Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with crowd and internet activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.06/cwt on 4,048 head.

Average price

$158.06

4,048 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	158.09	1,039	3,972
Medium and Large 1-2	568	156.44	888	76

One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about $151 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 sale4,048 hd

158.06

—

NE average7 barns · 18,435 hd

153.93

+4.13

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

31 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 1	—	910	137.41/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,250	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	153.91/cwt	145.00–157.50	808	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	199.00/cwt	195.00–200.50	842	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	912	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	175.15/cwt	172.00–180.50	678	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	604	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	788	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	181.30/cwt	174.50–186.00	767	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	782	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	611	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	920	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	152.28/cwt	147.00–161.50	729	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	151.23/cwt	142.00–159.50	868	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	176.38/cwt	170.00–181.50	843	373
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	140.63/cwt	135.00–150.00	878	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	155.78/cwt	147.00–165.50	975	489
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	190.16/cwt	180.50–194.00	896	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	207.15/cwt	205.00–209.00	798	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	140.96/cwt	133.50–144.50	1,162	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	143.21/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,110	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	151.85/cwt	142.50–156.50	1,030	625
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	171.46/cwt	159.00–177.50	904	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	181.00/cwt	172.50–190.50	945	480
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	132.36/cwt	130.50–134.00	1,080	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	166.60/cwt	160.00–173.50	956	587
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.22/cwt	138.50–152.50	1,050	561
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	614	162.85/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,000	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	887	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	130.35/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,010	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	156.42/cwt	155.00–157.50	898	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	132.05/cwt	128.50–133.50	951	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	137.38/cwt	132.00–147.00	933	270

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 Jan 7, 2021

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

Receipts 8,100Last week 6,365Year ago 6,975

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with crowd and internet activity.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	910	136.00–139.00	137.41
41	—	423	195.00–200.50	199.00
489	—	626	147.00–165.50	155.78
255	—	471	180.50–194.00	190.16
32	—	385	205.00–209.00	207.15
442	—	824	133.50–144.50	140.96
330	—	775	138.00–146.00	143.21
625	—	678	142.50–156.50	151.85
480	—	522	172.50–190.50	181.00
587	—	574	160.00–173.50	166.60
561	—	723	138.50–152.50	145.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	538	169.50	169.50
15	—	474	165.00	165.00
21	—	641	143.50	143.50
29	—	574	155.00–157.50	156.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	525	145.00–157.50	153.91
19	—	604	130.50	130.50
125	—	479	147.00–161.50	152.28
19	—	690	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	387	172.00–180.50	175.15
129	—	423	174.50–186.00	181.30
13	—	333	183.50	183.50
370	—	574	142.00–159.50	151.23
373	—	478	170.00–181.50	176.38
589	—	624	135.00–150.00	140.63
252	—	527	159.00–177.50	171.46
136	—	816	130.50–134.00	132.36
69	—	775	128.00–134.00	130.35
267	—	720	128.50–133.50	132.05
270	—	679	132.00–147.00	137.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	614	161.00–164.00	162.85

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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