Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.84/cwt on 1,686 head.

Average price

$147.84

1,686 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$139

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

$3.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.35

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	522	151.57	791	46
Medium and Large 1	629	147.74	930	1,640

One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale1,686 hd

147.84

—

NE average3 barns · 4,715 hd

140.50

+7.35

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

32 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	—	368	173.36/cwt	165.50–182.50	638	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	126.13/cwt	123.00–128.00	976	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	179.04/cwt	175.00–184.50	763	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	126.08/cwt	124.00–127.25	1,040	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	165.86/cwt	164.50–176.00	808	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	140.75/cwt	137.50–143.00	929	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	736	135.52/cwt	134.00–137.50	997	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	818	128.86/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,054	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	135.37/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,092	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	197.59/cwt	194.00–208.00	941	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	763	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	749	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,019	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	923	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	190.32/cwt	183.50–198.00	986	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	131.77/cwt	127.50–132.50	1,154	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	144.69/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,114	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	167.31/cwt	165.50–168.25	1,064	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	209.87/cwt	206.00–211.50	795	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	180.20/cwt	173.50–185.50	1,031	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	165.65/cwt	158.50–170.00	858	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	157.01/cwt	153.75–162.50	1,054	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	145.37/cwt	137.00–152.00	893	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	135.49/cwt	130.50–139.00	982	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	153.31/cwt	142.00–156.50	897	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	149.83/cwt	140.50–152.50	1,071	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,068	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	763	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	975	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	150.54/cwt	148.00–152.50	793	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	825	8

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 3,475Last week 3,825Year ago 1,985

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	368	165.50–182.50	173.36
35	—	774	123.00–128.00	126.13
64	—	426	175.00–184.50	179.04
107	—	825	124.00–127.25	126.08
119	—	487	164.50–176.00	165.86
195	—	660	137.50–143.00	140.75
223	—	518	158.50–170.00	165.65
217	—	614	137.00–152.00	145.37
240	—	725	130.50–139.00	135.49
282	—	585	142.00–156.50	153.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	736	134.00–137.50	135.52
87	—	818	126.00–130.00	128.86
5	—	923	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	574	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	480	159.00	159.00
21	—	527	148.00–152.50	150.54
8	—	596	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	807	135.00–136.00	135.37
61	—	476	194.00–208.00	197.59
70	—	518	183.50–198.00	190.32
109	—	876	127.50–132.50	131.77
211	—	770	139.00–147.50	144.69
186	—	636	165.50–168.25	167.31
16	—	379	206.00–211.50	209.87
242	—	572	173.50–185.50	180.20
257	—	671	153.75–162.50	157.01
133	—	715	140.50–152.50	149.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	508	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	749	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	797	134.00	134.00
8	—	633	149.00	149.00
8	—	670	145.50	145.50

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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