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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were 6.00 - 8.00 lower, except 500 - 600 lb steers were 2.00 - 10.00 higher. Demand was good in the seats and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.06/cwt on 2,962 head.

Average price

$173.06

2,962 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$10.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.34

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	174.32	1,003	2,594
Medium and Large 1-2	534	164.18	877	368

One grade step is worth $10.14/cwt here — about $126 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 sale2,962 hd

173.06

—

NE average10 barns · 17,028 hd

165.72

+7.34

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

48 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 1-2	—	693	148.39/cwt	146.50–150.50	1,028	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	688	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	165.79/cwt	158.00–170.50	880	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	172.58/cwt	168.00–176.00	823	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	141.42/cwt	138.00–145.00	914	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	191.18/cwt	177.00–198.00	900	374
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	163.93/cwt	159.50–178.00	925	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	181.88/cwt	175.50–190.00	928	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	150.18/cwt	142.50–152.50	1,171	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	190.91/cwt	184.50–194.00	838	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	151.75/cwt	146.50–155.00	1,088	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	207.09/cwt	195.00–215.50	818	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	143.36/cwt	142.25–145.00	1,250	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,143	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,056	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,452	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	636	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	172.20/cwt	168.00–174.00	653	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	166.91/cwt	161.50–176.00	541	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.50	1,010	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,164	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	819	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	930	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,040	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	186.88/cwt	184.50–189.00	1,043	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	354	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	747	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,004	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	196.02/cwt	194.00–196.50	806	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	938	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	175.02/cwt	168.00–178.00	863	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	594	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	924	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	746	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	538	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,036	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	417	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	869	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	360	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	799	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	390	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	743	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	151.35/cwt	144.00–155.00	723	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	643	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	146.00/cwt	145.50–146.50	793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	136.38/cwt	132.50–139.50	978	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	146.09/cwt	141.00–147.75	1,123	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	143.05/cwt	138.00–145.25	966	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	159.88/cwt	158.50–160.50	935	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	171.36/cwt	163.00–179.00	754	446
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.78/cwt	150.00–161.50	818	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	144.95/cwt	139.50–150.50	836	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	141.65/cwt	138.50–143.50	884	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	165.24/cwt	157.00–172.00	790	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	161.08/cwt	149.00–167.00	1,013	575

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 12, 2019

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

Receipts 5,851Last week 2,790Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers and heifers were 6.00 - 8.00 lower, except 500 - 600 lb steers were 2.00 - 10.00 higher. Demand was good in the seats and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	693	146.50–150.50	148.39
12	—	413	166.50	166.50
155	—	531	158.00–170.50	165.79
114	—	477	168.00–176.00	172.58
36	—	646	138.00–145.00	141.42
34	—	585	158.50–160.50	159.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
374	—	471	177.00–198.00	191.18
213	—	564	159.50–178.00	163.93
175	—	510	175.50–190.00	181.88
135	—	780	142.50–152.50	150.18
114	—	439	184.50–194.00	190.91
110	—	717	146.50–155.00	151.75
100	—	395	195.00–215.50	207.09
92	—	872	142.25–145.00	143.36
77	—	697	164.00	164.00
12	—	1,056	137.50	137.50
11	—	344	185.00	185.00
575	—	629	149.00–167.00	161.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	608	171.00	171.00
202	—	558	184.50–189.00	186.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	354	211.00	211.00
7	—	702	143.00	143.00
50	—	411	194.00–196.50	196.02
36	—	605	155.00	155.00
27	—	493	168.00–178.00	175.02
22	—	594	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	538	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	417	208.50	208.50
16	—	360	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	379	168.00–174.00	172.20
28	—	324	161.50–176.00	166.91
21	—	719	140.00–141.50	140.50
12	—	853	136.50	136.50
203	—	769	141.00–147.75	146.09
153	—	675	138.00–145.25	143.05
446	—	440	163.00–179.00	171.36
263	—	522	150.00–161.50	156.78
230	—	577	139.50–150.50	144.95
221	—	624	138.50–143.50	141.65
218	—	478	157.00–172.00	165.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	443	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	390	190.50	190.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	478	144.00–155.00	151.35
27	—	419	153.50	153.50
22	—	543	145.50–146.50	146.00
16	—	717	132.50–139.50	136.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	575	142.50	142.50
8	—	667	139.50	139.50

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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