Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, due to no sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.59/cwt on 2,155 head.

Average price

$129.59

2,155 head · 752 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

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

$6.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

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	633	135.99	861	158
Medium and Large 1	761	129.09	982	1,997

One grade step is worth $6.90/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale2,155 hd

129.59

—

NE average8 barns · 10,146 hd

138.27

−8.68

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

38 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	—	751	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,018	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	712	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,036	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	629	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	643	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	812	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	147.48/cwt	144.00–150.50	777	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	151.74/cwt	150.50–158.50	747	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	135.65/cwt	130.00–142.00	992	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	117.18/cwt	113.75–123.75	967	419
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	160.35/cwt	153.00–163.00	917	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	143.42/cwt	137.00–146.50	975	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	148.81/cwt	141.00–152.00	946	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	120.45/cwt	115.50–125.50	920	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	154.70/cwt	149.50–155.50	835	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	122.83/cwt	122.50–123.00	888	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	106.32/cwt	102.50–110.50	975	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	172.68/cwt	170.00–176.50	730	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	694	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	161.09/cwt	158.00–166.00	846	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	118.79/cwt	110.50–124.00	817	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	146.60/cwt	145.00–148.50	859	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	716	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	813	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,064	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	168.92/cwt	166.00–170.00	818	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	110.37/cwt	107.50–114.00	970	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	110.87/cwt	108.00–115.00	855	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	769	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	103.24/cwt	100.50–108.00	867	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	127.16/cwt	121.50–130.00	786	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	113.06/cwt	106.50–120.50	840	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	117.82/cwt	116.00–122.50	815	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	729	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,002	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	134.58/cwt	130.50–137.00	900	72

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 Apr 2, 2020

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

Receipts 3,613Last week 1,985Year ago 0

No comparison, due to no sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	751	135.50	135.50
66	—	712	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	731	130.00–142.00	135.65
419	—	825	113.75–123.75	117.18
102	—	572	153.00–163.00	160.35
132	—	680	137.00–146.50	143.42
135	—	636	141.00–152.00	148.81
139	—	764	115.50–125.50	120.45
243	—	917	102.50–110.50	106.32
12	—	423	170.00–176.50	172.68
28	—	393	176.50	176.50
60	—	525	158.00–166.00	161.09
60	—	950	112.00	112.00
61	—	484	166.00–170.00	168.92
230	—	879	107.50–114.00	110.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	141.50	141.50
9	—	609	135.50	135.50
42	—	540	149.50–155.50	154.70
55	—	723	122.50–123.00	122.83
21	—	688	110.50–124.00	118.79
26	—	586	145.00–148.50	146.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	341	155.00	155.00
13	—	415	151.50	151.50
29	—	397	162.00	162.00
29	—	554	146.50	146.50
53	—	527	144.00–150.50	147.48
76	—	492	150.50–158.50	151.74
216	—	771	108.00–115.00	110.87
128	—	840	100.50–108.00	103.24
134	—	618	121.50–130.00	127.16
147	—	743	106.50–120.50	113.06
172	—	692	116.00–122.50	117.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	144.00	144.00
10	—	625	114.50	114.50
10	—	778	104.50	104.50
11	—	687	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	729	137.50	137.50
72	—	669	130.50–137.00	134.58

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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