Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good on a good selection. Calves are coming earlier, due to dry conditions in area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.46/cwt on 748 head.

Average price

$186.46

748 head · 768 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$20.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	769	186.94	1,437	730
Medium and Large 1-2	735	166.89	1,227	18thin

One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $210 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 sale748 hd

186.46

—

NE average7 barns · 9,619 hd

191.73

−5.27

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

25 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	—	333	228.05/cwt	226.00–231.00	759	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,247	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	170.72/cwt	165.50–178.00	1,591	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	205.46/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,073	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	176.61/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,295	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	222	721.56/head	675.00–750.00	722	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,269	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,273	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	186.38/cwt	180.00–194.50	1,157	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,233	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	175.02/cwt	168.50–177.50	1,537	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	164.76/cwt	160.00–166.75	1,514	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	181.27/cwt	177.50–183.75	1,403	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	255.98/cwt	248.00–258.00	952	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,169	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	259.33/cwt	255.00–274.00	801	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	177.47/cwt	174.00–178.00	1,448	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,025	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	164.44/cwt	162.50–167.00	1,024	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	880	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	715	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	872	8

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

Wed Jul 27, 2022

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 550Year ago 0

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good on a good selection. Calves are coming earlier, due to dry conditions in area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	333	226.00–231.00	228.05
18	—	723	170.50	170.50
75	—	919	160.00–166.75	164.76
17	—	281	760.00	760.00
10	—	227	660.00	660.00
18	—	448	196.50	196.50
13	—	299	239.00	239.00
9	—	981	162.50	162.50
8	—	384	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	756	165.00	165.00
21	—	623	162.50–167.00	164.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	932	165.50–178.00	170.72
15	—	522	205.00–206.00	205.46
61	—	733	171.00–182.00	176.61
20	—	222	675.00–750.00	721.56
13	—	684	185.50	185.50
32	—	621	180.00–194.50	186.38
184	—	878	168.50–177.50	175.02
84	—	774	177.50–183.75	181.27
30	—	372	248.00–258.00	255.98
50	—	309	255.00–274.00	259.33
79	—	816	174.00–178.00	177.47
14	—	415	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	767	166.00	166.00
8	—	696	168.00	168.00

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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