Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.81/cwt on 795 head.

Average price

$231.81

795 head · 868 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$818

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

$2.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	880	231.89	2,042	767
Medium and Large 1-2	534	229.38	1,224	28

One grade step is worth $2.52/cwt here — about $818 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 sale795 hd

231.81

—

NE average8 barns · 6,427 hd

244.55

−12.75

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

14 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	—	619	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,311	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,234	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	231.12/cwt	221.00–232.50	2,145	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	223.81/cwt	220.00–226.00	2,140	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	233.75/cwt	230.50–236.75	2,055	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,313	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,637	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,415	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	234.11/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,931	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	240.03/cwt	238.00–240.50	1,865	91

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

Wed Aug 9, 2023

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

Receipts 945Last week 5,800Year ago 1,100

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	241.00	241.00
14	—	508	258.00	258.00
58	—	1,027	217.50	217.50
67	—	928	221.00–232.50	231.12
131	—	956	220.00–226.00	223.81
318	—	879	230.50–236.75	233.75
80	—	825	225.00–235.00	234.11
91	—	777	238.00–240.50	240.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	451	217.50	217.50
7	—	589	220.00	220.00
14	—	547	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	270.00	270.00
10	—	718	228.00	228.00
24	—	538	263.00	263.00

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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