Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough to show a comparison on steers, heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $252.56/cwt on 2,483 head.

Average price

$252.56

2,483 head · 878 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$144

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

$7.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	802	259.79	2,082	146
Medium and Large 1	883	252.10	2,226	2,337

One grade step is worth $7.69/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale2,483 hd

252.56

—

NE average4 barns · 5,225 hd

260.31

−7.75

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

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,174	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,292	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	681	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,914	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,505	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	323.53/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,372	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,152	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,149	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	265.29/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,716	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	263.70/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,508	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	763	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,140	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,371	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,519	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	261.37/cwt	260.50–263.00	1,908	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	249.70/cwt	247.50–252.50	2,040	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	236.34/cwt	231.00–240.00	2,271	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,228	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	241.58/cwt	236.50–249.50	2,123	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	239.08/cwt	231.00–245.50	2,209	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,469	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	268.54/cwt	266.50–271.50	1,657	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	931	265.57/cwt	265.00–266.00	2,472	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	868	271.84/cwt	269.50–273.00	2,360	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	244.71/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,982	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	254.38/cwt	249.50–261.00	1,852	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	260.02/cwt	246.50–265.00	1,753	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	226.35/cwt	220.50–228.50	2,307	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	—	753	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,988	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	845	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,163	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	235.83/cwt	233.00–238.50	2,066	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	298.05/cwt	286.00–304.00	1,696	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	254.32/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,755	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	275.16/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,896	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	260.60/cwt	257.00–267.00	2,025	60

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 28, 2023

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

Receipts 4,100Last week 1,905Year ago 7,050

Not enough to show a comparison on steers, heifers were 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	921	236.00	236.00
60	—	872	255.50	255.50
11	—	429	342.50	342.50
19	—	690	252.00–256.00	254.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	681	281.00	281.00
74	—	763	280.50	280.50
272	—	931	265.00–266.00	265.57
338	—	868	269.50–273.00	271.84
33	—	845	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	389	352.50	352.50
8	—	419	362.50	362.50
62	—	730	260.50–263.00	261.37
150	—	817	247.50–252.50	249.70
214	—	961	231.00–240.00	236.34
323	—	879	236.50–249.50	241.58
412	—	924	231.00–245.50	239.08
24	—	617	266.50–271.50	268.54
251	—	1,019	220.50–228.50	226.35
30	—	569	286.00–304.00	298.05
56	—	689	261.00–279.00	275.16
60	—	777	257.00–267.00	260.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	753	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	421	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	298.00	298.00
13	—	424	321.00–325.00	323.53
13	—	946	227.50	227.50
32	—	966	222.50	222.50
63	—	647	260.00–267.00	265.29
65	—	572	260.00–270.00	263.70
329	—	810	231.00–246.00	244.71
82	—	728	249.50–261.00	254.38
119	—	674	246.50–265.00	260.02
274	—	876	233.00–238.50	235.83

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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