Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 7.00 higher. Demand was good on good offering offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.88/cwt on 2,740 head.

Average price

$148.88

2,740 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$18.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	149.07	978	2,712
Medium and Large 1-2	627	130.50	818	28

One grade step is worth $18.57/cwt here — about $160 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 sale2,740 hd

148.88

—

NE average10 barns · 12,419 hd

145.64

+3.24

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

37 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	—	926	130.32/cwt	130.00–130.50	1,207	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	151.14/cwt	140.00–155.50	957	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	159.18/cwt	157.50–164.50	624	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	135.68/cwt	134.00–138.50	1,191	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	165.05/cwt	155.00–175.00	561	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	130.94/cwt	124.00–133.25	1,256	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	168.89/cwt	160.00–176.00	893	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	178.30/cwt	170.00–190.00	776	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	141.34/cwt	134.50–150.50	960	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	189.81/cwt	185.50–200.00	736	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	147.19/cwt	143.00–160.00	995	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	138.46/cwt	133.50–139.25	1,289	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,135	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,116	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	142.20/cwt	135.00–145.25	1,119	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,100	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	801	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,169	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	176.94/cwt	170.50–205.00	570	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	136.86/cwt	132.00–144.75	1,113	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	152.50/cwt	147.50–159.50	942	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	142.08/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,039	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	148.05/cwt	142.00–152.50	782	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	674	158.04/cwt	156.00–158.50	1,065	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	175.84/cwt	166.50–186.00	833	451
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	160.69/cwt	158.00–163.00	924	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	146.56/cwt	140.00–153.00	832	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	818	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	125.84/cwt	125.50–126.00	1,282	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	151.74/cwt	147.00–156.50	871	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,267	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	746	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.76/cwt	152.00–162.50	667	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	606	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	156.61/cwt	147.50–163.50	745	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	151.51/cwt	145.00–154.00	817	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	157.42/cwt	156.25–158.25	1,126	367

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 15, 2020

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

Receipts 5,170Last week 2,071Year ago 4,940

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 7.00 higher. Demand was good on good offering offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	926	130.00–130.50	130.32
51	—	633	140.00–155.50	151.14
77	—	392	157.50–164.50	159.18
77	—	878	134.00–138.50	135.68
78	—	340	155.00–175.00	165.05
80	—	959	124.00–133.25	130.94
123	—	679	134.50–150.50	141.34
187	—	787	135.00–145.25	142.20
162	—	813	132.00–144.75	136.86
150	—	731	139.00–147.50	142.08
163	—	528	142.00–152.50	148.05
206	—	568	140.00–153.00	146.56
101	—	1,019	125.50–126.00	125.84
196	—	423	152.00–162.50	157.76
325	—	476	147.50–163.50	156.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	801	146.00	146.00
235	—	674	156.00–158.50	158.04
367	—	715	156.25–158.25	157.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	627	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	529	160.00–176.00	168.89
157	—	435	170.00–190.00	178.30
94	—	388	185.50–200.00	189.81
77	—	676	143.00–160.00	147.19
6	—	1,053	119.00	119.00
65	—	931	133.50–139.25	138.46
11	—	811	140.00	140.00
18	—	786	142.00	142.00
8	—	746	147.50	147.50
38	—	322	170.50–205.00	176.94
88	—	618	147.50–159.50	152.50
451	—	474	166.50–186.00	175.84
257	—	575	158.00–163.00	160.69
66	—	990	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	574	147.00–156.50	151.74
37	—	483	154.50	154.50
34	—	367	165.00	165.00
54	—	539	145.00–154.00	151.51

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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