Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all classes of cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $208.31/cwt on 3,264 head.

Average price

$208.31

3,264 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$16.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	208.97	1,352	3,137
Medium and Large 1-2	581	192.07	1,115	127

One grade step is worth $16.90/cwt here — about $237 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 sale3,264 hd

208.31

—

NE average6 barns · 7,768 hd

204.62

+3.69

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

47 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 1Fancy	—	566	233.22/cwt	231.00–234.50	1,320	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	182.50/cwt	177.50–188.50	1,310	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	200.01/cwt	191.00–212.00	948	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	201.71/cwt	197.00–206.00	1,269	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	629	200.68/cwt	197.00–208.00	1,262	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	544	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,197	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	581	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,330	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	669	203.41/cwt	199.00–206.00	1,361	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,463	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	464	250.87/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,164	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	202.08/cwt	193.50–208.00	1,073	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	176.02/cwt	165.50–184.00	1,179	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	173.38/cwt	165.00–179.50	1,231	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	937	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,825	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	179.22/cwt	170.50–187.50	1,120	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	182.86/cwt	171.00–185.50	1,051	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,056	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	209.21/cwt	202.50–216.00	872	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	221.28/cwt	217.00–224.00	819	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,358	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,323	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	193.74/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,149	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	183.16/cwt	178.00–185.00	1,240	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	193.90/cwt	182.00–203.50	1,305	508
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	198.03/cwt	189.00–207.00	1,133	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	222.31/cwt	212.50–228.00	1,183	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	672	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,411	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	641	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,346	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	249.10/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,051	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	186.98/cwt	172.50–195.00	1,541	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	453	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,196	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	559	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,347	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	620	221.68/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,374	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	712	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,331	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	220.93/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,094	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,681	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	188.77/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,161	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	216.53/cwt	210.50–226.00	1,260	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	929	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	521	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,271	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	267.90/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,023	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	184.53/cwt	175.50–195.00	1,434	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	653	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	1,406	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	198.76/cwt	195.50–202.00	1,071	18

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 Jan 5, 2023

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

Receipts 5,575Last week 1,600Year ago 7,220

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all classes of cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	566	231.00–234.50	233.22
21	—	464	243.00–254.00	250.87
72	—	672	210.00	210.00
70	—	641	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
307	—	718	177.50–188.50	182.50
177	—	629	197.00–206.00	201.71
6	—	333	290.00	290.00
508	—	673	182.00–203.50	193.90
111	—	532	212.50–228.00	222.31
14	—	422	248.00–250.00	249.10
272	—	824	172.50–195.00	186.98
5	—	1,104	149.00	149.00
97	—	495	216.00–230.00	220.93
50	—	921	182.50	182.50
275	—	582	210.50–226.00	216.53
18	—	382	250.00–279.00	267.90
283	—	777	175.50–195.00	184.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	593	193.00–195.00	193.74
35	—	677	178.00–185.00	183.16
16	—	615	186.00–190.00	188.77
31	—	468	198.50	198.50
18	—	539	195.50–202.00	198.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	453	264.00	264.00
190	—	559	241.00	241.00
135	—	620	215.00–222.50	221.68
31	—	712	187.00	187.00
206	—	521	244.00	244.00
81	—	653	215.25	215.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	474	191.00–212.00	200.01
13	—	895	163.50	163.50
128	—	531	193.50–208.00	202.08
188	—	670	165.50–184.00	176.02
196	—	710	165.00–179.50	173.38
29	—	1,170	156.00	156.00
195	—	625	170.50–187.50	179.22
20	—	417	202.50–216.00	209.21
18	—	370	217.00–224.00	221.28
9	—	813	167.00	167.00
7	—	769	172.00	172.00
263	—	572	189.00–207.00	198.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	629	197.00–208.00	200.68
74	—	544	220.00	220.00
54	—	581	229.00	229.00
84	—	669	199.00–206.00	203.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	516	181.50	181.50
31	—	575	171.00–185.50	182.86
10	—	642	164.50	164.50

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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