Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs were steady - 7.00 higher, heifers under 700 lbs was 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Not enough to show comparison over 700 lbs. Demand was good with good selection offered

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.94/cwt on 2,526 head.

Average price

$163.94

2,526 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$10.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.99

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	164.26	905	2,450
Medium and Large 1-2	541	153.66	831	76

One grade step is worth $10.60/cwt here — about $74 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 sale2,526 hd

163.94

—

NE average11 barns · 20,890 hd

159.95

+3.99

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	629	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	909	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	570	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,284	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,154	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,074	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	143.88/cwt	141.00–144.50	1,108	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	154.46/cwt	143.00–163.00	588	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	153.39/cwt	149.50–156.50	661	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	147.85/cwt	140.00–152.00	766	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	149.36/cwt	141.50–157.00	720	351
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	143.56/cwt	136.50–149.00	824	419
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	135.77/cwt	133.50–138.00	872	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	130.18/cwt	127.00–137.50	864	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	690	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	139.18/cwt	135.00–145.00	587	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	186.14/cwt	185.50–187.00	858	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,214	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,200	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,310	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	179.24/cwt	177.50–181.00	753	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	157.07/cwt	152.50–157.50	982	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	188.52/cwt	183.00–194.00	722	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	172.85/cwt	164.50–176.00	831	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	166.32/cwt	158.50–172.50	872	481
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	159.43/cwt	152.00–166.50	909	678
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	152.16/cwt	144.50–156.00	1,021	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	156.90/cwt	148.00–163.50	965	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	679	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	149.46/cwt	147.50–152.00	847	39

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 31, 2019

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

Receipts 4,895Last week 3,375Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	629	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	461	185.50–187.00	186.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	815	149.00	149.00
9	—	779	154.00	154.00
19	—	897	146.00	146.00
91	—	420	177.50–181.00	179.24
92	—	625	152.50–157.50	157.07
104	—	383	183.00–194.00	188.52
363	—	481	164.50–176.00	172.85
481	—	524	158.50–172.50	166.32
678	—	570	152.00–166.50	159.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	671	144.50–156.00	152.16
454	—	615	148.00–163.50	156.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	549	155.00	155.00
15	—	397	171.00	171.00
39	—	567	147.50–152.00	149.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	339	168.00	168.00
12	—	917	140.00	140.00
16	—	824	140.00	140.00
32	—	743	144.50	144.50
77	—	770	141.00–144.50	143.88
95	—	381	143.00–163.00	154.46
183	—	431	149.50–156.50	153.39
248	—	518	140.00–152.00	147.85
351	—	482	141.50–157.00	149.36
419	—	574	136.50–149.00	143.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	642	133.50–138.00	135.77
53	—	664	127.00–137.50	130.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	527	131.00	131.00
19	—	422	135.00–145.00	139.18

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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