Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a month, market trend not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted. Thursday's sale was the 70th Anniversary auction drawing a big crowd of mostly order buyers. Buyers bid readily from start to finish on weaned, bawling fall calves and yearling feeder cattle. Quite of a lot of the yearlings came off of rye and early summer grass pastures. Offerings displayed mostly medium flesh with a few light fleshed cattle in the run. Next special calf and feeder auction will be in two week, June 24th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.31/cwt on 3,031 head.

Average price

$157.31

3,031 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$6.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	708	157.85	1,117	2,772
Medium and Large 1-2	683	151.46	1,035	259

One grade step is worth $6.40/cwt here — about $82 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 sale3,031 hd

157.31

—

NE average3 barns · 3,728 hd

154.67

+2.63

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

55 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 1Unweaned	—	575	156.21/cwt	147.50–160.00	898	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	154.61/cwt	150.50–162.00	1,126	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	160.74/cwt	153.50–162.50	823	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	144.80/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,192	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	920	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	201.49/cwt	199.50–202.00	741	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	752	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	642	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	855	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,253	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	179.45/cwt	175.50–182.50	967	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	945	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	186.16/cwt	180.00–193.50	799	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	776	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,187	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	396	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	634	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	713	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,116	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	367	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	624	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,096	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	948	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	166.55/cwt	163.00–168.50	1,009	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	799	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,073	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,126	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	155.22/cwt	148.00–159.50	799	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	147.04/cwt	140.50–154.00	853	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	130.59/cwt	128.75–132.50	1,077	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	143.12/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,099	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	151.52/cwt	145.00–154.50	942	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	166.45/cwt	165.50–168.00	892	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,169	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	138.95/cwt	137.50–140.50	860	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,072	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	789	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	173.67/cwt	170.50–178.50	728	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	141.29/cwt	135.00–146.50	964	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,197	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	135.36/cwt	129.75–139.50	1,036	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	154.48/cwt	153.00–155.50	1,020	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	157.36/cwt	150.50–159.50	766	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	875	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,202	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	156.54/cwt	154.00–160.50	672	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	145.77/cwt	145.50–146.00	780	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	162.17/cwt	157.50–164.50	626	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	142.71/cwt	134.50–146.00	1,239	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,202	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	160.93/cwt	156.50–166.00	1,072	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	164.23/cwt	157.00–169.50	1,043	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	136.96/cwt	134.00–142.50	985	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	136.16/cwt	128.00–142.25	1,279	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	176.29/cwt	169.00–179.00	987	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	870	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	186.00/cwt	182.50–188.00	880	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	459	186.19/cwt	180.00–187.00	855	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,062	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,312	56

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Jun 10, 2021

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

Receipts 6,788Last week 1,260Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	575	147.50–160.00	156.21
76	—	512	153.50–162.50	160.74
14	—	655	140.50	140.50
99	—	457	164.50	164.50
35	—	643	147.00	147.00
26	—	396	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	367	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	903	124.75	124.75
283	—	515	148.00–159.50	155.22
126	—	580	140.50–154.00	147.04
211	—	825	128.75–132.50	130.59
327	—	622	145.00–154.50	151.52
290	—	682	135.00–146.50	141.29
269	—	765	129.75–139.50	135.36
126	—	487	150.50–159.50	157.36
6	—	335	159.50	159.50
86	—	429	154.00–160.50	156.54
61	—	386	157.50–164.50	162.17
175	—	719	134.00–142.50	136.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	619	137.50–140.50	138.95
18	—	576	137.00	137.00
10	—	663	132.00	132.00
52	—	535	145.50–146.00	145.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	728	150.50–162.00	154.61
296	—	823	142.00–146.50	144.80
46	—	368	199.50–202.00	201.49
16	—	322	199.50	199.50
103	—	539	175.50–182.50	179.45
58	—	429	180.00–193.50	186.16
128	—	768	141.00–148.00	143.12
270	—	868	134.50–146.00	142.71
16	—	950	126.50	126.50
256	—	666	156.50–166.00	160.93
258	—	635	157.00–169.50	164.23
206	—	939	128.00–142.25	136.16
109	—	560	169.00–179.00	176.29
90	—	473	182.50–188.00	186.00
56	—	1,062	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	855	146.50	146.50
67	—	776	153.00	153.00
63	—	713	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	705	155.50	155.50
47	—	543	174.50	174.50
109	—	606	163.00–168.50	166.55
25	—	432	185.00	185.00
51	—	673	159.50	159.50
15	—	554	157.00	157.00
102	—	459	180.00–187.00	186.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	536	165.50–168.00	166.45
59	—	826	141.50	141.50
59	—	766	140.00	140.00
33	—	419	170.50–178.50	173.67
9	—	900	133.00	133.00
42	—	660	153.00–155.50	154.48
6	—	1,010	119.00	119.00

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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