Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.46/cwt on 3,497 head.

Average price

$166.46

3,497 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$2.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.68

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	166.52	1,054	3,402
Medium and Large 1-2	551	164.22	904	95

One grade step is worth $2.30/cwt here — about $150 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 sale3,497 hd

166.46

—

NE average11 barns · 22,650 hd

165.78

+0.68

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	—	386	201.68/cwt	195.00–206.00	778	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	152.26/cwt	148.50–153.00	1,235	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	153.89/cwt	147.50–156.50	1,199	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	185.57/cwt	174.50–193.50	980	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	155.78/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,055	523
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	155.36/cwt	147.50–160.50	1,126	574
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	169.83/cwt	162.50–175.75	975	604
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	196.13/cwt	187.50–205.50	828	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	866	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	952	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,041	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	160.37/cwt	159.00–161.50	943	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	174.11/cwt	172.50–175.50	834	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	187.45/cwt	183.00–192.50	887	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	166.69/cwt	165.00–168.00	735	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	150.20/cwt	147.00–157.00	943	517
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.81/cwt	154.00–173.00	863	619
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	148.21/cwt	146.50–149.00	857	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	161.55/cwt	157.00–164.50	742	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	162.82/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,018	695
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	580	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	966	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	614	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	992	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,266	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	477	214.56/cwt	205.50–216.00	1,023	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	141.25/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,086	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	172.06/cwt	168.00–176.00	812	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	141.35/cwt	135.50–144.00	1,029	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	177.13/cwt	172.00–179.50	771	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	144.98/cwt	139.50–148.00	968	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	152.60/cwt	150.00–156.00	884	302

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 6,975Last week 5,367Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, demand was good on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	386	195.00–206.00	201.68
74	—	811	148.50–153.00	152.26
238	—	779	147.50–156.50	153.89
257	—	528	174.50–193.50	185.57
523	—	677	154.00–159.00	155.78
574	—	725	147.50–160.50	155.36
604	—	574	162.50–175.75	169.83
57	—	422	187.50–205.50	196.13
130	—	473	183.00–192.50	187.45
695	—	625	156.00–168.00	162.82
59	—	851	148.75	148.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	163.00	163.00
9	—	639	149.00	149.00
10	—	728	143.00	143.00
22	—	588	159.00–161.50	160.37
45	—	479	172.50–175.50	174.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	477	205.50–216.00	214.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	441	165.00–168.00	166.69
25	—	578	146.50–149.00	148.21
26	—	459	157.00–164.50	161.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
517	—	628	147.00–157.00	150.20
619	—	527	154.00–173.00	163.81
100	—	769	137.50–142.50	141.25
126	—	472	168.00–176.00	172.06
195	—	728	135.50–144.00	141.35
197	—	435	172.00–179.50	177.13
204	—	668	139.50–148.00	144.98
302	—	579	150.00–156.00	152.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	580	166.50	166.50
62	—	614	161.50	161.50

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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