Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, with buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.44/cwt on 2,000 head.

Average price

$274.44

2,000 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$25.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	278.73	1,780	1,669
Medium and Large 1-2	653	252.83	1,651	331

One grade step is worth $25.90/cwt here — about $129 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 sale2,000 hd

274.44

—

NE average5 barns · 8,931 hd

273.51

+0.94

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	704	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,686	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	336.13/cwt	335.00–339.00	1,765	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	316.10/cwt	312.00–326.00	1,770	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	329.26/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,580	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	569	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,627	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	259.73/cwt	253.50–263.00	1,584	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	213.76/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,796	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	314.37/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,682	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,922	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	327.85/cwt	327.50–328.00	1,400	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	238.57/cwt	229.00–241.50	1,844	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	345.07/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,304	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,797	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	649	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,798	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	267.84/cwt	258.50–276.50	1,516	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	305.93/cwt	296.00–315.00	1,438	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	233.17/cwt	225.50–242.00	1,567	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	227.79/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,647	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	309.55/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,204	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	310.79/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,324	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	292.80/cwt	285.50–305.00	1,695	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	264.16/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,791	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	250.17/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,814	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	242.24/cwt	241.00–243.50	1,671	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,522	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,535	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	281.41/cwt	278.00–286.50	1,762	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,739	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,713	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	291.61/cwt	283.00–302.00	1,563	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	252.92/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,573	232
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	637	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,790	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	574	287.62/cwt	282.00–300.50	1,651	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	596	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,553	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	294.02/cwt	285.00–300.50	1,788	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,392	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	238.78/cwt	237.50–241.00	1,492	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	286.87/cwt	286.00–292.50	1,397	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,383	20

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 4,686Last week 4,665Year ago 5,575

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate, with buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	704	239.50	239.50
13	—	569	286.00	286.00
22	—	649	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	525	335.00–339.00	336.13
34	—	560	312.00–326.00	316.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	480	322.50–345.00	329.26
82	—	535	309.00–329.00	314.37
70	—	806	238.50	238.50
38	—	427	327.50–328.00	327.85
154	—	773	229.00–241.50	238.57
26	—	378	340.00–356.00	345.07
14	—	936	192.00	192.00
223	—	579	285.50–305.00	292.80
239	—	678	255.00–273.00	264.16
277	—	725	241.00–261.00	250.17
199	—	626	278.00–286.50	281.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	610	253.50–263.00	259.73
38	—	465	305.00	305.00
29	—	840	210.00–216.00	213.76
111	—	690	241.00–243.50	242.24
9	—	590	258.00	258.00
15	—	517	297.00	297.00
16	—	796	218.50	218.50
21	—	743	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	608	285.00–300.50	294.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	566	258.50–276.50	267.84
193	—	470	296.00–315.00	305.93
182	—	672	225.50–242.00	233.17
100	—	723	220.00–238.00	227.79
46	—	389	300.00–320.00	309.55
18	—	426	310.00–312.50	310.79
304	—	536	283.00–302.00	291.61
232	—	622	245.00–265.00	252.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	637	281.00	281.00
221	—	574	282.00–300.50	287.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	596	260.50	260.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	559	249.00	249.00
23	—	695	220.00	220.00
33	—	625	237.50–241.00	238.78
69	—	487	286.00–292.50	286.87
10	—	724	217.50	217.50
20	—	532	260.00	260.00

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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