Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on all weights offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.99/cwt on 1,876 head.

Average price

$162.99

1,876 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$10.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.56

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	163.49	1,047	1,785
Medium and Large 1-2	632	153.17	967	91

One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $80 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 sale1,876 hd

162.99

—

NE average7 barns · 5,874 hd

160.43

+2.56

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

31 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 1	—	537	187.44/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,007	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	181.67/cwt	177.00–190.00	1,056	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	146.46/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,371	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,504	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	158.24/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,150	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	158.69/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,309	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	183.15/cwt	182.00–184.50	1,130	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	164.55/cwt	159.50–166.50	1,037	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	161.05/cwt	155.50–167.50	1,226	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	151.89/cwt	147.50–156.50	1,110	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,348	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,496	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	166.98/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,047	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	175.69/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,175	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	183.56/cwt	178.00–187.50	876	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,255	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	159.68/cwt	153.00–162.00	1,065	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	167.01/cwt	159.50–172.50	982	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	168.37/cwt	166.00–171.00	909	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	178.09/cwt	173.00–184.00	956	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,003	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	139.19/cwt	138.50–140.00	1,133	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	760	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	144.45/cwt	138.00–147.50	1,121	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,269	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	183.56/cwt	183.00–185.00	749	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	138.53/cwt	136.50–140.00	1,211	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,329	64

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 May 12, 2022

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

Receipts 3,275Last week 5,155Year ago 1,260

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on all weights offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	537	181.00–194.00	187.44
76	—	581	177.00–190.00	181.67
186	—	936	145.00–147.00	146.46
91	—	1,041	144.50	144.50
20	—	727	155.00–162.50	158.24
41	—	825	153.00–161.00	158.69
24	—	617	182.00–184.50	183.15
66	—	761	155.50–167.50	161.05
52	—	856	157.50	157.50
29	—	1,057	141.50	141.50
170	—	669	170.00–180.00	175.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	627	160.00–171.00	166.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
364	—	630	159.50–166.50	164.55
169	—	731	147.50–156.50	151.89
124	—	477	178.00–187.50	183.56
232	—	667	153.00–162.00	159.68
271	—	588	159.50–172.50	167.01
326	—	537	173.00–184.00	178.09
116	—	814	138.50–140.00	139.19
6	—	379	175.00	175.00
19	—	776	138.00–147.50	144.45
21	—	933	136.00	136.00
29	—	408	183.00–185.00	183.56
44	—	874	136.50–140.00	138.53
64	—	953	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	866	110.50	110.50
9	—	984	127.50	127.50
44	—	540	166.00–171.00	168.37
11	—	719	139.50	139.50
7	—	647	150.50	150.50
13	—	489	155.50	155.50

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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