Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower on flyweight calves, over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and over 650 lbs sold steady to 1.00 lower. Demand was good with a large crowd in attendance. Not as many load lots of longtime wean calves at the sale took some money off those lighter calves. Mix bag of weaned and bawling calves in the market place on Thursday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.37/cwt on 2,654 head.

Average price

$164.37

2,654 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,005

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$12.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.44

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	164.89	1,008	2,548
Medium and Large 1-2	611	152.02	929	106

One grade step is worth $12.87/cwt here — about $78 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 sale2,654 hd

164.37

—

NE average10 barns · 14,728 hd

160.94

+3.44

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

34 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	—	573	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,014	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	507	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	963	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,212	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,106	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,432	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,005	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	186.15/cwt	181.00–190.00	719	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	151.05/cwt	141.50–154.50	1,148	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	198.32/cwt	198.00–198.50	861	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	211.79/cwt	209.00–215.00	788	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	154.40/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,101	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.25/cwt	165.00–182.00	915	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	424	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	801	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	586	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,002	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	145.90/cwt	145.75–146.00	1,201	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,224	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	467	183.05/cwt	181.00–183.50	855	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	135.77/cwt	133.50–137.50	929	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	151.61/cwt	143.50–160.50	873	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	172.17/cwt	158.50–179.50	825	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	161.68/cwt	155.50–169.50	1,001	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	158.85/cwt	150.00–169.00	925	422
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	154.27/cwt	143.00–160.00	1,043	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	180.78/cwt	170.50–185.50	783	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	143.17/cwt	134.00–148.50	898	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	768	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	147.62/cwt	145.00–152.00	921	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	185.78/cwt	173.00–192.00	869	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	161.30/cwt	153.00–172.00	840	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	128.59/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,047	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	133.32/cwt	129.50–134.50	965	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	155.81/cwt	155.00–156.00	717	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	148.57/cwt	145.50–150.50	781	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	141.63/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,030	37

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Dec 10, 2020

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

Receipts 5,865Last week 5,865Year ago 5,851

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	573	177.00	177.00
64	—	507	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	760	141.50–154.50	151.05
86	—	434	198.00–198.50	198.32
19	—	372	209.00–215.00	211.79
268	—	713	147.00–159.00	154.40
288	—	525	165.00–182.00	174.25
113	—	823	145.75–146.00	145.90
66	—	859	142.50	142.50
355	—	619	155.50–169.50	161.68
422	—	582	150.00–169.00	158.85
332	—	676	143.00–160.00	154.27
295	—	468	173.00–192.00	185.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	586	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	445	172.50	172.50
36	—	624	145.00–152.00	147.62
19	—	485	165.50	165.50
37	—	727	141.00–142.00	141.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	901	134.50	134.50
13	—	1,106	129.50	129.50
24	—	753	133.50	133.50
29	—	386	181.00–190.00	186.15
150	—	684	133.50–137.50	135.77
200	—	576	143.50–160.50	151.61
330	—	479	158.50–179.50	172.17
278	—	433	170.50–185.50	180.78
306	—	627	134.00–148.50	143.17
258	—	521	153.00–172.00	161.30
74	—	814	127.00–129.00	128.59
124	—	724	129.50–134.50	133.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	424	189.00	189.00
198	—	467	181.00–183.50	183.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	460	155.00–156.00	155.81
93	—	526	145.50–150.50	148.57

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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