Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted from last reported sale. Large crowd on hand for the 13th annual customer appreciation sale along with celebrating 69 years of business. Demand was good from a large crowd of buyers from start to finish on a warm June day.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.32/cwt on 3,901 head.

Average price

$138.32

3,901 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$168

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

$3.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.96

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	538	141.25	759	122
Medium and Large 1	671	138.23	928	3,779

One grade step is worth $3.02/cwt here — about −$168 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 sale3,901 hd

138.32

—

NE average4 barns · 4,960 hd

135.36

+2.96

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

44 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 1Fancy	—	650	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	936	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	984	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	168.82/cwt	167.00–176.00	657	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	163.21/cwt	159.00–169.00	689	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,016	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	117.29/cwt	115.75–121.50	1,013	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	146.09/cwt	143.00–151.00	846	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,080	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	176.03/cwt	171.00–180.00	933	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	147.84/cwt	145.50–148.50	982	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	129.49/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,007	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	160.90/cwt	155.50–171.00	999	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,073	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	846	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,044	108.71/cwt	105.50–110.00	1,135	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	135.73/cwt	135.50–136.00	859	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	169.25/cwt	169.00–169.50	834	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	162.33/cwt	151.00–165.50	1,076	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	146.27/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,056	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	167.16/cwt	163.00–171.50	954	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	120.13/cwt	116.00–125.50	1,157	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	129.02/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,132	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	134.50/cwt	130.00–141.50	1,122	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	1,213	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	187.23/cwt	183.50–200.00	818	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	180.64/cwt	177.00–188.00	844	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	132.76/cwt	128.75–137.00	897	532
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	140.64/cwt	134.50–147.00	875	609
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	683	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	135.57/cwt	134.50–138.00	771	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	198.43/cwt	195.00–200.50	762	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	143.66/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,113	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	130.33/cwt	124.50–137.50	947	460
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	121.00/cwt	116.50–123.00	997	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	162.04/cwt	156.00–170.00	773	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	126.36/cwt	121.00–131.50	969	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	158.21/cwt	153.00–163.00	837	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	144.63/cwt	141.50–150.00	768	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	838	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,094	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	624	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	933	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	871	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,182	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	829	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,040	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	710	136.99/cwt	136.75–137.25	973	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	777	137.52/cwt	130.75–141.00	1,069	165

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 Jun 4, 2020

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

Receipts 7,952Last week 0Year ago 5,075

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	650	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	942	104.50	104.50
28	—	389	167.00–176.00	168.82
49	—	422	159.00–169.00	163.21
62	—	968	105.00	105.00
96	—	864	115.75–121.50	117.29
412	—	579	143.00–151.00	146.09
532	—	676	128.75–137.00	132.76
609	—	622	134.50–147.00	140.64
460	—	727	124.50–137.50	130.33
106	—	824	116.50–123.00	121.00
154	—	477	156.00–170.00	162.04
313	—	767	121.00–131.50	126.36
335	—	529	153.00–163.00	158.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	468	146.00	146.00
48	—	569	134.50–138.00	135.57
58	—	531	141.50–150.00	144.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	838	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	624	149.50	149.50
69	—	871	135.75	135.75
28	—	829	125.50	125.50
129	—	710	136.75–137.25	136.99
165	—	777	130.75–141.00	137.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	911	118.50	118.50
52	—	664	145.50–148.50	147.84
82	—	778	125.00–133.00	129.49
9	—	971	110.50	110.50
13	—	527	160.50	160.50
22	—	633	135.50–136.00	135.73
40	—	493	169.00–169.50	169.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
209	—	530	171.00–180.00	176.03
339	—	621	155.50–171.00	160.90
90	—	1,044	105.50–110.00	108.71
154	—	663	151.00–165.50	162.33
186	—	722	140.00–151.00	146.27
192	—	571	163.00–171.50	167.16
148	—	963	116.00–125.50	120.13
220	—	877	122.00–132.00	129.02
223	—	834	130.00–141.50	134.50
32	—	1,150	105.50	105.50
47	—	437	183.50–200.00	187.23
80	—	467	177.00–188.00	180.64
27	—	384	195.00–200.50	198.43
109	—	775	141.00–147.50	143.66

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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