Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. First sale of the year. Demand was good all day, with a good selection offered. Featuring Red Angus and Hereford Influence.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.50/cwt on 4,179 head.

Average price

$176.50

4,179 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$2.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	176.69	1,211	3,874
Medium and Large 1-2	610	174.15	1,062	305

One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about $149 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 sale4,179 hd

176.50

—

NE average8 barns · 19,439 hd

178.24

−1.74

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

36 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	—	706	153.18/cwt	150.00–156.50	1,081	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	165.78/cwt	160.50–170.00	983	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	155.43/cwt	149.50–160.50	1,043	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	161.90/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,004	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	176.85/cwt	171.50–183.00	941	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	663	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	780	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	792	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	147.60/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,259	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	178.85/cwt	173.00–184.50	873	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	147.20/cwt	144.50–148.50	1,135	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	779	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,474	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	224.63/cwt	223.00–229.50	923	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,544	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	209.32/cwt	197.00–220.50	982	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	161.65/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,432	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	205.29/cwt	193.50–209.00	1,098	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	160.19/cwt	155.00–167.50	1,328	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	165.16/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,288	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	190.12/cwt	184.00–196.00	1,103	498
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	183.46/cwt	176.50–191.50	1,139	650
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	167.28/cwt	158.00–174.50	1,221	744
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,201	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,074	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	178.36/cwt	178.00–178.50	1,038	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,118	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	185.26/cwt	180.50–190.00	978	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	174.16/cwt	165.50–179.00	1,190	803
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	520	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,045	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	605	181.50/cwt	178.00–187.50	1,098	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	683	172.26/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,177	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	580	194.90/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,130	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	528	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	987	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	472	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	923	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	168.26/cwt	167.00–169.00	873	57

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 Jan 6, 2022

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

Receipts 7,220Last week 5,965Year ago 8,100

No comparison to last week. First sale of the year. Demand was good all day, with a good selection offered. Featuring Red Angus and Hereford Influence.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	706	150.00–156.50	153.18
241	—	593	160.50–170.00	165.78
297	—	671	149.50–160.50	155.43
337	—	620	155.00–165.00	161.90
350	—	532	171.50–183.00	176.85
11	—	335	198.00	198.00
15	—	415	188.00	188.00
17	—	394	201.00	201.00
40	—	853	147.00–149.00	147.60
75	—	488	173.00–184.50	178.85
109	—	771	144.50–148.50	147.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	520	201.00	201.00
54	—	605	178.00–187.50	181.50
77	—	683	165.00–176.00	172.26
106	—	580	191.00–199.00	194.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	528	187.00	187.00
78	—	472	195.50	195.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	519	167.00–169.00	168.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	346	225.00	225.00
23	—	945	156.00	156.00
24	—	411	223.00–229.50	224.63
45	—	990	156.00	156.00
95	—	469	197.00–220.50	209.32
157	—	886	157.00–163.50	161.65
192	—	535	193.50–209.00	205.29
234	—	829	155.00–167.50	160.19
400	—	780	160.00–169.00	165.16
498	—	580	184.00–196.00	190.12
650	—	621	176.50–191.50	183.46
744	—	730	158.00–174.50	167.28
803	—	683	165.50–179.00	174.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	770	156.00	156.00
46	—	626	171.50	171.50
59	—	582	178.00–178.50	178.36
72	—	690	162.00	162.00
105	—	528	180.50–190.00	185.26

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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