Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Trend today was moderate to good on all weights overed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $253.21/cwt on 1,452 head.

Average price

$253.21

1,452 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

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

$1.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.32

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	253.39	1,646	1,283
Medium and Large 1-2	511	251.79	1,286	169

One grade step is worth $1.60/cwt here — about $360 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 sale1,452 hd

253.21

—

NE average9 barns · 8,812 hd

265.53

−12.32

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

42 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	—	475	278.46/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,323	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	815	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,964	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	206.90/cwt	191.00–210.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	220.28/cwt	217.50–222.50	2,088	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	337.04/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,203	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	318.87/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,531	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	289.94/cwt	282.50–294.50	1,658	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	239.52/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,856	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	259.08/cwt	240.00–263.50	1,738	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	241.27/cwt	237.00–251.00	1,737	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	389.34/cwt	371.00–397.00	1,316	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	372.99/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,414	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	248.33/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,592	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,523	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	312.58/cwt	288.00–327.00	1,538	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	343.21/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,476	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	297.38/cwt	287.00–308.00	1,564	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	328.85/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,398	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	1,164.26/head	1,135.00–1,175.00	1,164	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	275.47/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,598	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	260.21/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,663	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	234.80/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	347.64/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,311	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	245.41/cwt	236.00–252.50	1,541	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	234.55/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,820	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	256.14/cwt	251.00–261.50	1,457	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	220.70/cwt	217.50–228.00	1,944	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	227.25/cwt	226.50–228.50	1,918	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	355.44/cwt	347.50–358.00	1,223	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	256.01/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,262	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	247.82/cwt	225.00–253.50	1,680	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	262.92/cwt	257.00–281.50	1,365	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	339.91/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,142	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,782	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	297.44/cwt	282.50–308.00	1,211	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	271.98/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,131	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	249.84/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,299	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	956.01/head	950.00–975.00	956	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,083	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	208.59/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	224.30/cwt	216.00–232.00	1,413	30

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 3,452Last week 2,531Year ago 3,200

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. 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
75	—	475	273.00–289.00	278.46
4	—	960	217.50	217.50
6	—	1,027	191.00–210.00	206.90
9	—	948	217.50–222.50	220.28
14	—	357	332.00–345.00	337.04
99	—	628	236.00–252.50	245.41
107	—	776	223.00–236.00	234.55
186	—	569	251.00–261.50	256.14
198	—	881	217.50–228.00	220.70
37	—	844	226.50–228.50	227.25
130	—	678	225.00–253.50	247.82
167	—	519	257.00–281.50	262.92
51	—	336	337.50–342.50	339.91
60	—	735	242.50	242.50
80	—	407	282.50–308.00	297.44
17	—	277	950.00–975.00	956.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	815	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	493	250.00–265.00	256.01
40	—	416	267.00–275.00	271.98
55	—	520	240.00–253.00	249.84
4	—	361	300.00	300.00
5	—	697	207.00–211.00	208.59
30	—	630	216.00–232.00	224.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	480	312.50–330.00	318.87
224	—	572	282.50–294.50	289.94
22	—	775	225.00–245.00	239.52
41	—	671	240.00–263.50	259.08
42	—	720	237.00–251.00	241.27
60	—	338	371.00–397.00	389.34
35	—	379	365.00–387.50	372.99
128	—	430	335.00–367.50	343.21
156	—	526	287.00–308.00	297.38
22	—	288	1,135.00–1,175.00	1,164.26
131	—	639	256.00–272.00	260.21
8	—	809	222.00–239.00	234.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	641	248.00–252.00	248.33
16	—	540	282.00	282.00
41	—	492	288.00–327.00	312.58
9	—	425	310.00–332.50	328.85
100	—	580	271.00–281.00	275.47
9	—	377	342.50–357.50	347.64
4	—	344	347.50–358.00	355.44

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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