Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, large crowd on hand, and active internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.25/cwt on 2,809 head.

Average price

$185.25

2,809 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$460

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

$1.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.28

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	679	185.26	1,259	2,788
Medium and Large 1-2	434	183.88	798	21

One grade step is worth $1.38/cwt here — about $460 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 sale2,809 hd

185.25

—

NE average10 barns · 8,993 hd

180.97

+4.28

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

49 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	—	826	183.98/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,520	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	246.59/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,053	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	835	205.68/cwt	205.50–206.00	1,717	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	833	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,616	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	183.88/cwt	179.50–187.00	798	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	192.75/cwt	184.50–197.00	998	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,089	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,325	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	200.30/cwt	188.50–206.00	1,316	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	178.31/cwt	174.50–179.50	1,617	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,574	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,399	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	221.55/cwt	211.00–234.00	1,052	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	201.51/cwt	195.00–208.00	1,149	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	723	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,504	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	253.28/cwt	241.00–266.00	983	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	1,001	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,887	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	669	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,351	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	908	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,698	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	922	195.74/cwt	190.00–197.50	1,805	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	977	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,876	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	167.93/cwt	167.50–168.50	1,434	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,562	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	479	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,020	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	196.10/cwt	188.00–203.50	1,410	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	970	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	285.09/cwt	278.00–288.00	927	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,237	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	204.59/cwt	200.00–206.50	1,248	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	208.92/cwt	197.00–214.00	1,107	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	188.74/cwt	175.50–193.00	1,214	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,006	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	830	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,448	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	648	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,264	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	727	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,334	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	354	279.70/cwt	277.00–281.00	990	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	200.77/cwt	191.50–210.50	954	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	306.84/cwt	305.00–307.50	838	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	180.60/cwt	172.75–183.00	1,300	510
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	167.54/cwt	163.00–169.50	1,565	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	181.89/cwt	175.50–186.50	1,240	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	175.16/cwt	168.50–177.50	1,372	424
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	228.53/cwt	220.00–238.00	754	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	212.10/cwt	204.00–222.00	791	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	203.94/cwt	194.00–212.00	861	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	173.31/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,430	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	678.85/head	650.00–725.00	679	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	166.31/cwt	166.25–166.50	1,613	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 Sep 22, 2022

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

Receipts 7,050Last week 6,500Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, large crowd on hand, and active internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	826	180.00–188.50	183.98
258	—	427	230.00–252.00	246.59
77	—	657	188.50–206.00	200.30
133	—	907	174.50–179.50	178.31
28	—	887	177.50	177.50
14	—	752	186.00	186.00
279	—	475	211.00–234.00	221.55
159	—	570	195.00–208.00	201.51
91	—	388	241.00–266.00	253.28
87	—	719	188.00–203.50	196.10
121	—	325	278.00–288.00	285.09
31	—	610	200.00–206.50	204.59
156	—	530	197.00–214.00	208.92
8	—	281	750.00	750.00
55	—	273	305.00–307.50	306.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	835	205.50–206.00	205.68
55	—	723	208.00	208.00
62	—	1,001	188.50	188.50
43	—	669	202.00	202.00
357	—	922	190.00–197.50	195.74
135	—	977	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	833	194.00	194.00
66	—	908	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	730	181.50	181.50
15	—	437	222.00	222.00
22	—	695	178.00	178.00
39	—	393	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	354	277.00–281.00	279.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	434	179.50–187.00	183.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	518	184.50–197.00	192.75
45	—	595	183.00	183.00
38	—	854	167.50–168.50	167.93
19	—	1,008	155.00	155.00
123	—	643	175.50–193.00	188.74
189	—	475	191.50–210.50	200.77
510	—	720	172.75–183.00	180.60
227	—	934	163.00–169.50	167.54
150	—	682	175.50–186.50	181.89
424	—	783	168.50–177.50	175.16
96	—	330	220.00–238.00	228.53
167	—	373	204.00–222.00	212.10
226	—	422	194.00–212.00	203.94
262	—	825	170.00–177.00	173.31
80	—	272	650.00–725.00	678.85
64	—	970	166.25–166.50	166.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	479	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	830	174.50	174.50
32	—	648	195.00	195.00
54	—	727	183.50	183.50

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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