Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.68/cwt on 2,568 head.

Average price

$158.68

2,568 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$8.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.83

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	158.90	1,084	2,502
Medium and Large 1-2	648	150.07	973	66

One grade step is worth $8.83/cwt here — about $111 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 sale2,568 hd

158.68

—

NE average5 barns · 6,758 hd

153.84

+4.83

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

30 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 1Replacement	—	704	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,031	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	148.09/cwt	144.00–151.50	852	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	126.75/cwt	124.50–127.50	1,237	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	191.53/cwt	183.00–194.50	898	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,175	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	160.30/cwt	156.00–161.50	1,077	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	134.62/cwt	130.50–137.00	1,170	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	167.05/cwt	157.50–170.50	805	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	153.09/cwt	147.50–155.00	1,101	373
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	162.39/cwt	156.00–169.50	1,007	685
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	609	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	172.96/cwt	169.00–175.50	737	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	125.01/cwt	121.00–125.50	1,136	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	153.79/cwt	150.50–155.50	949	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	146.57/cwt	142.50–150.50	994	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	198.06/cwt	192.00–202.00	763	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	184.24/cwt	182.00–186.00	978	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	132.21/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,027	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	124.91/cwt	124.50–126.25	1,034	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	161.32/cwt	157.75–166.50	844	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	133.31/cwt	130.00–134.00	948	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	135.67/cwt	131.50–136.50	921	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	140.28/cwt	135.50–142.00	878	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	787	146.43/cwt	145.50–146.50	1,152	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	810	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,138	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	708	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,055	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	699	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	937	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	144.70/cwt	141.50–149.00	1,120	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	182.02/cwt	176.00–185.50	1,027	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,207	19

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 Feb 18, 2021

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

Receipts 4,780Last week 4,835Year ago 5,805

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	704	146.50	146.50
80	—	787	145.50–146.50	146.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	575	144.00–151.50	148.09
136	—	482	157.50–170.50	167.05
11	—	350	174.00	174.00
43	—	426	169.00–175.50	172.96
64	—	909	121.00–125.50	125.01
140	—	777	131.00–134.00	132.21
148	—	828	124.50–126.25	124.91
151	—	523	157.75–166.50	161.32
174	—	711	130.00–134.00	133.31
201	—	679	131.50–136.50	135.67
249	—	626	135.50–142.00	140.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	699	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	976	124.50–127.50	126.75
110	—	469	183.00–194.50	191.53
120	—	810	145.00	145.00
296	—	672	156.00–161.50	160.30
176	—	869	130.50–137.00	134.62
373	—	719	147.50–155.00	153.09
685	—	620	156.00–169.50	162.39
23	—	385	192.00–202.00	198.06
72	—	531	182.00–186.00	184.24
223	—	774	141.50–149.00	144.70
274	—	564	176.00–185.50	182.02
19	—	904	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	617	150.50–155.50	153.79
34	—	678	142.50–150.50	146.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	810	140.50	140.50
15	—	708	149.00	149.00

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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