Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to not having a feeder sale for awhile. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.36/cwt on 974 head.

Average price

$161.36

974 head · 832 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$15.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.72

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	831	161.88	1,346	942
Medium and Large 1-2	846	146.25	1,237	32

One grade step is worth $15.63/cwt here — about $109 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 sale974 hd

161.36

—

NE average7 barns · 8,649 hd

165.09

−3.72

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

31 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	—	928	143.65/cwt	138.50–147.50	1,333	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	150.86/cwt	147.50–152.00	1,297	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	151.95/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,205	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	149.85/cwt	144.75–151.50	1,215	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	165.75/cwt	160.50–168.50	1,290	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	145.40/cwt	142.50–146.50	1,423	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	740	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,106	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	851	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,247	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	837	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,243	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	160.89/cwt	159.00–162.00	1,067	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	171.86/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,143	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	155.51/cwt	147.00–157.50	1,140	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	154.10/cwt	148.50–159.75	1,433	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	176.23/cwt	171.00–180.50	952	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	169.16/cwt	164.50–170.00	1,211	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,251	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	915	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,400	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	822	159.29/cwt	153.50–164.00	1,309	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	844	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	151.40/cwt	147.50–152.75	1,467	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	163.68/cwt	160.75–166.50	1,417	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	163.56/cwt	159.75–165.50	1,341	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	894	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,413	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	794	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,191	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	175.37/cwt	172.50–178.00	1,091	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	142.96/cwt	142.50–144.00	1,440	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	894	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	674	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	764	14

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 Sep 2, 2021

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

Receipts 2,180Last week 675Year ago 4,585

No comparison due to not having a feeder sale for awhile. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	928	138.50–147.50	143.65
94	—	860	147.50–152.00	150.86
56	—	793	150.00–155.00	151.95
76	—	811	144.75–151.50	149.85
116	—	979	142.50–146.50	145.40
36	—	663	159.00–162.00	160.89
79	—	733	147.00–157.50	155.51
23	—	1,007	142.50–144.00	142.96
12	—	590	151.50	151.50
7	—	507	157.50	157.50
6	—	628	155.00	155.00
5	—	381	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	740	149.50	149.50
22	—	851	146.50	146.50
14	—	837	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	778	160.50–168.50	165.75
52	—	665	167.00–174.00	171.86
197	—	930	148.50–159.75	154.10
24	—	540	171.00–180.50	176.23
98	—	716	164.50–170.00	169.16
10	—	422	200.00	200.00
76	—	969	147.50–152.75	151.40
122	—	866	160.75–166.50	163.68
161	—	820	159.75–165.50	163.56
19	—	622	172.50–178.00	175.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	863	145.00	145.00
8	—	794	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	915	153.00	153.00
39	—	822	153.50–164.00	159.29
55	—	894	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	362	211.00	211.00

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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