Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.31/cwt on 1,067 head.

Average price

$148.31

1,067 head · 815 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	148.31	1,209	1,067

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,067 hd

148.31

—

NE average6 barns · 6,996 hd

152.55

−4.24

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

24 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	—	438	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	723	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	158.17/cwt	157.50–158.75	897	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,370	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	154.73/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,049	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	137.37/cwt	136.50–138.00	1,423	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	156.66/cwt	155.50–158.00	996	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	159.83/cwt	156.00–163.00	1,157	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,431	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	148.67/cwt	148.00–152.50	1,359	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,252	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,385	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	156.61/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,377	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	167.77/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,112	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,008	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	880	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,184	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,266	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,447	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	142.71/cwt	139.00–146.25	1,321	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	150.24/cwt	144.50–152.50	1,077	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	148.94/cwt	145.50–150.50	1,217	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,204	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	147.48/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,292	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,353	36

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 16, 2021

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

Receipts 1,920Last week 2,180Year ago 4,165

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	438	165.00	165.00
13	—	567	157.50–158.75	158.17
16	—	975	140.50	140.50
28	—	678	154.00–156.50	154.73
31	—	1,036	136.50–138.00	137.37
56	—	636	155.50–158.00	156.66
199	—	926	139.00–146.25	142.71
207	—	717	144.50–152.50	150.24
261	—	817	145.50–150.50	148.94
73	—	795	151.50	151.50
174	—	876	145.00–148.50	147.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	724	156.00–163.00	159.83
32	—	1,026	139.50	139.50
33	—	914	148.00–152.50	148.67
22	—	785	159.50	159.50
47	—	1,065	130.00	130.00
48	—	879	155.00–159.00	156.61
38	—	663	165.00–172.00	167.77
58	—	971	149.00	149.00
36	—	847	159.75	159.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	695	145.00	145.00
32	—	611	144.00	144.00
40	—	814	145.50	145.50
56	—	898	141.00	141.00

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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