Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Demand was good on all offerings from a large crowd of buyers and active internet. Lots of nice grass cattle and feeder cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.83/cwt on 2,265 head.

Average price

$229.83

2,265 head · 738 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$33.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.68

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	735	231.26	1,700	2,169
Medium and Large 1-2	790	197.52	1,561	96

One grade step is worth $33.74/cwt here — about $139 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 sale2,265 hd

229.83

—

NE average6 barns · 7,843 hd

237.50

−7.68

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

38 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 1Fleshy	—	668	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,329	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	263.70/cwt	257.00–270.00	844	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,652	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	262.05/cwt	251.00–275.00	985	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	214.40/cwt	206.00–225.00	1,554	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	242.66/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,517	100
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,480	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,766	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	268.57/cwt	257.00–282.50	1,018	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	807	222.02/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,792	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	184.65/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,811	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	277.42/cwt	264.00–281.00	1,334	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	616	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,620	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	913	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	249.63/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,707	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,801	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	704	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,774	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,655	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	274.12/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,165	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	254.07/cwt	251.50–260.00	1,347	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,291	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	208.64/cwt	198.00–217.00	1,723	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	264.56/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,355	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	239.71/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,273	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	263.41/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,494	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	209.29/cwt	209.00–209.50	1,490	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	257.03/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,118	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	235.35/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,789	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	198.27/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,424	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	236.18/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,096	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	193.88/cwt	187.50–200.00	1,512	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	238.01/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,380	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	213.80/cwt	209.00–226.50	1,432	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	228.22/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,408	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	194.58/cwt	187.50–195.50	1,570	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,112	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,679	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 →

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu May 11, 2023

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

Receipts 5,160Last week 4,665Year ago 3,275

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	668	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	320	257.00–270.00	263.70
42	—	923	179.00	179.00
56	—	376	251.00–275.00	262.05
137	—	489	264.00	264.00
211	—	531	227.00–242.00	239.71
104	—	712	209.00–209.50	209.29
111	—	435	243.00–260.00	257.03
215	—	780	187.50–200.00	193.88
229	—	580	226.00–242.00	238.01
289	—	670	209.00–226.50	213.80
312	—	617	220.00–230.00	228.22
70	—	807	187.50–195.50	194.58
6	—	1,112	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	604	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	530	251.50–260.00	254.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	464	226.00–240.00	236.18
6	—	576	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	725	206.00–225.00	214.40
100	—	625	237.00–246.00	242.66
56	—	881	200.50	200.50
22	—	379	257.00–282.50	268.57
56	—	981	183.00–185.00	184.65
80	—	481	264.00–281.00	277.42
21	—	335	272.50	272.50
179	—	684	242.00–260.00	249.63
116	—	933	193.00	193.00
28	—	425	270.00–281.00	274.12
486	—	826	198.00–217.00	208.64
59	—	512	255.00–274.00	264.56
152	—	567	257.00–268.00	263.41
401	—	760	231.00–242.00	235.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	807	220.00–226.00	222.02
28	—	616	263.00	263.00
119	—	704	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	840	197.00	197.00
39	—	718	196.00–200.00	198.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	232.00	232.00

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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