Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week . Demand was good today, with a good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.12/cwt on 3,519 head.

Average price

$180.12

3,519 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

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

$7.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.20

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	618	187.47	1,159	36
Medium and Large 1	723	180.04	1,301	3,483

One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale3,519 hd

180.12

—

NE average9 barns · 17,757 hd

176.92

+3.20

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,321	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	144.25/cwt	144.00–144.50	1,275	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	198.99/cwt	190.00–203.00	864	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	190.62/cwt	187.00–196.00	905	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	146.62/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,207	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	185.76/cwt	180.00–192.50	990	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	194.89/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,243	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	212.76/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,238	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,008	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	649	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,269	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	704	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,281	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	174.17/cwt	165.00–182.50	1,259	576
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	166.86/cwt	162.50–170.00	1,281	624
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	231.17/cwt	224.50–236.00	1,086	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,462	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,394	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	230.47/cwt	218.50–237.00	1,231	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	676	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,325	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,285	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	187.47/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,159	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	157.20/cwt	153.50–162.00	1,377	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	181.48/cwt	173.50–191.50	1,230	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	162.04/cwt	155.50–168.00	1,330	391
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	149.65/cwt	147.00–155.50	1,175	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	175.20/cwt	171.00–177.50	1,020	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	163.59/cwt	159.00–173.00	1,098	423
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	158.12/cwt	151.50–166.00	1,126	492
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	169.32/cwt	162.00–176.00	1,050	510
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	764	164.63/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,258	80

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 Feb 17, 2022

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

Receipts 7,320Last week 3,778Year ago 4,780

No comparison to last week . Demand was good today, with a good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,057	125.00	125.00
54	—	884	144.00–144.50	144.25
64	—	434	190.00–203.00	198.99
80	—	475	187.00–196.00	190.62
157	—	823	144.00–148.00	146.62
232	—	533	180.00–192.50	185.76
238	—	785	147.00–155.50	149.65
249	—	582	171.00–177.50	175.20
423	—	671	159.00–173.00	163.59
492	—	712	151.50–166.00	158.12
510	—	620	162.00–176.00	169.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	764	160.00–172.00	164.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	638	192.00–199.00	194.89
314	—	582	207.00–220.00	212.76
9	—	429	235.00	235.00
10	—	388	219.00	219.00
576	—	723	165.00–182.50	174.17
624	—	768	162.50–170.00	166.86
126	—	470	224.50–236.00	231.17
36	—	965	151.50	151.50
125	—	902	154.50	154.50
134	—	534	218.50–237.00	230.47
361	—	876	153.50–162.00	157.20
391	—	678	173.50–191.50	181.48
391	—	821	155.50–168.00	162.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	649	195.50	195.50
23	—	704	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	676	196.00	196.00
35	—	602	213.50	213.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	618	183.00–190.00	187.47

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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