Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Both steers and heifers sold weak, steers trading mostly 7.00 lower and heifers trading mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.14/cwt on 2,835 head.

Average price

$183.14

2,835 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$168

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

$1.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.50

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	564	184.64	1,041	256
Medium and Large 1	661	182.99	1,209	2,579

One grade step is worth $1.64/cwt here — about −$168 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 sale2,835 hd

183.14

—

NE average10 barns · 20,645 hd

177.64

+5.50

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

38 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	610	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,202	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,356	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	208.04/cwt	203.50–210.00	670	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,224	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	150.42/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,185	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	146.31/cwt	145.50–149.25	1,089	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	167.38/cwt	161.00–172.00	879	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	154.35/cwt	149.50–162.50	884	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	183.51/cwt	173.00–190.00	1,152	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	230.97/cwt	219.00–239.00	982	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	209.34/cwt	205.00–212.00	793	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	195.36/cwt	191.00–198.00	1,016	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	202.43/cwt	186.00–207.00	1,150	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	207.79/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,089	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	162.67/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,122	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	218.59/cwt	200.25–229.00	1,051	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	167.87/cwt	164.00–172.50	1,200	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	181.39/cwt	181.00–183.00	1,068	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	155.68/cwt	151.50–157.50	1,258	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	173.88/cwt	165.00–182.25	1,000	594
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	631	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,199	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,093	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	177.92/cwt	171.00–182.50	1,196	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	177.14/cwt	172.50–180.50	934	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	151.69/cwt	148.50–157.00	1,342	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	149.70/cwt	145.50–154.00	1,021	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	170.04/cwt	168.00–174.00	746	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	687	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	159.84/cwt	156.50–164.00	1,250	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	191.08/cwt	186.50–193.50	818	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	748	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,201	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	200.62/cwt	194.50–207.00	774	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,164	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	187.24/cwt	179.00–192.00	893	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	157.24/cwt	150.00–167.00	992	561
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	147.99/cwt	142.50–149.00	1,027	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	170.29/cwt	170.00–170.50	831	37

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 6,240Last week 7,680Year ago 5,135

Compared to last week: Both steers and heifers sold weak, steers trading mostly 7.00 lower and heifers trading mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	610	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	916	148.00	148.00
16	—	370	235.00	235.00
480	—	628	173.00–190.00	183.51
129	—	425	219.00–239.00	230.97
358	—	568	186.00–207.00	202.43
62	—	524	205.00–212.00	207.79
241	—	481	200.25–229.00	218.59
268	—	715	164.00–172.50	167.87
102	—	808	151.50–157.50	155.68
275	—	672	171.00–182.50	177.92
235	—	885	148.50–157.00	151.69
320	—	782	156.50–164.00	159.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	379	205.00–212.00	209.34
84	—	520	191.00–198.00	195.36
59	—	690	161.00–163.00	162.67
46	—	589	181.00–183.00	181.39
31	—	639	171.00	171.00
9	—	315	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	322	203.50–210.00	208.04
57	—	853	143.50	143.50
67	—	788	150.00–151.00	150.42
113	—	744	145.50–149.25	146.31
594	—	575	165.00–182.25	173.88
258	—	527	172.50–180.50	177.14
157	—	682	145.50–154.00	149.70
138	—	428	186.50–193.50	191.08
172	—	386	194.50–207.00	200.62
23	—	803	145.00	145.00
251	—	477	179.00–192.00	187.24
561	—	631	150.00–167.00	157.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	525	161.00–172.00	167.38
118	—	573	149.50–162.50	154.35
17	—	439	168.00–174.00	170.04
25	—	694	142.50–149.00	147.99
37	—	488	170.00–170.50	170.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	631	190.00	190.00
12	—	748	160.50	160.50

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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