Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were 6.00 - 14.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.09/cwt on 3,594 head.

Average price

$188.09

3,594 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$27.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.42

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	189.81	1,022	3,371
Medium and Large 1-2	569	161.99	921	223

One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $101 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 sale3,594 hd

188.09

—

NE average10 barns · 16,565 hd

176.66

+11.42

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

37 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	—	746	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,145	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,267	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	669	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	130.45/cwt	128.50–131.50	1,301	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	182.98/cwt	182.50–183.50	607	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	132.29/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,351	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,474	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	235.46/cwt	234.00–239.00	803	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	234.87/cwt	223.00–236.00	923	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	162.07/cwt	157.50–164.75	1,100	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	712	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,153	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,435	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	220.00/cwt	204.00–224.00	964	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.06/cwt	150.00–154.50	957	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	756	149.91/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,133	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	894	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	167.01/cwt	158.00–174.50	1,034	490
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	201.62/cwt	195.00–208.50	976	819
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,132	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	578	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,012	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	166.28/cwt	161.50–167.50	893	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	985	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	182.78/cwt	175.00–191.50	972	502
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	166.89/cwt	165.50–171.00	1,355	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	958	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	171.26/cwt	158.00–176.00	813	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	174.89/cwt	165.00–181.00	1,006	444
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	175.71/cwt	166.50–182.50	756	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	159.19/cwt	151.00–164.50	893	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	156.57/cwt	154.50–157.00	1,040	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	160.43/cwt	151.00–171.50	855	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,252	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	568	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,045	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	806	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	161.72/cwt	160.50–164.50	754	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	818	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	143.39/cwt	137.00–145.00	905	86

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 Nov 4, 2021

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

Receipts 5,510Last week 4,800Year ago 4,890

Compared to last week steers were 6.00 - 14.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 12.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	746	153.50	153.50
9	—	862	147.00	147.00
11	—	391	171.00	171.00
20	—	997	128.50–131.50	130.45
21	—	332	182.50–183.50	182.98
21	—	1,021	130.00–133.00	132.29
219	—	475	158.00–176.00	171.26
162	—	430	166.50–182.50	175.71
214	—	561	151.00–164.50	159.19
67	—	664	154.50–157.00	156.57
264	—	533	151.00–171.50	160.43
57	—	785	159.50	159.50
86	—	631	137.00–145.00	143.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	578	170.00–180.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	550	146.50	146.50
29	—	466	160.50–164.50	161.72
18	—	547	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	896	164.50	164.50
27	—	341	234.00–239.00	235.46
154	—	393	223.00–236.00	234.87
181	—	679	157.50–164.75	162.07
11	—	938	153.00	153.00
295	—	438	204.00–224.00	220.00
490	—	619	158.00–174.50	167.01
819	—	484	195.00–208.50	201.62
14	—	703	161.00	161.00
502	—	532	175.00–191.50	182.78
40	—	812	165.50–171.00	166.89
444	—	575	165.00–181.00	174.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	712	162.00	162.00
21	—	756	145.00–153.00	149.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	625	150.00–154.50	153.06
8	—	494	181.00	181.00
128	—	537	161.50–167.50	166.28
11	—	599	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	467	211.00	211.00
105	—	568	184.00	184.00

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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