Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good. Nice selection of grass cattle and feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.82/cwt on 2,459 head.

Average price

$182.82

2,459 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$25.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	184.23	1,244	2,322
Medium and Large 1-2	712	159.04	1,132	137

One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about $113 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 sale2,459 hd

182.82

—

NE average4 barns · 3,710 hd

177.14

+5.69

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

35 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	—	347	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	197.76/cwt	197.50–198.00	738	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	182.61/cwt	175.50–188.50	866	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	183.70/cwt	181.50–192.00	803	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	143.90/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,210	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	747	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,403	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	152.75/cwt	150.00–153.50	1,399	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	188.90/cwt	181.00–194.50	1,198	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	177.49/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,273	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	999	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,384	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	169.30/cwt	160.50–174.00	1,322	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,087	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,419	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	223.82/cwt	215.50–228.00	826	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,290	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	200.53/cwt	192.00–211.00	1,073	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	198.85/cwt	192.50–202.50	1,159	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	998	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	158.94/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,319	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	153.88/cwt	150.50–158.50	1,185	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	175.28/cwt	164.00–182.50	1,001	431
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	211.78/cwt	200.00–224.00	1,002	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	656	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,269	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	184.61/cwt	172.50–191.00	1,241	540
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	219.52/cwt	209.00–224.00	966	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	164.93/cwt	162.50–171.00	1,131	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	972	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,127	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	861	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	167.70/cwt	156.00–174.50	1,050	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	150.69/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,139	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	179.35/cwt	169.50–188.50	933	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	166.17/cwt	154.50–171.50	1,103	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	157.37/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,120	176

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 Apr 21, 2022

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

Receipts 5,155Last week 5,770Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good. Nice selection of grass cattle and feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	347	195.00	195.00
14	—	373	197.50–198.00	197.76
69	—	474	175.50–188.50	182.61
84	—	437	181.50–192.00	183.70
103	—	841	136.00–146.00	143.90
431	—	571	164.00–182.50	175.28
250	—	626	156.00–174.50	167.70
130	—	756	147.00–154.00	150.69
254	—	520	169.50–188.50	179.35
286	—	664	154.50–171.50	166.17
176	—	712	150.00–167.00	157.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	467	160.00	160.00
9	—	648	150.00	150.00
7	—	525	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	853	164.50	164.50
81	—	916	150.00–153.50	152.75
232	—	634	181.00–194.50	188.90
265	—	717	171.00–181.00	177.49
7	—	999	138.50	138.50
5	—	341	218.00	218.00
340	—	781	160.50–174.00	169.30
9	—	1,087	130.50	130.50
39	—	369	215.50–228.00	223.82
58	—	535	192.00–211.00	200.53
235	—	583	192.50–202.50	198.85
135	—	830	153.00–161.00	158.94
164	—	473	200.00–224.00	211.78
540	—	672	172.50–191.00	184.61
63	—	440	209.00–224.00	219.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	935	138.00	138.00
32	—	601	166.00	166.00
43	—	770	150.50–158.50	153.88
38	—	686	162.50–171.00	164.93
16	—	725	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	656	193.50	193.50

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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