Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was strong today, with a nice selection of feeders and grass cattle offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.98/cwt on 1,878 head.

Average price

$210.98

1,878 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$12.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.82

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	211.87	1,377	1,746
Medium and Large 1-2	609	199.28	1,213	132

One grade step is worth $12.59/cwt here — about $164 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 sale1,878 hd

210.98

—

NE average7 barns · 7,625 hd

203.16

+7.82

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

41 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	—	717	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,323	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	791	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,404	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,240	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,402	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	267.10/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,440	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	217.24/cwt	210.00–219.50	1,631	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	297.53/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,434	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,517	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,626	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,468	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	265.37/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,486	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	304.52/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,279	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	211.24/cwt	209.50–213.50	1,755	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,223	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,853	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,452	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,103	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	251.39/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,569	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	188.81/cwt	188.50–189.00	1,665	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	210.29/cwt	203.50–216.00	1,323	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	208.02/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,818	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	203.98/cwt	201.00–213.00	1,387	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	180.07/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,603	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	214.78/cwt	207.00–223.50	1,241	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	235.70/cwt	221.00–240.50	1,233	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	191.82/cwt	188.50–195.50	1,289	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,016	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	242.49/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,191	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	195.83/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,414	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	190.63/cwt	184.50–194.00	1,481	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	255.75/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,010	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	434	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,174	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	243.57/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,047	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	244.50/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,230	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,319	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,371	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	202.00/cwt	201.00–202.50	1,174	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,051	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	189.60/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,577	124

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 Apr 6, 2023

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

Receipts 3,760Last week 3,845Year ago 5,770

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was strong today, with a nice selection of feeders and grass cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	717	184.50	184.50
23	—	791	177.50	177.50
27	—	544	228.00	228.00
38	—	643	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	346	260.00	260.00
10	—	939	170.50	170.50
252	—	629	203.50–216.00	210.29
80	—	680	201.00–213.00	203.98
122	—	890	175.00–185.00	180.07
136	—	578	207.00–223.50	214.78
221	—	523	221.00–240.50	235.70
158	—	491	229.00–247.00	242.49
296	—	722	190.00–202.00	195.83
174	—	777	184.50–194.00	190.63
18	—	395	237.00–265.00	255.75
58	—	430	243.00–247.00	243.57
124	—	832	188.00–191.00	189.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	672	188.50–195.50	191.82
22	—	809	169.50	169.50
37	—	581	201.00–202.50	202.00
42	—	482	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	434	270.50	270.50
60	—	503	244.00–246.00	244.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	631	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	539	265.00–273.00	267.10
80	—	751	210.00–219.50	217.24
108	—	482	289.00–304.00	297.53
82	—	560	240.00–275.00	265.37
30	—	420	296.00–313.00	304.52
152	—	831	209.50–213.50	211.24
58	—	922	201.00	201.00
12	—	663	219.00	219.00
74	—	624	248.00–255.00	251.39
184	—	874	205.00–210.00	208.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	245.00	245.00
16	—	432	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	901	180.50	180.50
38	—	800	183.50	183.50
58	—	696	158.50	158.50
58	—	882	188.50–189.00	188.81
60	—	616	165.00	165.00

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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