Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.49/cwt on 431 head.

Average price

$133.49

431 head · 828 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$344

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

$8.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

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	546	141.83	774	18thin
Medium and Large 1	840	133.13	1,118	413

One grade step is worth $8.70/cwt here — about −$344 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 sale431 hd

133.49

—

NE average5 barns · 2,491 hd

140.20

−6.71

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	—	752	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	978	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	144.02/cwt	140.50–146.00	920	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	139.01/cwt	137.50–140.50	1,069	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	928	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,247	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,047	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,107	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	159.96/cwt	159.00–160.50	1,006	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,157	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,377	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	968	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	136.15/cwt	135.50–136.50	1,126	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,270	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,214	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	692	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	122.17/cwt	120.50–130.50	1,084	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,171	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,180	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	152.39/cwt	152.00–152.50	891	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	740	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	968	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,302	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	885	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	993	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	642	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,206	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,218	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	534	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	441	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	728	10

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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Receipts 1,915Last week 2,422Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	752	130.00	130.00
22	—	639	140.50–146.00	144.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	516	155.50	155.50
14	—	769	137.50–140.50	139.01
16	—	580	160.00	160.00
21	—	982	127.00	127.00
24	—	689	152.00	152.00
24	—	805	137.50	137.50
42	—	629	159.00–160.50	159.96
50	—	1,157	119.00	119.00
34	—	1,003	121.00	121.00
6	—	908	127.50	127.50
9	—	393	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	790	122.50	122.50
30	—	827	135.50–136.50	136.15
59	—	914	139.00	139.00
35	—	887	120.50–130.50	122.17
51	—	972	120.50	120.50
53	—	1,022	115.50	115.50
55	—	585	152.00–152.50	152.39
25	—	600	147.50	147.50
13	—	704	141.00	141.00
12	—	388	165.50	165.50
11	—	1,206	101.00	101.00
5	—	315	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	129.50	129.50
12	—	500	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	968	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	165.00	165.00

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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