Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 -9.00 lower and heifers were 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate in most classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.12/cwt on 1,957 head.

Average price

$172.12

1,957 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$229

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

$8.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	456	180.66	824	85
Medium and Large 1	613	171.73	1,053	1,872

One grade step is worth $8.93/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale1,957 hd

172.12

—

NE average9 barns · 16,209 hd

172.04

+0.08

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

28 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	—	806	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,237	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,075	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	154.98/cwt	153.00–155.50	1,176	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	135.88/cwt	130.00–139.50	940	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	183.14/cwt	178.00–184.00	698	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	165.36/cwt	160.50–166.50	721	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	786	147.85/cwt	140.00–148.50	1,162	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	162.74/cwt	151.00–171.50	1,007	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	209.70/cwt	201.00–217.00	791	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	937	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,452	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	169.01/cwt	160.50–180.50	973	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	192.97/cwt	185.00–201.50	917	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	164.10/cwt	164.00–164.50	1,262	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	987	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	863	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	800	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	917	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	157.37/cwt	148.00–165.00	740	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	156.48/cwt	152.50–168.50	1,052	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	141.81/cwt	135.50–146.00	878	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	148.29/cwt	140.00–158.00	847	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	152.56/cwt	145.00–159.00	812	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	192.86/cwt	191.00–195.00	816	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	163.74/cwt	163.00–164.50	1,397	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	178.72/cwt	170.00–189.50	942	254

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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Receipts 3,685Last week 2,550Year ago 2,985

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 -9.00 lower and heifers were 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate in most classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	806	153.50	153.50
45	—	719	149.50	149.50
58	—	759	153.00–155.50	154.98
62	—	692	130.00–139.50	135.88
70	—	381	178.00–184.00	183.14
81	—	436	160.50–166.50	165.36
114	—	470	148.00–165.00	157.37
191	—	619	135.50–146.00	141.81
206	—	571	140.00–158.00	148.29
220	—	532	145.00–159.00	152.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	674	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	786	140.00–148.50	147.85
11	—	705	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	348	226.00	226.00
338	—	619	151.00–171.50	162.74
30	—	377	201.00–217.00	209.70
98	—	429	218.50	218.50
54	—	949	153.00	153.00
345	—	576	160.50–180.50	169.01
204	—	475	185.00–201.50	192.97
73	—	769	164.00–164.50	164.10
6	—	736	157.50	157.50
241	—	672	152.50–168.50	156.48
127	—	853	163.00–164.50	163.74
254	—	527	170.00–189.50	178.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	520	166.00	166.00
31	—	457	175.00	175.00
36	—	423	191.00–195.00	192.86

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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