Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday grass type steers sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher with feedlot placement unevenly steady. Most lots of heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to weak. Demand was good on nice selection of longtime, ranched raised steers and heifers. Next feeder cattle sale will be Thursday January 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $221.05/cwt on 2,592 head.

Average price

$221.05

2,592 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$4.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.45

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	221.39	1,340	2,372
Medium and Large 1-2	523	217.32	1,137	220

One grade step is worth $4.07/cwt here — about $203 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 sale2,592 hd

221.05

—

NE average12 barns · 30,727 hd

201.60

+19.45

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	—	422	210.24/cwt	206.00–214.00	887	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	200.71/cwt	195.00–207.50	1,168	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	226.62/cwt	212.00–231.00	1,076	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	215.38/cwt	201.50–220.00	1,150	473
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	163.59/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,161	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	204.80/cwt	202.50–206.00	985	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	225.50/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,170	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	258.75/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,074	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,130	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	178.49/cwt	173.50–183.00	1,285	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	212.38/cwt	204.00–218.00	1,313	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	228.78/cwt	222.50–235.50	1,320	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	838	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,399	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	669	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,335	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	745	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,363	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,166	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,468	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	547	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,409	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	261.74/cwt	260.00–263.00	995	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	189.15/cwt	187.00–194.00	1,163	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	226.09/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,103	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	179.68/cwt	175.00–189.00	1,121	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	619	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,145	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	723	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,189	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	246.66/cwt	235.50–249.00	1,273	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	179.63/cwt	175.00–181.50	1,387	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,385	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	907	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,110	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	924	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	250.60/cwt	239.00–259.00	1,203	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	196.59/cwt	188.00–203.50	1,309	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,489	70

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

Mon Jan 16, 2023

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

Receipts 4,760Last week 6,190Year 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
75	—	422	206.00–214.00	210.24
315	—	582	195.00–207.50	200.71
337	—	475	212.00–231.00	226.62
473	—	534	201.50–220.00	215.38
74	—	710	162.00–166.00	163.59
33	—	688	169.50	169.50
56	—	624	175.00–189.00	179.68
24	—	396	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	481	202.50–206.00	204.80
6	—	597	186.00	186.00
10	—	537	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	619	185.00	185.00
13	—	723	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	519	221.00–228.00	225.50
8	—	551	205.00	205.00
47	—	615	187.00–194.00	189.15
124	—	488	225.00–230.00	226.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	415	245.00–265.00	258.75
246	—	720	173.50–183.00	178.49
259	—	618	204.00–218.00	212.38
262	—	577	222.50–235.50	228.78
25	—	380	260.00–263.00	261.74
241	—	516	235.50–249.00	246.66
156	—	772	175.00–181.50	179.63
51	—	832	166.50	166.50
390	—	480	239.00–259.00	250.60
184	—	666	188.00–203.50	196.59
70	—	863	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	838	167.00	167.00
19	—	669	199.50	199.50
50	—	745	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	603	243.50	243.50
200	—	547	257.50	257.50

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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