Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.65/cwt on 466 head.

Average price

$244.65

466 head · 833 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

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

$2.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.84

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	835	244.69	2,042	459
Medium and Large 1-2	690	242.50	1,673	7thin

One grade step is worth $2.19/cwt here — about $369 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 sale466 hd

244.65

—

NE average4 barns · 1,837 hd

251.49

−6.84

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

22 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	—	417	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,239	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,700	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	241.53/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,123	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	256.17/cwt	254.50–263.50	2,013	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	253.13/cwt	247.50–258.50	1,845	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,776	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	248.37/cwt	245.00–250.50	2,047	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	247.97/cwt	246.50–250.50	1,954	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,973	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,092	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	238.36/cwt	232.00–240.50	2,217	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	224.26/cwt	224.00–224.50	2,290	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,996	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	254.45/cwt	250.00–265.00	2,061	107
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	546	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,131	7

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 Sep 14, 2023

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

Receipts 915Last week 1,133Year ago 6,500

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	277.50	277.50
5	—	546	250.00	250.00
7	—	340	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	965	232.00	232.00
14	—	618	261.00	261.00
22	—	660	257.50	257.50
34	—	729	247.50–258.50	253.13
111	—	824	245.00–250.50	248.37
112	—	788	246.50–250.50	247.97
42	—	879	238.00	238.00
83	—	930	232.00–240.50	238.36
32	—	1,021	224.00–224.50	224.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	690	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	879	235.00–245.00	241.53
64	—	786	254.50–263.50	256.17
13	—	679	261.50	261.50
26	—	724	272.50	272.50
6	—	587	265.50	265.50
107	—	810	250.00–265.00	254.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	240.00	240.00
7	—	766	245.50	245.50
10	—	805	248.00	248.00

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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