Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.85/cwt on 1,037 head.

Average price

$181.85

1,037 head · 866 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$513

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

$2.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	875	181.94	1,592	1,003
Medium and Large 1-2	603	179.03	1,079	34

One grade step is worth $2.92/cwt here — about $513 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 sale1,037 hd

181.85

—

NE average7 barns · 8,456 hd

187.98

−6.13

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

28 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	—	622	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,123	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,666	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	172.16/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,240	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	173.14/cwt	173.00–173.50	1,325	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	227.06/cwt	226.00–231.00	713	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	165.78/cwt	164.00–166.75	1,613	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	190.45/cwt	184.00–195.50	1,209	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,362	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	232.99/cwt	222.50–237.00	986	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,352	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	897	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	278.50/cwt	270.00–280.00	958	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	256.30/cwt	240.00–270.00	910	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	168.75/cwt	166.00–175.00	1,622	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,315	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,592	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	171.24/cwt	167.00–175.50	1,574	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	197.74/cwt	185.50–204.00	852	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	231.08/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,049	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,125	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	246	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,396	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	173.81/cwt	168.50–175.50	1,413	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	171.26/cwt	167.50–173.50	1,492	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	177.93/cwt	170.50–180.00	1,630	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	165.07/cwt	159.00–166.75	1,745	277

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 Aug 11, 2022

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

Receipts 1,880Last week 1,100Year ago 0

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	622	180.50	180.50
20	—	1,013	164.50	164.50
27	—	720	170.00–174.00	172.16
36	—	765	173.00–173.50	173.14
37	—	314	226.00–231.00	227.06
93	—	973	164.00–166.75	165.78
81	—	919	167.00–175.50	171.24
77	—	431	185.50–204.00	197.74
20	—	246	750.00	750.00
108	—	813	168.50–175.50	173.81
123	—	871	167.50–173.50	171.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	875	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	635	184.00–195.50	190.45
34	—	681	200.00	200.00
16	—	263	835.00	835.00
31	—	423	222.50–237.00	232.99
14	—	737	183.50	183.50
5	—	568	190.50	190.50
31	—	344	270.00–280.00	278.50
22	—	355	240.00–270.00	256.30
354	—	961	166.00–175.00	168.75
53	—	1,014	157.00	157.00
71	—	454	215.00–234.00	231.08
11	—	515	218.50	218.50
77	—	916	170.50–180.00	177.93
277	—	1,057	159.00–166.75	165.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	485	185.00	185.00
14	—	771	170.50	170.50

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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