Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week, to show a comparison in weight classes. Trend today was moderate to good on all weights overed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $298.03/cwt on 1,127 head.

Average price

$298.03

1,127 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$183

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

$15.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.99

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	475	312.40	1,484	62
Medium and Large 1	561	297.19	1,667	1,065

One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale1,127 hd

298.03

—

NE average10 barns · 14,475 hd

283.03

+14.99

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

30 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	—	326	365.51/cwt	354.00–372.50	1,192	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,512	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	237.92/cwt	237.50–238.00	1,818	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	302.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,180	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	324.40/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,324	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	284.50/cwt	274.00–293.00	1,363	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	348.29/cwt	337.50–359.00	1,324	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	351.15/cwt	343.00–358.00	1,499	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	247.99/cwt	246.00–251.50	2,038	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	320.40/cwt	314.00–332.50	1,519	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	276.59/cwt	268.00–278.50	1,709	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	299.86/cwt	288.00–305.00	1,610	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	1,437	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	282.48/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,633	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,446	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,736	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,843	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	358.40/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,226	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,163	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	276.70/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,422	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	262.49/cwt	256.50–268.00	1,499	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	382	332.36/cwt	329.00–340.00	1,270	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	316.54/cwt	314.00–324.00	1,599	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,293	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,053	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	297.75/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,283	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,244	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,636	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	234.52/cwt	231.50–235.50	2,038	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,891	5

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 Oct 12, 2023

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

Receipts 2,531Last week 2,025Year ago 6,244

Not enough last week, to show a comparison in weight classes. Trend today was moderate to good on all weights overed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	326	354.00–372.50	365.51
29	—	601	251.50	251.50
31	—	764	237.50–238.00	237.92
49	—	390	300.00–310.00	302.64
74	—	408	315.00–327.00	324.40
118	—	479	274.00–293.00	284.50
9	—	957	226.00	226.00
211	—	514	265.00–288.00	276.70
230	—	571	256.50–268.00	262.49
10	—	1,013	221.50	221.50
15	—	657	249.00	249.00
25	—	869	231.50–235.50	234.52
5	—	803	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	382	329.00–340.00	332.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	337	312.50	312.50
68	—	431	295.00–301.00	297.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	380	337.50–359.00	348.29
65	—	427	343.00–358.00	351.15
90	—	822	246.00–251.50	247.99
97	—	474	314.00–332.50	320.40
233	—	618	268.00–278.50	276.59
326	—	537	288.00–305.00	299.86
111	—	578	275.00–293.00	282.48
17	—	679	271.50	271.50
29	—	342	352.50–365.00	358.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	431	333.50	333.50
25	—	474	305.00	305.00
9	—	707	245.50	245.50
14	—	372	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	505	314.00–324.00	316.54

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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