Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 15.00 higher, heifers under 600 lbs were 5.00 - 15.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs were 5.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good all day. Nice offering of steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.77/cwt on 2,120 head.

Average price

$198.77

2,120 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$14.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	199.08	1,211	2,075
Medium and Large 1-2	561	184.22	1,034	45

One grade step is worth $14.86/cwt here — about $178 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 sale2,120 hd

198.77

—

NE average10 barns · 16,454 hd

189.18

+9.59

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	852	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	601	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,073	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	231.38/cwt	230.00–233.00	773	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	623	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,215	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	173.91/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,263	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	167.20/cwt	167.00–167.50	1,354	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	192.10/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,206	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,050	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	182.67/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,502	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	253.75/cwt	252.00–256.00	949	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,331	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	171.08/cwt	170.25–172.00	1,658	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	219.56/cwt	214.50–223.50	1,350	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,086	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	632	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,381	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	417	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	988	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	557	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,198	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	235.74/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,075	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	242.48/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,268	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,160	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	189.92/cwt	186.50–203.00	1,375	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	988	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	183.65/cwt	176.00–187.50	1,049	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	177.01/cwt	170.50–184.50	1,184	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	174.71/cwt	171.00–177.00	1,537	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	202.75/cwt	196.50–209.00	1,350	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	178.52/cwt	175.00–183.50	1,392	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	236.75/cwt	229.00–243.00	994	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	209.43/cwt	199.00–213.50	1,110	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	190.56/cwt	180.00–197.50	1,191	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	258.95/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,093	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	222.46/cwt	212.00–226.00	1,275	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	537	234.89/cwt	233.50–236.50	1,261	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	206.75/cwt	198.00–209.00	1,166	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,425	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,410	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	486	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,108	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	226.45/cwt	214.00–229.00	1,071	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	167.62/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,312	192

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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Receipts 5,320Last week 4,120Year ago 3,778

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	400	213.00	213.00
9	—	601	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	334	230.00–233.00	231.38
310	—	726	169.00–179.00	173.91
93	—	810	167.00–167.50	167.20
113	—	669	170.50–184.50	177.01
111	—	420	229.00–243.00	236.75
168	—	530	199.00–213.50	209.43
205	—	625	180.00–197.50	190.56
75	—	564	198.00–209.00	206.75
30	—	902	158.00	158.00
47	—	881	160.00	160.00
186	—	473	214.00–229.00	226.45
192	—	783	160.00–171.00	167.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	623	195.00	195.00
104	—	417	237.00	237.00
136	—	557	215.00	215.00
205	—	486	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	531	186.00	186.00
34	—	571	176.00–187.50	183.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	628	185.00–197.00	192.10
7	—	443	237.00	237.00
13	—	748	178.00	178.00
14	—	561	193.50	193.50
12	—	525	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	822	175.00–185.00	182.67
22	—	374	252.00–256.00	253.75
107	—	969	170.25–172.00	171.08
304	—	615	214.50–223.50	219.56
25	—	456	231.00–240.00	235.74
183	—	523	234.00–244.00	242.48
292	—	724	186.50–203.00	189.92
183	—	880	171.00–177.00	174.71
251	—	666	196.50–209.00	202.75
262	—	780	175.00–183.50	178.52
42	—	422	257.00–262.00	258.95
93	—	573	212.00–226.00	222.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	632	218.50	218.50
30	—	537	233.50–236.50	234.89

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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