Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 7.00 lower. Except 450 lbs were 7.00 higher and 550 was 9.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 8.00 lower , except 650 lb was 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered, large crowd on hand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.22/cwt on 2,975 head.

Average price

$166.22

2,975 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$176

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

$1.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

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	503	167.49	842	128
Medium and Large 1	613	166.16	1,019	2,847

One grade step is worth $1.33/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale2,975 hd

166.22

—

NE average8 barns · 16,820 hd

162.52

+3.70

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

36 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	—	508	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	975	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	186.15/cwt	177.00–191.00	678	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	132.52/cwt	130.50–133.50	954	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	171.93/cwt	161.00–176.00	738	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	161.86/cwt	154.50–175.00	761	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	137.61/cwt	132.25–141.50	918	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	830	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,216	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,249	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	199.35/cwt	190.00–206.00	841	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	657	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,074	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	621	162.79/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,011	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	731	159.27/cwt	158.00–160.50	1,164	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	872	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,247	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,224	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	222.90/cwt	219.00–232.00	747	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	137.25/cwt	134.50–137.75	1,106	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	145.36/cwt	143.00–148.50	1,095	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	212.95/cwt	203.00–219.00	771	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	191.54/cwt	182.50–196.00	921	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	140.63/cwt	135.50–152.00	876	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	147.13/cwt	138.00–151.50	1,058	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	172.94/cwt	166.00–184.50	920	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	150.95/cwt	144.50–157.00	1,017	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	166.71/cwt	160.50–169.75	955	396
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	157.12/cwt	149.50–164.50	969	436
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	156.01/cwt	151.00–168.00	816	331
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,146	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,202	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,073	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,126	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	152.13/cwt	142.00–157.00	875	387
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	741	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	146.42/cwt	142.50–149.50	777	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	151.48/cwt	150.00–152.50	895	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	172.88/cwt	165.50–177.00	837	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	177.85/cwt	177.00–179.00	754	29

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Receipts 6,365Last week 5,865Year ago 5,367

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	508	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	830	146.50	146.50
77	—	657	163.50	163.50
89	—	621	160.00–165.00	162.79
142	—	731	158.00–160.50	159.27
64	—	872	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	908	137.50	137.50
250	—	422	190.00–206.00	199.35
58	—	887	138.00	138.00
62	—	335	219.00–232.00	222.90
65	—	806	134.50–137.75	137.25
74	—	753	143.00–148.50	145.36
86	—	362	203.00–219.00	212.95
128	—	481	182.50–196.00	191.54
218	—	719	138.00–151.50	147.13
231	—	532	166.00–184.50	172.94
270	—	674	144.50–157.00	150.95
396	—	573	160.50–169.75	166.71
436	—	617	149.50–164.50	157.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	591	150.00–152.50	151.48
60	—	484	165.50–177.00	172.88
29	—	424	177.00–179.00	177.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	364	177.00–191.00	186.15
90	—	720	130.50–133.50	132.52
199	—	429	161.00–176.00	171.93
208	—	470	154.50–175.00	161.86
270	—	667	132.25–141.50	137.61
399	—	623	135.50–152.00	140.63
331	—	523	151.00–168.00	156.01
10	—	899	127.50	127.50
12	—	1,027	117.00	117.00
46	—	764	140.50	140.50
63	—	831	135.50	135.50
387	—	575	142.00–157.00	152.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	497	149.00	149.00
54	—	531	142.50–149.50	146.42

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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