Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week heifers were 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Demand was good, heifers with NHTC was in demand , and brought 4.00 - 13.00 more. Not enough steers for a test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $259.47/cwt on 1,562 head.

Average price

$259.47

1,562 head · 775 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$5.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.93

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	779	259.99	2,025	1,414
Medium and Large 1-2	738	254.51	1,879	148

One grade step is worth $5.48/cwt here — about $145 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 sale1,562 hd

259.47

—

NE average10 barns · 10,477 hd

253.54

+5.93

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

20 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	—	384	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,200	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	250.63/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,160	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,287	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	239.70/cwt	238.00–241.50	2,222	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	241.96/cwt	241.50–244.50	2,107	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	273.71/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,823	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	853	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,158	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	764	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,086	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	780	251.05/cwt	249.50–255.00	1,958	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	262.56/cwt	252.50–265.50	1,904	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,638	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,399	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	250.88/cwt	250.50–252.00	1,603	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	252.90/cwt	246.50–257.50	2,069	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	801	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,055	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	264.46/cwt	259.50–268.00	1,761	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	258.43/cwt	253.00–260.00	2,021	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	709	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,964	77

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 21, 2023

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

Receipts 1,905Last week 915Year ago 7,050

Compared to last week heifers were 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Demand was good, heifers with NHTC was in demand , and brought 4.00 - 13.00 more. Not enough steers for a test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	384	312.50	312.50
11	—	463	245.00–257.00	250.63
21	—	973	235.00	235.00
59	—	927	238.00–241.50	239.70
91	—	871	241.50–244.50	241.96
105	—	666	272.50–277.50	273.71
279	—	725	252.50–265.50	262.56
168	—	818	246.50–257.50	252.90
201	—	782	253.00–260.00	258.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	853	253.00	253.00
190	—	764	273.00	273.00
63	—	801	256.50	256.50
77	—	709	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	780	249.50–255.00	251.05
37	—	690	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	639	250.50–252.00	250.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	600	273.00	273.00
6	—	402	348.00	348.00
57	—	666	259.50–268.00	264.46
10	—	557	273.50	273.50

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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