Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2022-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison, due to the weather conditions, several could not make it in. Demand was good for what made it in.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.89/cwt on 788 head.

Average price

$194.89

788 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,123

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$27.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	197.49	1,125	714
Medium and Large 1-2	639	169.86	1,085	74

One grade step is worth $27.63/cwt here — about $40 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 sale788 hd

194.89

—

NE average4 barns · 4,465 hd

183.86

+11.03

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

33 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	—	344	237.31/cwt	235.00–242.50	816	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	176.75/cwt	176.50–178.00	1,078	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	204.27/cwt	199.50–207.00	954	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,254	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	158.33/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,539	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	188.60/cwt	185.50–190.00	1,064	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,485	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	185.76/cwt	185.50–186.00	1,261	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,647	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,054	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	204.57/cwt	193.00–209.00	1,129	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,356	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	901	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,336	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,196	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	204.58/cwt	202.50–209.00	1,054	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,033	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,341	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	258.27/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,085	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	978	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	218.99/cwt	216.50–221.50	935	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,386	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,647	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,205	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	193.61/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,224	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	244.34/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,134	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	173.44/cwt	172.50–175.50	1,183	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,355	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,202	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	920	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,254	17

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Sat Dec 17, 2022

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

Receipts 1,600Last week 5,403Year ago 5,965

Not enough to show a comparison, due to the weather conditions, several could not make it in. Demand was good for what made it in.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	344	235.00–242.50	237.31
31	—	610	176.50–178.00	176.75
33	—	467	199.50–207.00	204.27
41	—	744	168.50	168.50
68	—	972	157.00–164.00	158.33
106	—	564	185.50–190.00	188.60
148	—	515	202.50–209.00	204.58
207	—	427	216.50–221.50	218.99
11	—	850	163.00	163.00
14	—	1,080	152.50	152.50
16	—	682	172.50–175.50	173.44
5	—	844	160.50	160.50
6	—	386	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	632	163.50	163.50
8	—	519	174.00	174.00
8	—	778	154.50	154.50
9	—	449	205.00	205.00
17	—	744	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	846	175.50	175.50
52	—	679	185.50–186.00	185.76
55	—	941	175.00	175.00
31	—	389	271.00	271.00
36	—	552	193.00–209.00	204.57
42	—	725	187.00	187.00
12	—	764	175.50	175.50
22	—	420	249.00–264.00	258.27
65	—	531	227.00	227.00
65	—	632	190.00–199.00	193.61
125	—	464	232.00–247.00	244.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	506	178.00	178.00
27	—	759	176.00	176.00
31	—	661	181.00	181.00
9	—	589	166.00	166.00

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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