Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the market was stronger on both steers and heifers. Steers were steady - 17.00 higher, heifers were steady - 15.00 higher. Demand was good all day with buyers in the seats and on the internet. Nice selection of cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $294.05/cwt on 2,382 head.

Average price

$294.05

2,382 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$10.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	294.71	1,704	2,225
Medium and Large 1-2	567	284.65	1,614	157

One grade step is worth $10.06/cwt here — about $90 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 sale2,382 hd

294.05

—

NE average8 barns · 13,974 hd

270.78

+23.27

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

43 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	—	477	302.33/cwt	293.50–313.00	1,442	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	429	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,429	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	321.33/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,224	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	312.73/cwt	302.00–321.00	1,354	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	545	266.18/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,451	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	198.75/cwt	198.00–199.50	1,872	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,630	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	257.81/cwt	253.00–265.50	1,395	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	248.59/cwt	242.50–255.00	1,477	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,735	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,626	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	284.22/cwt	277.00–290.50	1,324	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	333.19/cwt	322.50–338.00	1,419	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	613	292.07/cwt	290.00–294.50	1,790	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	523	320.71/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,677	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	570	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,781	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	213.14/cwt	206.50–217.00	1,822	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	533	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,559	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,943	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	314.68/cwt	308.00–322.00	1,514	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	300.50/cwt	293.00–306.00	1,620	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	344.33/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,339	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	259.21/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,700	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	241.69/cwt	238.50–242.50	1,714	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,745	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,669	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	277.97/cwt	268.50–286.50	1,718	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	478	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	298.76/cwt	286.50–306.50	1,691	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	619	270.57/cwt	263.00–274.00	1,675	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	796	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,926	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,543	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	515	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,540	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	551	282.83/cwt	281.00–288.50	1,558	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	335.83/cwt	333.00–337.50	1,565	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	706	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,754	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,537	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,143	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	278.50/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,454	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	226.08/cwt	216.00–235.50	1,546	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	248.76/cwt	242.00–259.50	1,545	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	191.46/cwt	190.00–193.50	1,934	12

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 14, 2023

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

Receipts 4,665Last week 4,862Year 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
245	—	477	293.50–313.00	302.33
178	—	381	315.00–326.00	321.33
251	—	433	302.00–321.00	312.73
12	—	942	198.00–199.50	198.75
54	—	769	212.00	212.00
48	—	594	242.50–255.00	248.59
37	—	899	193.00	193.00
50	—	702	219.00	219.00
7	—	349	327.50	327.50
213	—	522	270.00–291.00	278.50
46	—	684	216.00–235.50	226.08
113	—	621	242.00–259.50	248.76
12	—	1,010	190.00–193.50	191.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	429	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	545	266.00–268.00	266.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	541	253.00–265.50	257.81
78	—	466	277.00–290.50	284.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	533	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	234.00	234.00
37	—	481	308.00–322.00	314.68
31	—	620	260.00	260.00
54	—	597	279.50	279.50
24	—	506	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	426	322.50–338.00	333.19
38	—	855	206.50–217.00	213.14
30	—	948	205.00	205.00
214	—	539	293.00–306.00	300.50
74	—	389	325.00–348.00	344.33
38	—	656	258.00–260.00	259.21
76	—	709	238.50–242.50	241.69
46	—	767	227.50	227.50
218	—	618	268.50–286.50	277.97
202	—	566	286.50–306.50	298.76
201	—	466	333.00–337.50	335.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	613	290.00–294.50	292.07
367	—	523	317.50–325.00	320.71
90	—	570	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	478	304.50	304.50
80	—	619	263.00–274.00	270.57
64	—	796	242.00	242.00
26	—	515	299.00	299.00
33	—	551	281.00–288.50	282.83
137	—	706	248.50	248.50

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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