Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 7.00 - 13.00 higher and heifers were 7.00 - 12.00 higher. Demand was good with a nice selection of cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $179.84/cwt on 3,450 head.

Average price

$179.84

3,450 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$20.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.42

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	180.06	902	3,413
Medium and Large 1-2	472	159.27	752	37

One grade step is worth $20.79/cwt here — about $150 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 sale3,450 hd

179.84

—

NE average10 barns · 15,709 hd

163.41

+16.42

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

25 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 1Fancy	—	551	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	953	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	454	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	876	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,116	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,152	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	607	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	125.61/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,182	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	135.14/cwt	132.25–135.75	1,361	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	813	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	183.01/cwt	175.00–187.50	878	562
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	809	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	146.95/cwt	141.00–150.50	858	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	132.30/cwt	131.50–135.50	890	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	150.62/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,011	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	135.40/cwt	134.50–137.00	1,089	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	150.83/cwt	143.00–154.00	807	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	690	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	159.41/cwt	148.00–161.50	754	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	168.46/cwt	167.00–173.00	638	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	161.62/cwt	153.00–167.00	1,010	480
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	160.73/cwt	157.50–163.50	665	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	172.81/cwt	160.50–176.50	909	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	160.90/cwt	153.50–165.00	916	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	195.56/cwt	184.00–201.00	819	769
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	210.96/cwt	209.00–214.00	759	273

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 Nov 5, 2020

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

Receipts 4,890Last week 2,735Year ago 5,240

Compared to last week, steers were 7.00 - 13.00 higher and heifers were 7.00 - 12.00 higher. Demand was good with a nice selection of cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	551	173.00	173.00
161	—	454	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	166.00	166.00
13	—	574	141.00	141.00
19	—	406	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
562	—	480	175.00–187.50	183.01
95	—	671	150.00–151.00	150.62
480	—	625	153.00–167.00	161.62
589	—	526	160.50–176.50	172.81
394	—	569	153.50–165.00	160.90
769	—	419	184.00–201.00	195.56
273	—	360	209.00–214.00	210.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,116	129.00	129.00
6	—	863	133.50	133.50
7	—	342	177.50	177.50
13	—	941	125.00–126.00	125.61
57	—	1,007	132.25–135.75	135.14
15	—	600	135.50	135.50
241	—	584	141.00–150.50	146.95
45	—	673	131.50–135.50	132.30
14	—	804	134.50–137.00	135.40
177	—	535	143.00–154.00	150.83
236	—	473	148.00–161.50	159.41
46	—	379	167.00–173.00	168.46
76	—	414	157.50–163.50	160.73

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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