Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower and steers over 600 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold unevenly from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold mostly 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.64/cwt on 1,835 head.

Average price

$178.64

1,835 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$1.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	732	178.77	1,308	1,662
Medium and Large 1-2	625	177.38	1,109	173

One grade step is worth $1.39/cwt here — about $199 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 sale1,835 hd

178.64

—

NE average10 barns · 17,720 hd

177.50

+1.14

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

42 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	—	378	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	752	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	718	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	184.03/cwt	178.50–186.50	863	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,248	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,383	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	191.37/cwt	187.00–195.50	832	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	172.27/cwt	166.50–176.50	1,328	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	151.14/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,401	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	155.03/cwt	150.50–156.50	1,507	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	206.98/cwt	203.00–207.50	1,114	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	163.80/cwt	158.50–167.00	1,342	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	230.10/cwt	225.00–237.00	863	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	157.02/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,248	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	180.35/cwt	172.50–185.50	1,239	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	199.53/cwt	193.50–207.00	1,149	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	172.74/cwt	168.50–178.00	1,252	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	163.86/cwt	162.00–165.50	1,437	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	193.48/cwt	182.50–196.75	1,213	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,153	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	209.16/cwt	208.00–210.00	973	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	197.76/cwt	197.50–199.00	955	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,156	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	195.71/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,051	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	210.19/cwt	209.00–219.00	820	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	154.09/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,108	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	159.86/cwt	156.00–169.50	1,066	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	703	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,311	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	873	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,484	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	768	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,382	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	167.37/cwt	164.50–170.00	1,121	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	175.49/cwt	173.00–177.00	848	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	176.74/cwt	173.50–180.50	1,007	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	180.48/cwt	175.00–188.00	955	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	151.86/cwt	150.50–153.00	1,244	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	174.50/cwt	170.50–177.00	1,064	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	151.93/cwt	146.00–154.75	1,179	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	994	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	170.33/cwt	169.00–171.00	853	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,189	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	158.00/cwt	155.00–159.50	1,000	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	165.34/cwt	160.00–170.00	951	41

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Feb 3, 2022

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

Receipts 3,778Last week 6,240Year ago 4,835

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	378	199.00	199.00
15	—	342	210.00	210.00
28	—	469	178.50–186.50	184.03
46	—	852	146.50	146.50
64	—	913	151.50	151.50
66	—	435	187.00–195.50	191.37
183	—	719	151.00–156.00	154.09
294	—	667	156.00–169.50	159.86
87	—	570	173.50–180.50	176.74
118	—	529	175.00–188.00	180.48
128	—	819	150.50–153.00	151.86
154	—	610	170.50–177.00	174.50
178	—	776	146.00–154.75	151.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	483	173.00–177.00	175.49
9	—	346	195.00	195.00
10	—	676	147.00	147.00
21	—	501	169.00–171.00	170.33
27	—	843	141.00	141.00
40	—	633	155.00–159.50	158.00
41	—	575	160.00–170.00	165.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
244	—	771	166.50–176.50	172.27
64	—	927	149.00–155.00	151.14
77	—	972	150.50–156.50	155.03
94	—	538	203.00–207.50	206.98
144	—	819	158.50–167.00	163.80
9	—	375	225.00–237.00	230.10
154	—	687	172.50–185.50	180.35
155	—	576	193.50–207.00	199.53
157	—	725	168.50–178.00	172.74
161	—	877	162.00–165.50	163.86
242	—	627	182.50–196.75	193.48
24	—	465	208.00–210.00	209.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	795	155.00–159.00	157.02
4	—	716	161.00	161.00
12	—	483	197.50–199.00	197.76
14	—	644	179.50	179.50
19	—	537	191.00–199.00	195.71
23	—	390	209.00–219.00	210.19
72	—	670	164.50–170.00	167.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	703	186.50	186.50
68	—	873	170.00	170.00
18	—	768	180.00	180.00

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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