Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, no feeder sale. Cool rainy weather in the trade area on Thursday. Several buyers bidding on the internet and by phone with several buyers in attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.24/cwt on 1,052 head.

Average price

$148.24

1,052 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$12.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	149.63	1,018	938
Medium and Large 1-2	713	136.78	975	114

One grade step is worth $12.85/cwt here — about $44 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 sale1,052 hd

148.24

—

NE average3 barns · 3,019 hd

155.42

−7.17

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

31 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	—	793	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	928	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	162.59/cwt	160.50–163.50	691	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	121.61/cwt	121.00–123.00	775	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	157.22/cwt	156.00–158.00	728	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.30/cwt	137.50–149.00	766	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	984	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	144.95/cwt	139.00–152.00	1,054	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	899	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	131.64/cwt	130.00–132.50	902	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	135.58/cwt	124.50–138.50	1,053	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	166.43/cwt	163.00–172.50	862	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	154.65/cwt	154.50–155.00	1,038	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	158.20/cwt	150.50–160.00	1,011	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	161.79/cwt	154.50–166.50	953	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,019	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	838	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	181.42/cwt	181.00–181.50	800	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	127.94/cwt	120.50–133.00	1,052	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	669	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,108	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	965	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	119.61/cwt	116.50–122.00	864	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	139.88/cwt	131.00–144.50	816	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	121.72/cwt	118.50–125.00	824	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	724	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	110.72/cwt	107.00–115.50	755	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	663	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	927	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	738	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	768	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,002	73

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 Mar 19, 2020

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

Receipts 1,985Last week 2,270Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, no feeder sale. Cool rainy weather in the trade area on Thursday. Several buyers bidding on the internet and by phone with several buyers in attendance.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	793	117.00	117.00
16	—	425	160.50–163.50	162.59
25	—	637	121.00–123.00	121.61
26	—	463	156.00–158.00	157.22
53	—	531	137.50–149.00	144.30
57	—	852	115.50	115.50
102	—	722	116.50–122.00	119.61
144	—	583	131.00–144.50	139.88
148	—	677	118.50–125.00	121.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	738	113.50	113.50
11	—	540	134.00	134.00
15	—	797	108.00	108.00
28	—	682	107.00–115.50	110.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	663	139.75	139.75
10	—	738	141.50	141.50
73	—	768	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	727	139.00–152.00	144.95
66	—	777	124.50–138.50	135.58
86	—	518	163.00–172.50	166.43
89	—	671	154.50–155.00	154.65
90	—	639	150.50–160.00	158.20
127	—	589	154.50–166.50	161.79
64	—	441	181.00–181.50	181.42
149	—	822	120.50–133.00	127.94
10	—	374	179.00	179.00
51	—	908	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	164.50	164.50
10	—	618	145.50	145.50
24	—	685	130.00–132.50	131.64
67	—	741	137.50	137.50
8	—	818	118.00	118.00

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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