Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today, Nice selection of grass and feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.40/cwt on 1,697 head.

Average price

$167.40

1,697 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$13.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.34

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	168.30	1,124	1,584
Medium and Large 1-2	629	154.79	974	113

One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $150 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 sale1,697 hd

167.40

—

NE average9 barns · 11,278 hd

157.06

+10.34

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

39 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	—	323	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	599	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	175.48/cwt	173.00–177.50	639	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	174.49/cwt	172.00–177.00	733	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	926	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	656	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,207	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	643	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,215	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	649	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	802	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	729	145.64/cwt	144.50–146.00	1,062	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	173.62/cwt	166.00–177.50	1,186	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	138.35/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,075	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	210.36/cwt	207.00–213.00	795	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	179.70/cwt	172.50–186.00	951	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	159.99/cwt	147.00–163.50	1,189	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	145.53/cwt	139.50–148.50	977	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	859	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	155.70/cwt	153.50–158.50	743	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	191.16/cwt	187.50–195.00	925	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	166.76/cwt	155.50–175.00	974	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	197.70/cwt	197.50–199.00	834	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,048	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	138.05/cwt	136.00–144.00	794	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,035	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	168.61/cwt	160.50–174.00	1,030	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,128	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,162	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	166.61/cwt	166.00–168.00	865	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	152.00/cwt	151.00–152.50	955	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	138.64/cwt	129.50–144.50	1,004	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	152.98/cwt	151.00–153.50	956	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	708	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	153.05/cwt	146.50–159.00	889	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,213	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	143.86/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,237	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	132.71/cwt	131.50–134.00	1,013	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	168.04/cwt	162.00–174.25	797	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	160.69/cwt	152.00–166.25	856	157

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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 3,630Last week 4,960Year ago 1,760

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good today, Nice selection of grass and feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	323	185.50	185.50
22	—	364	173.00–177.50	175.48
68	—	420	172.00–177.00	174.49
200	—	671	139.50–148.50	145.53
70	—	724	129.50–144.50	138.64
92	—	625	151.00–153.50	152.98
157	—	581	146.50–159.00	153.05
134	—	763	131.50–134.00	132.71
148	—	474	162.00–174.25	168.04
157	—	533	152.00–166.25	160.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	563	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	561	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	729	144.50–146.00	145.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	625	137.50	137.50
40	—	477	153.50–158.50	155.70
46	—	575	136.00–144.00	138.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	656	184.00	184.00
99	—	643	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	649	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	683	166.00–177.50	173.62
20	—	777	138.00–138.50	138.35
34	—	378	207.00–213.00	210.36
100	—	529	172.50–186.00	179.70
108	—	743	147.00–163.50	159.99
77	—	484	187.50–195.00	191.16
81	—	584	155.50–175.00	166.76
87	—	422	197.50–199.00	197.70
253	—	611	160.50–174.00	168.61
9	—	913	123.50	123.50
15	—	839	138.50	138.50
43	—	328	216.00	216.00
16	—	1,028	118.00	118.00
388	—	860	133.00–146.00	143.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	853	125.00	125.00
12	—	730	143.50	143.50
33	—	668	155.00	155.00
23	—	519	166.00–168.00	166.61
33	—	628	151.00–152.50	152.00
6	—	417	176.00	176.00

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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