Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.13/cwt on 786 head.

Average price

$138.13

786 head · 833 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,151

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$2.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.02

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	834	138.20	1,152	766
Medium and Large 1-2	814	135.25	1,101	20

One grade step is worth $2.95/cwt here — about $51 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 sale786 hd

138.13

—

NE average4 barns · 5,629 hd

146.15

−8.02

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

23 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	—	478	145.33/cwt	140.00–150.50	695	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	143.79/cwt	143.50–144.00	764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	589	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	141.57/cwt	137.00–145.00	814	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	141.14/cwt	133.50–143.00	899	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,038	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	134.84/cwt	130.00–135.75	1,173	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	130.50/cwt	129.75–131.50	1,211	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,130	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	682	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	148.59/cwt	145.50–150.00	860	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,189	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	148.41/cwt	147.50–148.50	1,045	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	149.08/cwt	148.50–150.00	1,000	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	128.65/cwt	127.50–129.00	1,250	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	136.26/cwt	134.50–138.00	982	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	133.43/cwt	130.00–134.50	1,071	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	126.78/cwt	121.00–127.50	1,131	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,465	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	126.39/cwt	126.00–127.00	854	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,000	84

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

Wed Jul 22, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	140.00–150.50	145.33
14	—	531	143.50–144.00	143.79
20	—	379	155.50	155.50
33	—	575	137.00–145.00	141.57
54	—	637	133.50–143.00	141.14
77	—	755	137.50	137.50
91	—	721	134.50–138.00	136.26
98	—	803	130.00–134.50	133.43
133	—	892	121.00–127.50	126.78
12	—	293	500.00	500.00
84	—	699	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	676	126.00–127.00	126.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	870	130.00–135.75	134.84
206	—	928	129.75–131.50	130.50
8	—	488	160.00	160.00
18	—	379	180.00	180.00
41	—	579	145.50–150.00	148.59
63	—	809	147.00	147.00
67	—	704	147.50–148.50	148.41
77	—	671	148.50–150.00	149.08
142	—	972	127.50–129.00	128.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	728	139.00	139.00
15	—	843	134.00	134.00

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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