Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was active and good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.65/cwt on 3,088 head.

Average price

$157.65

3,088 head · 734 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$1.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	740	157.72	1,167	2,902
Medium and Large 1-2	644	156.63	1,009	186

One grade step is worth $1.09/cwt here — about $159 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 sale3,088 hd

157.65

—

NE average6 barns · 9,676 hd

159.53

−1.88

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

42 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 1NHTC	—	562	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,051	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	799	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,181	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	694	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	933	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	827	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,046	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	785	154.99/cwt	146.50–156.50	1,217	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	126.02/cwt	123.50–128.50	1,054	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	158.60/cwt	155.50–164.50	818	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	160.95/cwt	159.00–164.00	769	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	113.31/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,097	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,123	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,150	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	144.53/cwt	138.50–146.50	1,236	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	158.62/cwt	153.50–161.50	910	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	172.28/cwt	169.50–176.50	982	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	184.17/cwt	176.00–193.00	952	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	124.46/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,226	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	150.56/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,090	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	140.06/cwt	140.00–140.50	901	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	125.54/cwt	122.50–128.00	1,087	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	137.84/cwt	134.00–145.00	937	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	140.82/cwt	132.50–149.50	1,008	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	130.70/cwt	125.50–131.50	1,017	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	179.98/cwt	173.00–184.50	1,121	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,171	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,057	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	854	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	146.94/cwt	144.50–150.50	870	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	159.05/cwt	158.00–160.00	975	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	152.72/cwt	150.50–156.00	1,025	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	930	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	166.71/cwt	163.50–171.00	1,130	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	892	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	143.61/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,175	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	145.48/cwt	140.50–148.50	1,135	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	136.92/cwt	133.00–140.50	1,260	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	658	174.76/cwt	167.50–177.50	1,150	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	820	146.75/cwt	145.00–147.50	1,203	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	734	158.27/cwt	153.50–162.50	1,162	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	852	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,265	67

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 Apr 1, 2021

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

Receipts 4,960Last week 3,475Year ago 3,613

No comparison to last week. Demand was active and good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	562	187.00	187.00
164	—	785	146.50–156.50	154.99
112	—	658	167.50–177.50	174.76
92	—	820	145.00–147.50	146.75
251	—	734	153.50–162.50	158.27
67	—	852	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	709	162.25	162.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	855	138.50–146.50	144.53
64	—	570	169.50–176.50	172.28
82	—	517	176.00–193.00	184.17
96	—	985	120.50–126.00	124.46
250	—	724	145.00–156.00	150.56
267	—	623	173.00–184.50	179.98
405	—	678	163.50–171.00	166.71
17	—	460	194.00	194.00
10	—	416	212.00	212.00
194	—	818	142.00–147.00	143.61
145	—	780	140.50–148.50	145.48
134	—	920	133.00–140.50	136.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	871	134.50	134.50
15	—	742	142.50	142.50
43	—	613	158.00–160.00	159.05
47	—	671	150.50–156.00	152.72
59	—	542	171.50	171.50
6	—	901	125.50	125.50
7	—	789	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	799	147.75	147.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	694	134.50	134.50
14	—	827	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	836	123.50–128.50	126.02
53	—	516	155.50–164.50	158.60
50	—	478	159.00–164.00	160.95
31	—	968	110.00–116.50	113.31
9	—	902	124.50	124.50
248	—	574	153.50–161.50	158.62
78	—	643	140.00–140.50	140.06
82	—	866	122.50–128.00	125.54
87	—	680	134.00–145.00	137.84
251	—	716	132.50–149.50	140.82
118	—	778	125.50–131.50	130.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	667	128.00	128.00
43	—	592	144.50–150.50	146.94

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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