Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $215.84/cwt on 3,187 head.

Average price

$215.84

3,187 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$15.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.58

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	216.17	1,545	3,119
Medium and Large 1-2	639	200.51	1,280	68

One grade step is worth $15.66/cwt here — about $264 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 sale3,187 hd

215.84

—

NE average10 barns · 12,798 hd

218.42

−2.58

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

63 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	—	680	236.44/cwt	230.50–245.00	1,608	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,106	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,529	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	198.52/cwt	192.00–201.50	1,451	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	680	224.86/cwt	221.00–228.50	1,529	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	516	254.83/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,315	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	925	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,762	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	189.98/cwt	188.00–190.50	1,284	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,378	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,221	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	451	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	648	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,513	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	763	197.51/cwt	195.75–201.00	1,507	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,088	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	190.95/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,558	428
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,336	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	680	236.30/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,607	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,449	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	798	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,664	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	588	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,282	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	180.54/cwt	177.50–181.50	1,643	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	571	245.76/cwt	244.00–246.50	1,403	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	747	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,606	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	243.98/cwt	240.50–245.00	1,564	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	443	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,214	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	218.75/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,175	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	864	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	243.83/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,109	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,253	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	595	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,345	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	354	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	906	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	178.93/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,295	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	812	183.74/cwt	182.00–185.50	1,492	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	721	187.06/cwt	177.50–193.00	1,349	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	176.51/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,363	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	229.19/cwt	223.00–234.00	1,112	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	230.47/cwt	225.00–233.00	966	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	466	240.36/cwt	240.00–240.50	1,120	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	228.30/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,199	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	701	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,314	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	175.74/cwt	174.50–176.50	1,448	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	189.44/cwt	181.00–194.50	1,273	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	256.02/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,272	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	467	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	579	254.86/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,476	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	762	176.67/cwt	176.50–177.50	1,346	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	168.95/cwt	168.50–169.50	1,466	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	211.06/cwt	203.00–216.00	1,216	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	187.71/cwt	183.50–188.25	1,629	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	240.83/cwt	238.50–242.00	1,269	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	926	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	886	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	201.43/cwt	192.50–206.00	1,257	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	376	242.99/cwt	240.00–246.00	914	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	221.47/cwt	213.00–226.00	1,400	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	187.83/cwt	185.50–190.50	1,441	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	206.80/cwt	201.00–207.50	1,443	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	778	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,599	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,261	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	736	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,553	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,224	6

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	680	230.50–245.00	236.44
82	—	619	247.00	247.00
170	—	579	250.00–258.00	254.86
96	—	778	205.50	205.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	422	262.00	262.00
241	—	731	192.00–201.50	198.52
12	—	392	277.50	277.50
428	—	816	186.00–193.00	190.95
12	—	581	230.00	230.00
86	—	910	177.50–181.50	180.54
49	—	497	251.00–258.00	256.02
128	—	868	183.50–188.25	187.71
51	—	527	238.50–242.00	240.83
108	—	632	213.00–226.00	221.47
76	—	767	185.50–190.50	187.83
91	—	698	201.00–207.50	206.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	680	221.00–228.50	224.86
38	—	516	251.00–256.00	254.83
50	—	648	233.50	233.50
338	—	763	195.75–201.00	197.51
93	—	571	244.00–246.50	245.76
32	—	736	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	925	190.50	190.50
121	—	680	231.00–244.00	236.30
63	—	555	261.00	261.00
69	—	798	208.50	208.50
75	—	747	215.00	215.00
94	—	641	240.50–245.00	243.98
16	—	443	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	676	188.00–190.50	189.98
11	—	770	179.00	179.00
10	—	576	212.00	212.00
6	—	618	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	451	238.00	238.00
10	—	588	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	926	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	537	217.00–222.00	218.75
10	—	379	228.00	228.00
130	—	724	175.00–181.00	178.93
310	—	772	173.00–178.00	176.51
74	—	485	223.00–234.00	229.19
34	—	419	225.00–233.00	230.47
108	—	824	174.50–176.50	175.74
353	—	672	181.00–194.50	189.44
13	—	868	168.50–169.50	168.95
313	—	576	203.00–216.00	211.06
193	—	624	192.50–206.00	201.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	455	240.00–245.00	243.83
71	—	530	236.50	236.50
62	—	595	226.00	226.00
18	—	354	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	812	182.00–185.50	183.74
158	—	721	177.50–193.00	187.06
35	—	762	176.50–177.50	176.67
7	—	886	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	466	240.00–240.50	240.36
30	—	558	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	525	228.00–229.00	228.30
36	—	701	187.50	187.50
31	—	376	240.00–246.00	242.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	663	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	199.00	199.00

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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