Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trend today was higher. Steers under 550 were 10.00 - 20.00 higher and over 550 was 5.00 - 15.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 8.00 higher, except 450 weights were 7.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate, wanting the light weights for pasture.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $326.82/cwt on 2,514 head.

Average price

$326.82

2,514 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$24.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+35.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	329.71	1,657	2,219
Medium and Large 1-2	504	305.07	1,536	295

One grade step is worth $24.64/cwt here — about $120 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 sale2,514 hd

326.82

—

NE average9 barns · 14,377 hd

291.04

+35.78

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 1Fancy	—	506	286.34/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,449	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	229.41/cwt	227.50–231.50	1,516	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	234.08/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,948	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	229.17/cwt	224.00–234.00	2,115	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,165	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	320.63/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,145	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	262.37/cwt	252.50–271.00	1,750	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,868	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	340.32/cwt	329.00–348.00	1,603	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,196	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,299	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	300.04/cwt	292.00–314.00	1,560	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,581	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	342.41/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,448	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	394.17/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,439	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	273.92/cwt	270.00–276.50	1,690	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	375.24/cwt	370.00–381.00	1,576	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	407	394.10/cwt	392.00–395.00	1,604	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	510	328.17/cwt	317.50–334.00	1,674	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	464	361.11/cwt	353.00–366.00	1,676	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	281.54/cwt	272.00–294.00	1,613	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	281.08/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,521	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	316.94/cwt	313.00–322.50	1,559	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	239.03/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,506	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	272.66/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,410	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	278.37/cwt	265.50–286.00	1,314	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	293.59/cwt	281.00–300.50	1,245	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	413	312.44/cwt	305.00–318.00	1,290	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	267.32/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,155	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	216.37/cwt	215.00–218.00	2,233	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,086	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,340	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,669	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	257.59/cwt	251.00–265.50	1,458	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	232.05/cwt	227.50–236.00	2,005	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	318.50/cwt	302.00–322.50	1,099	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	288.10/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,115	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,038	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	263.39/cwt	261.00–264.50	1,262	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,269	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	236.79/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,376	28

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 Nov 2, 2023

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

Receipts 4,558Last week 5,465Year ago 5,950

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	506	281.00–288.00	286.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	661	227.50–231.50	229.41
27	—	832	221.00–237.00	234.08
32	—	923	224.00–234.00	229.17
35	—	960	225.50	225.50
39	—	357	320.00–322.50	320.63
63	—	630	236.00–243.00	239.03
111	—	517	265.00–277.50	272.66
116	—	472	265.50–286.00	278.37
118	—	424	281.00–300.50	293.59
13	—	1,032	215.00–218.00	216.37
16	—	1,086	215.50	215.50
21	—	718	232.50	232.50
143	—	566	251.00–265.50	257.59
44	—	864	227.50–236.00	232.05
42	—	345	302.00–322.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	413	305.00–318.00	312.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	432	267.00–269.00	267.32
44	—	387	282.00–292.50	288.10
17	—	346	300.00	300.00
18	—	479	261.00–264.50	263.39
20	—	515	246.50	246.50
28	—	581	235.00–238.00	236.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	667	252.50–271.00	262.37
6	—	775	241.00	241.00
410	—	471	329.00–348.00	340.32
21	—	299	400.00	400.00
31	—	344	377.50	377.50
102	—	520	292.00–314.00	300.04
124	—	365	387.50–400.00	394.17
130	—	617	270.00–276.50	273.92
223	—	420	370.00–381.00	375.24
319	—	573	272.00–294.00	281.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	592	267.00	267.00
15	—	395	350.00	350.00
29	—	423	332.50–350.00	342.41
114	—	541	280.00–283.00	281.08
124	—	492	313.00–322.50	316.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	407	392.00–395.00	394.10
180	—	510	317.50–334.00	328.17
240	—	464	353.00–366.00	361.11
62	—	560	300.00	300.00

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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