Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 16.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 14.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection of green cattle. Crowd and internet activity was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.10/cwt on 3,506 head.

Average price

$168.10

3,506 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$1.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	652	168.16	1,096	3,335
Medium and Large 1-2	601	166.93	1,003	171

One grade step is worth $1.23/cwt here — about $93 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 sale3,506 hd

168.10

—

NE average7 barns · 14,482 hd

164.47

+3.63

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

36 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	—	934	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,163	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	186.79/cwt	183.50–189.00	706	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	126.52/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,043	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	139.89/cwt	136.50–144.00	999	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,142	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	165.13/cwt	159.50–170.00	870	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	954	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	168.98/cwt	168.75–170.50	992	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	186.75/cwt	183.50–194.50	994	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	147.22/cwt	140.50–152.50	1,138	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	168.99/cwt	166.50–175.00	1,048	562
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	161.09/cwt	152.00–169.50	1,083	565
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	182.36/cwt	173.00–187.00	1,039	577
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,077	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,254	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,297	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	205.57/cwt	203.00–211.00	882	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	137.06/cwt	130.50–139.75	1,199	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	194.97/cwt	190.00–198.00	940	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	158.27/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,140	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	139.39/cwt	135.00–146.00	821	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	894	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	939	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	150.47/cwt	147.00–157.00	730	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	138.77/cwt	138.00–139.50	1,143	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	172.02/cwt	165.50–176.00	826	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	131.41/cwt	128.50–131.75	1,030	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	176.68/cwt	169.00–189.50	765	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	144.39/cwt	142.00–149.50	960	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	154.39/cwt	150.50–157.00	973	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	163.77/cwt	157.50–170.00	935	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	513	180.08/cwt	178.00–183.50	924	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	717	153.46/cwt	152.00–154.50	1,100	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	658	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,171	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	712	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,182	162

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 Feb 20, 2020

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

Receipts 5,805Last week 4,181Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 16.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 14.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection of green cattle. Crowd and internet activity was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	934	124.50	124.50
32	—	378	183.50–189.00	186.79
45	—	824	126.00–128.00	126.52
56	—	714	136.50–144.00	139.89
65	—	870	131.25	131.25
69	—	527	159.50–170.00	165.13
76	—	480	165.50–176.00	172.02
86	—	784	128.50–131.75	131.41
95	—	433	169.00–189.50	176.68
237	—	665	142.00–149.50	144.39
267	—	630	150.50–157.00	154.39
270	—	571	157.50–170.00	163.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	589	135.00–146.00	139.39
22	—	648	138.00	138.00
23	—	698	134.50	134.50
35	—	485	147.00–157.00	150.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	513	178.00–183.50	180.08
121	—	717	152.00–154.50	153.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	545	175.00	175.00
117	—	587	168.75–170.50	168.98
26	—	723	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	532	183.50–194.50	186.75
342	—	773	140.50–152.50	147.22
562	—	620	166.50–175.00	168.99
565	—	672	152.00–169.50	161.09
577	—	570	173.00–187.00	182.36
58	—	910	137.75	137.75
63	—	975	133.00	133.00
97	—	429	203.00–211.00	205.57
120	—	875	130.50–139.75	137.06
168	—	482	190.00–198.00	194.97
241	—	720	157.00–161.00	158.27
8	—	344	210.00	210.00
34	—	824	138.00–139.50	138.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	658	178.00	178.00
162	—	712	166.00	166.00

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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