Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today on all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.89/cwt on 2,130 head.

Average price

$143.89

2,130 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$267

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

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	595	144.03	857	43
Medium and Large 1	781	143.88	1,124	2,087

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$267 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 sale2,130 hd

143.89

—

NE average6 barns · 6,302 hd

142.63

+1.26

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

32 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	—	874	138.73/cwt	132.00–142.50	1,213	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	148.45/cwt	146.75–158.00	984	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	909	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	847	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	135.89/cwt	131.50–138.50	1,266	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	144.35/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,194	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	154.51/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,111	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	131.80/cwt	123.00–133.50	1,336	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	132.28/cwt	131.00–135.50	1,257	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,000	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	151.53/cwt	148.50–152.50	802	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	147.95/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,010	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	126.12/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,297	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,232	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	148.07/cwt	146.00–150.00	697	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	573	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	810	153.64/cwt	153.50–154.00	1,244	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	749	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,165	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	854	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,285	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	146.19/cwt	140.50–148.50	1,061	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	142.27/cwt	141.00–145.50	1,107	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	137.49/cwt	134.50–139.50	1,116	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	152.40/cwt	145.50–158.50	936	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,030	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	135.82/cwt	130.50–136.75	1,197	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	153.53/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,176	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	164.13/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,041	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	133.29/cwt	131.50–134.00	1,236	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	562	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	871	7

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 Sep 17, 2020

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

Receipts 4,165Last week 4,585Year ago 2,628

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today on all classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	874	132.00–142.50	138.73
70	—	663	146.75–158.00	148.45
13	—	568	160.00	160.00
13	—	510	166.00	166.00
295	—	932	131.50–138.50	135.89
175	—	827	139.00–149.50	144.35
171	—	719	147.00–157.00	154.51
169	—	1,014	123.00–133.50	131.80
130	—	950	131.00–135.50	132.28
123	—	766	152.00–155.00	153.53
120	—	634	156.00–166.00	164.13
5	—	316	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	449	155.00	155.00
10	—	702	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	529	148.50–152.50	151.53
81	—	683	145.50–149.00	147.95
44	—	1,028	125.00–130.00	126.12
29	—	951	129.50	129.50
18	—	471	146.00–150.00	148.07
15	—	354	162.00	162.00
288	—	726	140.50–148.50	146.19
238	—	778	141.00–145.50	142.27
173	—	812	134.50–139.50	137.49
170	—	614	145.50–158.50	152.40
365	—	881	130.50–136.75	135.82
173	—	927	131.50–134.00	133.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	810	153.50–154.00	153.64
136	—	749	155.50	155.50
61	—	854	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	786	131.00	131.00
16	—	349	161.00	161.00
7	—	611	142.50	142.50

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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