Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no feeder sale. Demand was good with a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.69/cwt on 1,572 head.

Average price

$194.69

1,572 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$32.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.88

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	477	197.81	944	1,422
Medium and Large 1-2	527	165.14	871	150

One grade step is worth $32.67/cwt here — about $73 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 sale1,572 hd

194.69

—

NE average8 barns · 14,519 hd

166.81

+27.88

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

37 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	—	567	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	851	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	171.67/cwt	171.00–173.00	565	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,247	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,032	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	611	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	162.36/cwt	159.00–169.00	935	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	167.67/cwt	155.00–170.25	1,045	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	137.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,153	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	930	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	172.42/cwt	166.00–177.00	895	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	198.68/cwt	192.00–203.50	950	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	224.51/cwt	211.00–226.00	752	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	212.95/cwt	212.00–214.00	907	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,276	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	151.32/cwt	145.00–155.50	869	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	230.45/cwt	223.00–237.00	899	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	186.57/cwt	180.00–190.00	813	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	146.97/cwt	143.00–147.50	1,035	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	165.01/cwt	155.00–169.00	855	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	701	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	136.19/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,115	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	177.44/cwt	166.00–182.00	664	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	172.23/cwt	163.00–173.50	803	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	178.12/cwt	172.00–181.50	752	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	143.95/cwt	143.50–145.50	760	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	594	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	891	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	509	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	817	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	454	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	781	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,154	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,021	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,118	8

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 2,790Last week 3,530Year ago 0

No comparison to last week due to no feeder sale. Demand was good with a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	567	150.00	150.00
19	—	329	171.00–173.00	171.67
145	—	518	155.00–169.00	165.01
26	—	819	136.00–137.00	136.19
79	—	374	166.00–182.00	177.44
110	—	466	163.00–173.50	172.23
127	—	422	172.00–181.50	178.12
11	—	852	135.50	135.50
6	—	767	136.00	136.00
7	—	748	136.50	136.50
8	—	924	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	425	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	528	143.50–145.50	143.95
9	—	428	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	959	130.00	130.00
14	—	695	148.50	148.50
41	—	274	223.00	223.00
50	—	576	159.00–169.00	162.36
102	—	623	155.00–170.25	167.67
13	—	840	135.00–140.00	137.30
121	—	519	166.00–177.00	172.42
177	—	478	192.00–203.50	198.68
200	—	335	211.00–226.00	224.51
209	—	426	212.00–214.00	212.95
8	—	1,005	127.00	127.00
227	—	390	223.00–237.00	230.45
73	—	704	143.00–147.50	146.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	662	140.50	140.50
32	—	574	145.00–155.50	151.32
56	—	436	180.00–190.00	186.57
9	—	384	187.50	187.50
11	—	458	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	594	150.00	150.00
22	—	509	160.50	160.50
13	—	454	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	450	210.00	210.00
81	—	558	183.00	183.00

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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