Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, due to no sale for awhile,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.37/cwt on 287 head.

Average price

$149.37

287 head · 886 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$574

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

$14.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.25

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	894	149.71	1,339	280
Medium and Large 1-2	565	135.50	766	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.21/cwt here — about $574 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 sale287 hd

149.37

—

NE average4 barns · 1,585 hd

152.62

−3.25

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

18 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	—	559	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	897	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,131	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	152.39/cwt	152.00–153.00	1,268	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,452	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,487	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	151.91/cwt	151.00–153.50	1,322	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	1,372	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	159.16/cwt	155.00–161.50	1,232	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	852	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,608	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	143.21/cwt	140.50–146.50	1,448	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,195	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	160.27/cwt	155.50–160.75	1,369	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,428	47

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

Wed Aug 18, 2021

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

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No comparison, due to no sale for awhile,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	559	160.50	160.50
5	—	739	153.00	153.00
44	—	832	152.00–153.00	152.39
75	—	870	151.00–153.50	151.91
60	—	910	150.75	150.75
31	—	1,011	140.50–146.50	143.21
10	—	786	152.00	152.00
47	—	992	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	940	154.50	154.50
42	—	975	152.50	152.50
31	—	774	155.00–161.50	159.16
7	—	446	191.00	191.00
7	—	343	221.00	221.00
13	—	268	600.00	600.00
68	—	854	155.50–160.75	160.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	722	135.00	135.00
6	—	657	147.00	147.00

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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