Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 10.00 lower and heifers were 1.00 - 4.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.60/cwt on 1,993 head.

Average price

$150.60

1,993 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$208

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

$14.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.43

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	519	164.31	852	81
Medium and Large 1	707	150.02	1,060	1,912

One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about −$208 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 sale1,993 hd

150.60

—

NE average7 barns · 11,871 hd

153.03

−2.43

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

27 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	—	349	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	606	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	694	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	161.49/cwt	159.50–163.00	770	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	144.74/cwt	137.50–150.50	832	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	126.52/cwt	125.00–127.50	974	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	147.37/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,001	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	708	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	158.29/cwt	158.00–158.50	915	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	170.68/cwt	170.00–172.00	831	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	893	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	768	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	127.58/cwt	125.00–131.00	929	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	172.40/cwt	165.00–178.00	928	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	143.51/cwt	137.50–146.00	1,043	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	152.93/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,084	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	131.38/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,089	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	175.86/cwt	167.00–181.50	1,015	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,120	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	143.92/cwt	138.00–146.50	1,098	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	130.27/cwt	129.00–130.50	1,132	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	181.75/cwt	179.00–186.00	847	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	122.21/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,002	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.46/cwt	150.00–160.00	817	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	161.65/cwt	155.00–165.50	1,023	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	138.59/cwt	135.00–141.00	851	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	135.41/cwt	128.00–138.25	892	232

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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Receipts 3,825Last week 3,950Year ago 2,270

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 10.00 lower and heifers were 1.00 - 4.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	349	173.50	173.50
8	—	398	167.00	167.00
11	—	431	161.00	161.00
33	—	477	159.50–163.00	161.49
82	—	575	137.50–150.50	144.74
116	—	770	125.00–127.50	126.52
209	—	728	125.00–131.00	127.58
147	—	820	120.00–124.00	122.21
199	—	522	150.00–160.00	156.46
228	—	614	135.00–141.00	138.59
232	—	659	128.00–138.25	135.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	607	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	709	144.00–157.00	152.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	679	144.00–148.00	147.37
108	—	538	165.00–178.00	172.40
197	—	727	137.50–146.00	143.51
371	—	829	128.00–135.00	131.38
214	—	577	167.00–181.50	175.86
19	—	903	124.00	124.00
332	—	763	138.00–146.50	143.92
71	—	869	129.00–130.50	130.27
20	—	466	179.00–186.00	181.75
356	—	633	155.00–165.50	161.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	400	177.00	177.00
26	—	578	158.00–158.50	158.29
30	—	487	170.00–172.00	170.68
11	—	616	145.00	145.00

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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