Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 2.00 higher except steers weighing 550 and 800 lbs were 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 4.00 lower except heifers weighing 550 -and 600 were 6.00 higher. Demand was good in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.07/cwt on 1,811 head.

Average price

$155.07

1,811 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$11.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	155.69	1,093	1,717
Medium and Large 1-2	690	143.83	992	94

One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $100 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 sale1,811 hd

155.07

—

NE average9 barns · 13,553 hd

156.00

−0.93

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

33 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	—	863	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,053	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	162.16/cwt	161.00–165.00	679	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,128	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	162.70/cwt	154.00–165.00	792	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	126.79/cwt	123.50–128.50	1,049	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	128.90/cwt	126.50–130.00	1,005	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	135.49/cwt	133.00–137.50	1,050	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	138.10/cwt	135.00–140.00	996	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	152.03/cwt	142.50–155.50	965	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	137.53/cwt	133.50–141.00	1,195	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	152.84/cwt	145.00–160.25	1,033	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	145.63/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,111	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	837	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	942	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	175.42/cwt	172.00–182.00	944	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,277	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	134.37/cwt	132.50–142.50	1,118	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	784	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	895	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	190.23/cwt	185.00–193.00	919	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	167.01/cwt	160.00–173.00	979	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	168.50/cwt	164.50–173.50	1,063	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	150.99/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,084	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	132.96/cwt	126.00–141.00	948	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	151.51/cwt	147.00–155.50	942	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	161.17/cwt	158.00–162.00	925	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	135.43/cwt	132.00–137.50	917	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	159.77/cwt	154.00–167.50	840	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	135.23/cwt	135.00–135.50	857	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	733	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,067	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	671	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,067	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	920	13

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	863	122.00	122.00
40	—	419	161.00–165.00	162.16
53	—	910	124.00	124.00
105	—	487	154.00–165.00	162.70
125	—	827	123.50–128.50	126.79
143	—	780	126.50–130.00	128.90
279	—	713	126.00–141.00	132.96
330	—	622	147.00–155.50	151.51
144	—	574	158.00–162.00	161.17
154	—	677	132.00–137.50	135.43
162	—	526	154.00–167.50	159.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	634	135.00–135.50	135.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	733	145.50	145.50
77	—	671	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	775	133.00–137.50	135.49
29	—	721	135.00–140.00	138.10
30	—	635	142.50–155.50	152.03
7	—	661	140.00	140.00
8	—	596	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	869	133.50–141.00	137.53
335	—	676	145.00–160.25	152.84
350	—	763	139.00–150.00	145.63
14	—	436	192.00	192.00
54	—	538	172.00–182.00	175.42
55	—	960	133.00	133.00
78	—	832	132.50–142.50	134.37
15	—	320	245.00	245.00
34	—	391	229.00	229.00
45	—	483	185.00–193.00	190.23
167	—	586	160.00–173.00	167.01
168	—	631	164.50–173.50	168.50
189	—	718	148.00–153.00	150.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	409	225.00	225.00

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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