Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.02/cwt on 2,404 head.

Average price

$157.02

2,404 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$17.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	727	157.18	1,142	2,381
Medium and Large 1-2	759	140.11	1,063	23

One grade step is worth $17.07/cwt here — about $79 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 sale2,404 hd

157.02

—

NE average5 barns · 8,144 hd

157.63

−0.62

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

35 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	—	629	144.46/cwt	141.00–147.50	909	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	139.66/cwt	138.50–140.50	1,246	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	133.06/cwt	129.50–135.50	1,156	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	145.89/cwt	144.00–148.00	986	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	140.04/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,147	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	918	160.25/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,471	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	195.16/cwt	190.50–196.50	677	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	140.80/cwt	140.00–141.50	1,095	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	154.87/cwt	151.00–156.50	1,114	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	831	164.14/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,364	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	148.58/cwt	147.00–151.00	707	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	161.87/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,083	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	147.86/cwt	140.50–150.00	1,161	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	155.21/cwt	149.00–157.00	900	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	185.12/cwt	185.00–186.00	715	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	977	155.37/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,518	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	133.36/cwt	130.50–134.50	1,212	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	142.38/cwt	138.00–146.25	1,175	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	137.67/cwt	131.50–139.50	1,262	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	155.56/cwt	148.00–159.50	957	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	173.80/cwt	164.50–176.00	810	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	161.18/cwt	152.00–164.00	851	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	760	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,303	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	162.12/cwt	158.75–168.00	679	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	175.23/cwt	175.00–175.50	568	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,251	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,060	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,028	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,063	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	177.43/cwt	174.00–182.00	749	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	860	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,402	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	142.56/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,015	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	147.95/cwt	144.00–150.00	784	44

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Receipts 3,710Last week 4,165Year ago 3,090

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	629	141.00–147.50	144.46
53	—	869	129.50–135.50	133.06
50	—	676	144.00–148.00	145.89
97	—	819	137.50–142.50	140.04
89	—	778	140.00–141.50	140.80
49	—	476	147.00–151.00	148.58
68	—	909	130.50–134.50	133.36
9	—	368	165.00	165.00
10	—	557	136.50	136.50
20	—	1,038	125.50	125.50
22	—	419	158.75–168.00	162.12
25	—	324	175.00–175.50	175.23
39	—	951	131.50	131.50
152	—	712	137.00–145.00	142.56
44	—	530	144.00–150.00	147.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	822	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	892	138.50–140.50	139.66
27	—	347	190.50–196.50	195.16
189	—	719	151.00–156.50	154.87
43	—	669	158.00–164.00	161.87
210	—	785	140.50–150.00	147.86
113	—	580	149.00–157.00	155.21
41	—	386	185.00–186.00	185.12
127	—	825	138.00–146.25	142.38
162	—	917	131.50–139.50	137.67
182	—	615	148.00–159.50	155.56
179	—	466	164.50–176.00	173.80
334	—	528	152.00–164.00	161.18
30	—	422	174.00–182.00	177.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
260	—	918	157.00–163.00	160.25
168	—	831	160.00–166.00	164.14
170	—	977	154.00–156.00	155.37
67	—	860	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	731	145.00	145.00
9	—	802	132.50	132.50

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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