Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 4.00 lower, except 600 lb heifers were 7.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.49/cwt on 1,516 head.

Average price

$175.49

1,516 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$139

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

$0.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

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	495	176.18	873	170
Medium and Large 1	577	175.40	1,012	1,346

One grade step is worth $0.78/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale1,516 hd

175.49

—

NE average8 barns · 10,940 hd

172.30

+3.19

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	—	353	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,004	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,131	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,538	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	156.14/cwt	156.00–156.50	1,372	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	174.51/cwt	173.00–180.00	590	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	153.68/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,480	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	162.84/cwt	155.50–168.50	1,018	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,436	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	145.72/cwt	139.50–148.50	1,049	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	158.29/cwt	148.50–163.00	1,056	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	171.35/cwt	167.50–178.00	975	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	148.29/cwt	144.50–159.00	1,143	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	153.19/cwt	142.50–159.00	1,114	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	157.13/cwt	157.00–157.50	1,292	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	206.08/cwt	196.00–210.50	981	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	180.89/cwt	176.00–189.00	961	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	149.97/cwt	144.50–160.50	855	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	186.49/cwt	184.00–193.00	886	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	138.08/cwt	137.00–140.00	874	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	169.53/cwt	161.00–176.00	722	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	204.66/cwt	194.00–219.00	905	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	213.06/cwt	207.50–216.00	827	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	164.90/cwt	155.25–170.00	862	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	153.27/cwt	148.00–159.00	959	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	166.40/cwt	155.50–173.50	795	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	156.93/cwt	149.00–160.50	901	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	155.15/cwt	154.50–156.00	1,202	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	785	21

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 3,600Last week 4,411Year ago 2,565

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 4.00 lower, except 600 lb heifers were 7.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	353	168.50	168.50
11	—	697	144.00	144.00
11	—	1,131	136.00	136.00
17	—	879	156.00–156.50	156.14
26	—	338	173.00–180.00	174.51
28	—	963	152.50–154.00	153.68
135	—	727	142.50–159.00	153.19
55	—	822	157.00–157.50	157.13
123	—	426	161.00–176.00	169.53
230	—	523	155.25–170.00	164.90
114	—	626	148.00–159.00	153.27
264	—	478	155.50–173.50	166.40
123	—	574	149.00–160.50	156.93
75	—	775	154.50–156.00	155.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	633	137.00–140.00	138.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	625	155.50–168.50	162.84
22	—	906	158.50	158.50
87	—	720	139.50–148.50	145.72
89	—	667	148.50–163.00	158.29
317	—	569	167.50–178.00	171.35
56	—	771	144.50–159.00	148.29
141	—	476	196.00–210.50	206.08
210	—	531	176.00–189.00	180.89
60	—	442	194.00–219.00	204.66
92	—	388	207.50–216.00	213.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	570	144.50–160.50	149.97
99	—	475	184.00–193.00	186.49
21	—	413	190.00	190.00

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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