Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher with 550 lbs steers trading 15.00 higher. Over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold sharply higher on the day with some weights up to 20.00 higher. Weights over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Large crowd of buyers with active internet bidding on the day. Several bangs vaccinated, top quality replacement heifers in the run with some lot out selling there steer mates. Special feeder cattle sale Monday Jan 16 and Thursday Jan 19.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.39/cwt on 2,932 head.

Average price

$193.39

2,932 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$235

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

$0.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	503	193.49	974	65
Medium and Large 1	625	193.38	1,208	2,867

One grade step is worth $0.11/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale2,932 hd

193.39

—

NE average14 barns · 20,900 hd

187.40

+5.98

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

36 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	—	321	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	725	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,510	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	222.51/cwt	216.00–226.00	839	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	172.93/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,254	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	225.40/cwt	213.50–233.50	1,068	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	192.05/cwt	175.00–196.00	1,120	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	230.61/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,225	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	179.79/cwt	171.50–181.75	1,492	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	233.02/cwt	222.50–242.00	1,307	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	179.39/cwt	177.50–181.75	1,394	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,011	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	254.45/cwt	237.00–263.00	1,079	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,703	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	188.60/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,277	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	181.34/cwt	177.50–188.00	1,326	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	201.39/cwt	195.50–211.00	1,275	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	172.79/cwt	169.50–173.50	1,583	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	249.97/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,195	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	521	215.73/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,124	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	451	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	992	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	177.38/cwt	174.50–180.50	1,559	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,185	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	190.75/cwt	190.50–191.00	1,177	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	202.10/cwt	196.00–204.50	1,178	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	210.26/cwt	202.00–221.75	1,108	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	181.61/cwt	175.00–186.50	1,139	347
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	752	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,451	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	608	195.75/cwt	195.75–195.75	1,190	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	579	206.53/cwt	200.25–213.00	1,196	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	672	195.83/cwt	192.50–200.00	1,316	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	199.74/cwt	199.00–201.00	929	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	188.13/cwt	179.50–196.00	1,008	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	175.96/cwt	173.00–180.50	1,202	377
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	230.20/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,013	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	171.76/cwt	171.00–173.00	1,402	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	173.91/cwt	166.50–178.50	1,330	252

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 6,190Last week 5,575Year ago 7,570

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	226.00	226.00
51	—	918	164.50	164.50
76	—	377	216.00–226.00	222.51
178	—	725	165.00–180.00	172.93
182	—	474	213.50–233.50	225.40
188	—	583	175.00–196.00	192.05
337	—	527	202.00–221.75	210.26
347	—	627	175.00–186.50	181.61
377	—	683	173.00–180.50	175.96
190	—	440	224.00–236.00	230.20
198	—	816	171.00–173.00	171.76
252	—	765	166.50–178.50	173.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	521	214.00–216.00	215.73
32	—	451	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	752	193.00	193.00
76	—	608	195.75	195.75
109	—	579	200.25–213.00	206.53
131	—	672	192.50–200.00	195.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	465	199.00–201.00	199.74
35	—	536	179.50–196.00	188.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	531	225.00–237.50	230.61
202	—	830	171.50–181.75	179.79
210	—	561	222.50–242.00	233.02
253	—	777	177.50–181.75	179.39
35	—	378	267.50	267.50
35	—	424	237.00–263.00	254.45
40	—	1,017	167.50	167.50
279	—	677	181.00–191.00	188.60
334	—	731	177.50–188.00	181.34
338	—	633	195.50–211.00	201.39
85	—	916	169.50–173.50	172.79
180	—	478	237.00–254.00	249.97
193	—	879	174.50–180.50	177.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	664	178.50	178.50
31	—	617	190.50–191.00	190.75
49	—	583	196.00–204.50	202.10

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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