Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 4.00 higher, except 700 lb were 3.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 5.00 lower except 550 lb heifers were 6.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.80/cwt on 2,405 head.

Average price

$172.80

2,405 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$12.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	622	173.82	1,081	2,206
Medium and Large 1-2	607	161.49	980	199

One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $102 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 sale2,405 hd

172.80

—

NE average9 barns · 13,877 hd

165.80

+7.00

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

32 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 1Fancy	—	554	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,042	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,124	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,083	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,130	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	181.46/cwt	170.00–188.00	675	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	136.99/cwt	135.50–137.50	1,000	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	173.95/cwt	169.00–178.00	764	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	215.10/cwt	212.00–220.00	843	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	145.48/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,132	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	196.54/cwt	188.50–200.00	1,022	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	154.22/cwt	149.00–163.00	1,103	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,235	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,257	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	148.46/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,002	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	168.96/cwt	160.00–176.50	1,068	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	160.26/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,079	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,241	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	164.31/cwt	161.50–166.00	941	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	916	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	139.15/cwt	136.00–145.00	927	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	177.77/cwt	168.50–182.00	1,044	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	974	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	230.22/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,013	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	204.08/cwt	199.50–220.00	998	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	154.00/cwt	150.00–156.50	981	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	146.56/cwt	140.50–153.00	917	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	157.65/cwt	150.50–164.00	903	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	145.68/cwt	145.00–146.50	865	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	157.14/cwt	156.50–157.50	842	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.01/cwt	159.00–176.00	872	391
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	171.12/cwt	166.00–178.50	820	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	84

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Jan 23, 2020

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

Receipts 5,215Last week 6,785Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 4.00 higher, except 700 lb were 3.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 5.00 lower except 550 lb heifers were 6.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	554	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	392	212.00–220.00	215.10
85	—	778	142.00–148.00	145.48
210	—	520	188.50–200.00	196.54
328	—	715	149.00–163.00	154.22
21	—	826	149.50	149.50
24	—	904	139.00	139.00
339	—	632	160.00–176.50	168.96
444	—	673	154.00–164.00	160.26
7	—	896	138.50	138.50
450	—	587	168.50–182.00	177.77
103	—	440	225.00–232.00	230.22
129	—	489	199.50–220.00	204.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	675	145.00–150.00	148.46
29	—	573	161.50–166.00	164.31
36	—	498	184.00	184.00
19	—	541	180.00	180.00
46	—	637	150.00–156.50	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	861	130.50	130.50
15	—	757	143.00	143.00
22	—	813	139.00	139.00
69	—	372	170.00–188.00	181.46
83	—	730	135.50–137.50	136.99
97	—	439	169.00–178.00	173.95
238	—	666	136.00–145.00	139.15
277	—	626	140.50–153.00	146.56
343	—	573	150.50–164.00	157.65
391	—	525	159.00–176.00	166.01
227	—	479	166.00–178.50	171.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	594	145.00–146.50	145.68
84	—	536	156.50–157.50	157.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	515	180.00	180.00

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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