Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 lower, and heifers were steady - 2.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate , with good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.16/cwt on 3,514 head.

Average price

$163.16

3,514 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$156

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

$6.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	169.42	939	47
Medium and Large 1	671	163.07	1,094	3,467

One grade step is worth $6.35/cwt here — about −$156 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 sale3,514 hd

163.16

—

NE average10 barns · 22,703 hd

161.67

+1.49

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

25 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 1Fleshy	—	640	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,002	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	673	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	129.29/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,067	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	173.88/cwt	167.50–176.00	748	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	173.79/cwt	168.00–179.00	850	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	131.10/cwt	127.50–132.00	999	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	164.36/cwt	158.00–169.00	873	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	920	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	217.45/cwt	210.00–221.00	839	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	201.96/cwt	195.50–206.00	951	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	137.97/cwt	132.50–142.50	1,191	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	161.19/cwt	153.50–164.50	1,067	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	145.88/cwt	139.00–148.50	1,204	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	165.03/cwt	161.00–167.00	954	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	176.92/cwt	172.00–183.00	1,028	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	146.28/cwt	142.00–149.50	1,134	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	190.84/cwt	182.50–198.50	1,010	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	167.58/cwt	162.50–173.00	1,044	463
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	133.95/cwt	130.50–135.00	971	352
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	156.32/cwt	149.50–163.50	899	424
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	146.10/cwt	136.00–152.50	910	494
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.34/cwt	131.50–145.25	931	586
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	151.65/cwt	145.00–154.50	1,090	871

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 7,475Last week 5,215Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 5.00 lower, and heifers were steady - 2.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate , with good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	640	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	529	174.00	174.00
24	—	578	161.00–167.00	165.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	440	211.00	211.00
57	—	386	210.00–221.00	217.45
140	—	471	195.50–206.00	201.96
196	—	863	132.50–142.50	137.97
315	—	662	153.50–164.50	161.19
266	—	825	139.00–148.50	145.88
340	—	581	172.00–183.00	176.92
370	—	775	142.00–149.50	146.28
386	—	529	182.50–198.50	190.84
463	—	623	162.50–173.00	167.58
871	—	719	145.00–154.50	151.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	364	185.00	185.00
98	—	825	127.00–130.00	129.29
126	—	430	167.50–176.00	173.88
208	—	489	168.00–179.00	173.79
271	—	762	127.50–132.00	131.10
308	—	531	158.00–169.00	164.36
352	—	725	130.50–135.00	133.95
424	—	575	149.50–163.50	156.32
494	—	623	136.00–152.50	146.10
586	—	668	131.50–145.25	139.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	490	161.00	161.00

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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