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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 12.00 higher and heifers were steady - 3.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.49/cwt on 2,471 head.

Average price

$191.49

2,471 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$17.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	192.81	1,027	2,283
Medium and Large 1-2	535	175.50	939	188

One grade step is worth $17.30/cwt here — about $88 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 sale2,471 hd

191.49

—

NE average11 barns · 19,526 hd

177.56

+13.93

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

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	212.49/cwt	202.00–223.50	924	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	768	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,453	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	182.78/cwt	171.50–188.00	983	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,511	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,058	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,335	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	142.00/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,399	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	182.17/cwt	182.00–182.50	623	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,373	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	228.34/cwt	209.00–233.00	843	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	163.54/cwt	155.00–168.00	1,104	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	163.83/cwt	151.50–171.50	1,029	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	207.77/cwt	199.00–219.50	995	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	197.33/cwt	194.00–200.00	1,008	411
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	175.42/cwt	166.50–187.50	1,005	584
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	151.26/cwt	147.50–159.00	1,162	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	155.26/cwt	148.00–157.50	1,158	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	173.54/cwt	170.50–177.00	661	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	146.40/cwt	145.50–148.00	900	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	174.92/cwt	168.00–180.00	738	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	424	232.07/cwt	230.50–238.50	984	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	171.88/cwt	171.00–173.50	811	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	152.22/cwt	151.00–155.50	894	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	663	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	148.70/cwt	146.50–151.00	782	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	157.23/cwt	147.00–165.50	904	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.82/cwt	153.00–172.50	876	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	168.27/cwt	157.00–177.50	806	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	142.67/cwt	137.00–146.50	960	47

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 11, 2021

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

Receipts 4,411Last week 5,510Year ago 3,600

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 12.00 higher and heifers were steady - 3.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	435	202.00–223.50	212.49
18	—	340	226.00	226.00
30	—	875	166.00	166.00
81	—	369	209.00–233.00	228.34
145	—	675	155.00–168.00	163.54
193	—	628	151.50–171.50	163.83
297	—	479	199.00–219.50	207.77
411	—	511	194.00–200.00	197.33
584	—	573	166.50–187.50	175.42
32	—	768	147.50–159.00	151.26
38	—	746	148.00–157.50	155.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	538	171.50–188.00	182.78
33	—	472	171.00–173.50	171.88
33	—	587	151.00–155.50	152.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
247	—	424	230.50–238.50	232.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	141.50	141.50
8	—	715	148.00	148.00
8	—	893	149.50	149.50
14	—	985	141.00–143.00	142.00
18	—	342	182.00–182.50	182.17
33	—	912	150.50	150.50
49	—	381	170.50–177.00	173.54
52	—	615	145.50–148.00	146.40
157	—	422	168.00–180.00	174.92
202	—	575	147.00–165.50	157.23
301	—	525	153.00–172.50	166.82
271	—	479	157.00–177.50	168.27
47	—	673	137.00–146.50	142.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	155.00	155.00
54	—	526	146.50–151.00	148.70

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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