Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 lower, except 800 lb steers were 4.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 3.00 lower. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.37/cwt on 2,119 head.

Average price

$158.37

2,119 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$14.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.52

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	674	158.67	1,069	2,075
Medium and Large 1-2	670	144.18	965	44

One grade step is worth $14.49/cwt here — about $104 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 sale2,119 hd

158.37

—

NE average9 barns · 16,804 hd

153.85

+4.52

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

29 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 1	—	363	176.42/cwt	175.00–177.50	640	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,039	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	171.66/cwt	170.00–175.00	742	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	166.76/cwt	163.00–170.50	792	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	142.44/cwt	135.00–144.50	887	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	131.84/cwt	126.00–134.25	962	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	142.11/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,160	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	146.04/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,063	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	737	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	194.51/cwt	190.00–201.00	655	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,242	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	138.08/cwt	133.50–139.00	1,225	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	172.48/cwt	171.00–178.50	1,007	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	163.12/cwt	155.50–168.50	1,023	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	184.39/cwt	180.00–190.50	887	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	136.34/cwt	135.00–137.00	909	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	662	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	983	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	131.45/cwt	127.00–136.25	1,006	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	147.68/cwt	145.50–157.50	870	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	139.93/cwt	138.50–141.50	831	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	143.14/cwt	139.50–147.00	1,092	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	886	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	192.45/cwt	190.50–199.00	826	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	153.90/cwt	151.00–156.50	683	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	150.33/cwt	150.00–150.50	804	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	158.06/cwt	152.50–165.00	814	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	152.78/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,025	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	186.32/cwt	175.50–190.50	969	238

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 3,950Last week 4,780Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 lower, except 800 lb steers were 4.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 3.00 lower. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	363	175.00–177.50	176.42
76	—	826	125.75	125.75
89	—	432	170.00–175.00	171.66
92	—	475	163.00–170.50	166.76
107	—	623	135.00–144.50	142.44
110	—	730	126.00–134.25	131.84
158	—	667	135.00–137.00	136.34
171	—	765	127.00–136.25	131.45
186	—	589	145.50–157.50	147.68
214	—	515	152.50–165.00	158.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	662	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	594	138.50–141.50	139.93
21	—	444	151.00–156.50	153.90
17	—	535	150.00–150.50	150.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	816	139.00–143.50	142.11
239	—	728	142.00–151.00	146.04
10	—	380	194.00	194.00
17	—	337	190.00–201.00	194.51
65	—	900	138.00	138.00
147	—	887	133.50–139.00	138.08
143	—	584	171.00–178.50	172.48
325	—	627	155.50–168.50	163.12
130	—	481	180.00–190.50	184.39
333	—	763	139.50–147.00	143.14
72	—	429	190.50–199.00	192.45
161	—	671	144.00–155.00	152.78
238	—	520	175.50–190.50	186.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	172.00	172.00
34	—	715	136.00	136.00

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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