00	145.54
52	—	989	130.50	130.50
54	—	630	150.50	150.50
79	—	894	134.50–138.00	135.39
83	—	925	132.50–136.00	134.81
117	—	684	143.00–151.00	149.53
126	—	725	143.50–147.50	146.79
172	—	779	139.50–145.00	142.55
176	—	831	134.00–143.00	140.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	344	178.00	178.00
9	—	480	161.50	161.50
31	—	420	160.00–168.00	165.60
36	—	585	140.50–152.50	148.25
84	—	678	153.50–160.50	158.71
120	—	788	155.00–158.50	156.08
135	—	921	138.50–146.75	145.67
150	—	715	155.50–163.50	160.73
242	—	961	139.00–144.75	143.89
303	—	823	146.00–156.00	152.10
310	—	884	149.75–155.75	151.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	724	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	864	134.00	134.00
17	—	796	143.50	143.50
17	—	834	137.50	137.50
19	—	721	141.00–145.50	143.08
22	—	996	126.50	126.50

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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