Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison , due to no sale last week, Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.86/cwt on 3,580 head.

Average price

$152.86

3,580 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,187

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$6.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	777	153.02	1,189	3,488
Medium and Large 1-2	761	146.65	1,116	92

One grade step is worth $6.37/cwt here — about $73 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 sale3,580 hd

152.86

—

NE average6 barns · 7,648 hd

153.90

−1.04

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

45 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 1NHTC	—	715	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,130	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	680	160.48/cwt	157.00–161.50	1,091	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	861	154.23/cwt	144.50–155.75	1,328	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	153.16/cwt	148.50–157.50	1,179	626
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	141.84/cwt	141.00–142.50	749	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	904	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,361	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	139.05/cwt	135.50–149.50	1,221	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,252	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	159.67/cwt	156.50–162.00	1,091	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	808	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	161.00/cwt	152.00–163.00	1,145	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	149.30/cwt	142.50–151.50	1,233	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	161.35/cwt	155.50–171.50	600	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	147.29/cwt	145.50–148.00	918	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	881	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	142.01/cwt	139.00–145.50	1,385	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	174.10/cwt	173.00–176.00	891	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	153.72/cwt	146.50–157.00	1,350	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	156.68/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,296	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	158.44/cwt	153.50–160.00	1,147	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	914	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,394	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	829	150.09/cwt	143.50–151.00	1,244	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	715	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,080	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	832	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,231	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	183.17/cwt	182.00–185.50	780	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	158.55/cwt	156.00–160.50	1,214	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	165.61/cwt	164.50–169.00	1,121	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	154.83/cwt	150.00–159.50	739	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	151.49/cwt	151.00–153.00	862	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	135.31/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,315	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	149.32/cwt	147.00–154.50	1,383	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	163.98/cwt	161.00–168.50	1,008	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,449	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	155.85/cwt	152.00–160.00	681	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	135.95/cwt	135.50–136.25	1,380	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,021	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	771	157.19/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,212	400
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	159.49/cwt	151.50–164.50	990	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	851	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,319	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	836	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,129	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	701	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	589	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	869	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	970	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	597	7

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 30, 2021

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

Receipts 5,500Last week 1,920Year ago 3,710

No comparison , due to no sale last week, Demand was good on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	715	158.00	158.00
89	—	680	157.00–161.50	160.48
241	—	861	144.50–155.75	154.23
131	—	904	150.50	150.50
230	—	829	143.50–151.00	150.09
400	—	771	150.00–159.00	157.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
626	—	770	148.50–157.50	153.16
18	—	528	141.00–142.50	141.84
178	—	878	135.50–149.50	139.05
53	—	901	139.00	139.00
237	—	683	156.50–162.00	159.67
415	—	711	152.00–163.00	161.00
356	—	826	142.50–151.50	149.30
13	—	372	155.50–171.50	161.35
27	—	477	150.00–159.50	154.83
33	—	569	151.00–153.00	151.49
154	—	972	130.00–139.00	135.31
33	—	437	152.00–160.00	155.85
40	—	1,015	135.50–136.25	135.95
142	—	621	151.50–164.50	159.49
7	—	349	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	590	137.00	137.00
8	—	729	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	715	151.00	151.00
48	—	832	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	623	145.50–148.00	147.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	194.00	194.00
18	—	498	177.00	177.00
52	—	975	139.00–145.50	142.01
84	—	512	173.00–176.00	174.10
202	—	878	146.50–157.00	153.72
248	—	827	154.00–160.00	156.68
82	—	724	153.50–160.00	158.44
24	—	426	182.00–185.50	183.17
66	—	766	156.00–160.50	158.55
81	—	677	164.50–169.00	165.61
29	—	926	147.00–154.50	149.32
68	—	615	161.00–168.50	163.98
47	—	1,003	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	914	152.50	152.50
19	—	851	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	836	135.00	135.00
21	—	438	160.00	160.00
32	—	589	147.50	147.50
40	—	683	142.00	142.00

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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