Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 750 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 750 lbs sold 1.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifers under 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Buyers bid readily from start to finish on packages and loads of cattle throughout the day. When the grass greens up, several of Thursday's consignments will be turned out for summer grazing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $216.53/cwt on 2,282 head.

Average price

$216.53

2,282 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$156

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

$2.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.87

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	638	219.17	1,397	61
Medium and Large 1	718	216.45	1,553	2,221

One grade step is worth $2.71/cwt here — about −$156 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 sale2,282 hd

216.53

—

NE average8 barns · 9,031 hd

209.66

+6.87

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

35 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	—	346	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,386	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,477	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	227.15/cwt	227.00–227.50	988	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,552	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	194.23/cwt	184.00–207.00	1,177	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	655	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,480	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	906	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,676	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	762	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,600	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	245.11/cwt	240.50–247.50	1,289	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	187.94/cwt	185.50–195.50	1,549	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	258.70/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,231	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,727	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	234.33/cwt	226.50–240.00	1,586	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	231.80/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,296	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,671	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,278	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	255.40/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,451	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	183.11/cwt	178.50–187.50	1,602	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	946	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	237.99/cwt	233.00–242.00	1,145	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	243.50/cwt	232.50–251.00	1,546	403
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	210.15/cwt	195.00–215.50	1,515	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,409	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,169	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	272.21/cwt	262.50–276.50	1,179	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,246	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	189.35/cwt	182.50–199.50	1,492	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	232.00/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,192	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	222.31/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,383	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	224.56/cwt	218.00–232.00	1,291	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	174.07/cwt	173.50–175.00	1,429	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	203.90/cwt	193.00–212.00	1,405	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	840	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,432	11

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Mar 23, 2023

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

Receipts 3,845Last week 6,000Year ago 4,004

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	346	237.00	237.00
9	—	799	173.50	173.50
20	—	855	172.75	172.75
26	—	435	227.00–227.50	227.15
34	—	942	164.75	164.75
117	—	481	233.00–242.00	237.99
62	—	514	230.00–233.00	232.00
160	—	622	213.00–227.00	222.31
221	—	575	218.00–232.00	224.56
88	—	821	173.50–175.00	174.07
108	—	689	193.00–212.00	203.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	606	184.00–207.00	194.23
9	—	692	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	655	226.00	226.00
19	—	906	185.00	185.00
59	—	762	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	526	240.50–247.50	245.11
267	—	824	185.50–195.50	187.94
25	—	476	257.50–260.00	258.70
33	—	1,007	171.50	171.50
121	—	677	226.50–240.00	234.33
66	—	936	178.50	178.50
230	—	568	241.00–261.00	255.40
262	—	875	178.50–187.50	183.11
15	—	332	285.00	285.00
403	—	635	232.50–251.00	243.50
346	—	721	195.00–215.50	210.15
71	—	433	262.50–276.50	272.21
213	—	788	182.50–199.50	189.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	559	230.00–235.00	231.80
8	—	979	167.50	167.50
23	—	645	218.50	218.50
8	—	491	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	600	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	840	170.50	170.50

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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