Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's thin test, comparable offerings of steers under 500 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 500 to 550 lbs sold steady and over 550 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher with yearling weight heifers 6.00 lower. Good ole CME cattle boards making it difficult for buyers to figure out where they need to procure cattle at. The board has been sharply lower the last several weeks more days than higher. Several strings of flyweight longtime weaned calves on the market Thursday with several buyers chasing each other on the bids. The market was active on these light weight cattle with in house and internet bidding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $308.44/cwt on 2,768 head.

Average price

$308.44

2,768 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$36.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+38.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	312.99	1,509	2,424
Medium and Large 1-2	508	276.40	1,404	344

One grade step is worth $36.59/cwt here — about $105 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 sale2,768 hd

308.44

—

NE average10 barns · 16,445 hd

269.55

+38.90

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

47 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	—	879	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,666	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	264.37/cwt	251.00–271.50	1,399	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	262.18/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,269	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,171	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,979	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	205.12/cwt	203.00–207.00	1,370	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	260.27/cwt	246.50–265.00	1,463	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	237.24/cwt	231.50–239.00	1,473	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,403	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	296.32/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,250	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	191.83/cwt	191.00–195.50	1,360	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	287.18/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,396	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	215.77/cwt	201.00–223.00	1,424	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	263.51/cwt	261.00–269.00	1,141	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	414	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,147	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	984	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,441	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	459	335.42/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,540	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	369	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,343	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	243.99/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,325	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	334.02/cwt	331.00–343.00	1,450	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	239.44/cwt	238.00–241.50	1,386	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	263.13/cwt	262.00–264.00	1,752	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	224.69/cwt	216.00–232.00	1,633	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	432	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,335	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	250.60/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,549	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	681	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,464	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	315.63/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,493	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	272.22/cwt	257.00–276.50	1,603	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,749	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	248.00/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,441	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	285.07/cwt	272.00–292.00	1,522	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	314.75/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,165	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	314.58/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,368	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	353.77/cwt	342.00–365.00	1,150	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	348.94/cwt	336.00–352.50	1,350	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	233.74/cwt	231.00–237.50	1,557	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	279.85/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,343	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	258.73/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,376	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	278.05/cwt	272.00–284.00	1,040	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	311.64/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,022	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,462	13

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 4,862Last week 1,930Year ago 5,403

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	879	189.50	189.50
10	—	932	184.00	184.00
120	—	529	251.00–271.50	264.37
40	—	1,171	169.00	169.00
151	—	562	246.50–265.00	260.27
111	—	621	231.50–239.00	237.24
77	—	422	281.00–300.00	296.32
34	—	709	191.00–195.50	191.83
101	—	486	286.00–290.00	287.18
62	—	660	201.00–223.00	215.77
8	—	1,038	174.00	174.00
33	—	374	272.00–284.00	278.05
24	—	328	307.00–315.00	311.64
13	—	788	185.50	185.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	484	255.00–267.00	262.18
17	—	668	203.00–207.00	205.12
12	—	645	217.50	217.50
19	—	433	261.00–269.00	263.51
11	—	377	261.00	261.00
18	—	543	240.00–248.00	243.99
89	—	579	238.00–241.50	239.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	414	277.00	277.00
12	—	681	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	403	357.50	357.50
123	—	459	335.00–336.00	335.42
124	—	369	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	434	331.00–343.00	334.02
26	—	297	1,085.00	1,085.00
163	—	666	262.00–264.00	263.13
118	—	727	216.00–232.00	224.69
138	—	618	244.00–259.00	250.60
13	—	798	210.50	210.50
169	—	473	305.00–326.00	315.63
148	—	589	257.00–276.50	272.22
9	—	849	206.00	206.00
334	—	534	272.00–292.00	285.07
230	—	325	342.00–365.00	353.77
394	—	387	336.00–352.50	348.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	432	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	581	247.00–249.00	248.00
56	—	370	311.00–325.00	314.75
6	—	319	315.00	315.00
70	—	435	312.00–320.00	314.58
9	—	644	238.50	238.50
65	—	666	231.00–237.50	233.74
52	—	480	275.00–290.00	279.85
43	—	532	251.00–261.00	258.73

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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