Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate today, with a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.76/cwt on 2,065 head.

Average price

$173.76

2,065 head · 719 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$7.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.48

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	722	174.17	1,258	1,950
Medium and Large 1-2	655	166.83	1,093	115

One grade step is worth $7.34/cwt here — about $165 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 sale2,065 hd

173.76

—

NE average7 barns · 9,115 hd

176.24

−2.48

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 1Fancy	—	622	174.36/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,085	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,237	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	177.08/cwt	166.00–182.00	850	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	179.08/cwt	176.50–199.00	965	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	142.45/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,168	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	203.10/cwt	196.00–206.00	1,072	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	174.36/cwt	165.00–179.50	1,269	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	194.52/cwt	191.50–197.00	1,093	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	160.73/cwt	148.00–164.25	1,313	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	192.44/cwt	180.00–195.50	1,201	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	141.65/cwt	140.50–143.00	956	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	143.43/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,123	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	161.39/cwt	155.00–166.50	988	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	151.82/cwt	145.50–156.50	1,082	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,082	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,166	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,128	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,372	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	977	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,379	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	170.24/cwt	163.00–175.50	998	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	157.17/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,064	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	162.56/cwt	159.50–165.00	1,079	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	161.47/cwt	155.50–168.00	1,263	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	148.18/cwt	145.50–150.50	1,304	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	183.49/cwt	170.00–187.50	1,229	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	154.73/cwt	151.75–160.50	1,184	160

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 Mar 17, 2022

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

Receipts 4,004Last week 6,250Year ago 3,475

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate today, with a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	622	174.00–176.00	174.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	186.00	186.00
25	—	890	139.00	139.00
60	—	480	166.00–182.00	177.08
72	—	539	176.50–199.00	179.08
92	—	820	139.00–144.50	142.45
161	—	612	155.00–166.50	161.39
212	—	713	145.50–156.50	151.82
223	—	586	163.00–175.50	170.24
290	—	677	146.00–159.00	157.17
160	—	765	151.75–160.50	154.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	675	140.50–143.00	141.65
53	—	783	142.00–144.00	143.43
10	—	623	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	528	196.00–206.00	203.10
313	—	728	165.00–179.50	174.36
132	—	562	191.50–197.00	194.52
285	—	817	148.00–164.25	160.73
293	—	624	180.00–195.50	192.44
12	—	980	140.00	140.00
20	—	442	221.00	221.00
57	—	901	153.00	153.00
158	—	782	155.50–168.00	161.47
261	—	880	145.50–150.50	148.18
279	—	670	170.00–187.50	183.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	631	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	495	185.00	185.00
11	—	788	148.00	148.00
33	—	643	175.50	175.50
61	—	664	159.50–165.00	162.56

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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