Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.06/cwt on 1,045 head.

Average price

$144.06

1,045 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$6.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.36

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	666	144.54	963	965
Medium and Large 1-2	645	138.31	892	80

One grade step is worth $6.23/cwt here — about $71 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 sale1,045 hd

144.06

—

NE average7 barns · 7,736 hd

140.70

+3.36

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

25 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	—	567	154.60/cwt	150.50–159.00	877	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	917	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	105.72/cwt	101.75–108.75	923	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	173.08/cwt	171.00–176.00	736	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	170.17/cwt	161.00–175.00	836	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	862	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	119.24/cwt	113.00–124.50	739	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	103.79/cwt	100.50–106.00	805	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	126.35/cwt	123.50–129.00	748	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	115.47/cwt	114.00–124.00	789	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	157.59/cwt	148.50–163.00	605	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	136.82/cwt	135.50–144.00	736	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	710	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	859	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	665	131.32/cwt	131.00–131.50	873	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	776	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	131.65/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,024	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	138.76/cwt	133.50–142.25	984	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	136.73/cwt	136.00–138.00	760	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	712	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	908	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	837	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	154.05/cwt	152.50–156.00	676	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	159.26/cwt	158.50–161.00	741	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	911	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	155.68/cwt	154.00–156.50	965	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	149.21/cwt	139.50–151.75	1,001	208

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 2,162Last week 1,760Year ago 0

No comparison due to no feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	567	150.50–159.00	154.60
51	—	845	108.50	108.50
53	—	873	101.75–108.75	105.72
33	—	425	171.00–176.00	173.08
65	—	491	161.00–175.00	170.17
18	—	507	170.00	170.00
107	—	778	130.00–134.00	131.65
108	—	709	133.50–142.25	138.76
155	—	620	154.00–156.50	155.68
208	—	671	139.50–151.75	149.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	494	157.00	157.00
65	—	680	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	712	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	620	113.00–124.50	119.24
88	—	776	100.50–106.00	103.79
142	—	592	123.50–129.00	126.35
140	—	683	114.00–124.00	115.47
23	—	384	148.50–163.00	157.59
52	—	538	135.50–144.00	136.82
12	—	833	100.50	100.50
18	—	439	152.50–156.00	154.05
56	—	465	158.50–161.00	159.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	710	121.00	121.00
29	—	665	131.00–131.50	131.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	556	136.00–138.00	136.73

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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