Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, Market had a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.96/cwt on 894 head.

Average price

$150.96

894 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$15.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.64

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	151.38	976	869
Medium and Large 1-2	623	136.12	848	25

One grade step is worth $15.27/cwt here — about $128 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 sale894 hd

150.96

—

NE average2 barns · 1,256 hd

143.32

+7.64

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

29 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 1-2	—	573	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	125.99/cwt	120.50–130.50	931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,058	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,002	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	165.87/cwt	163.00–170.50	720	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	146.59/cwt	139.50–151.50	967	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	164.37/cwt	157.00–167.00	847	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	149.56/cwt	140.00–151.00	957	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	134.11/cwt	128.50–139.50	786	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	136.14/cwt	136.00–136.50	716	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	150.92/cwt	140.00–156.50	709	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	125.08/cwt	124.00–126.00	762	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	881	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	888	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	637	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,073	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	796	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	167.86/cwt	163.00–172.00	648	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	130.18/cwt	129.75–132.00	949	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	105.75/cwt	105.75–105.75	899	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	146.05/cwt	143.50–155.50	774	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	129.04/cwt	126.00–129.50	879	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	162.20/cwt	155.00–170.00	788	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	146.41/cwt	138.00–149.50	1,054	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	159.46/cwt	151.00–166.00	925	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	120.05/cwt	113.50–123.00	990	122

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,760Last week 3,613Year ago 5,440

No comparison to last week, Market had a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	141.50	141.50
9	—	509	145.50	145.50
11	—	739	120.50–130.50	125.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	936	113.00	113.00
33	—	756	132.50	132.50
37	—	434	163.00–170.50	165.87
42	—	660	139.50–151.50	146.59
67	—	515	157.00–167.00	164.37
86	—	640	140.00–151.00	149.56
7	—	366	184.00	184.00
64	—	486	155.00–170.00	162.20
103	—	720	138.00–149.50	146.41
111	—	580	151.00–166.00	159.46
122	—	825	113.50–123.00	120.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	137.50	137.50
12	—	655	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	637	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	586	128.50–139.50	134.11
100	—	470	140.00–156.50	150.92
9	—	608	131.00	131.00
11	—	386	163.00–172.00	167.86
51	—	729	129.75–132.00	130.18
60	—	850	105.75	105.75
72	—	530	143.50–155.50	146.05
93	—	681	126.00–129.50	129.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	648	118.50	118.50
13	—	818	99.00	99.00
20	—	526	136.00–136.50	136.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	609	124.00–126.00	125.08

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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