Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs were 5.00 - 11.00 and weights over 600 lbs was 6.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was good with a nice selection offered. Biding was active in the seats and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $306.93/cwt on 2,035 head.

Average price

$306.93

2,035 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$32.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+39.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	308.32	1,834	1,949
Medium and Large 1-2	614	275.41	1,691	86

One grade step is worth $32.91/cwt here — about $143 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 sale2,035 hd

306.93

—

NE average7 barns · 10,559 hd

267.14

+39.80

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

35 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	—	818	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	352.87/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,193	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	320.21/cwt	316.50–329.00	1,351	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	238.89/cwt	225.50–247.00	1,632	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	266.19/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,693	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,488	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	441	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,621	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	495	351.52/cwt	339.00–354.00	1,740	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	574	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,917	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	270.25/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,840	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	271.42/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,675	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	323.23/cwt	314.00–329.00	1,700	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	301.44/cwt	295.00–311.00	1,757	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,664	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	627	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,900	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	289.05/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,705	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	546	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	1,837	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,830	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,579	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	335.11/cwt	325.00–339.50	1,585	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	657	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,695	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	728	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,813	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	456	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,651	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	553	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	1,794	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	248.63/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,817	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	252.80/cwt	240.50–256.50	1,476	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	297.54/cwt	286.00–307.00	1,857	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	306.92/cwt	297.50–310.50	1,464	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	271.74/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,592	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	302.39/cwt	295.00–310.50	1,588	375
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	268.24/cwt	266.00–269.50	1,422	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	570	288.85/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,646	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	601	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,725	60

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 4,924Last week 6,377Year ago 4,760

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	818	211.00	211.00
22	—	338	347.00–357.00	352.87
89	—	422	316.50–329.00	320.21
125	—	683	225.50–247.00	238.89
238	—	636	258.00–275.00	266.19
191	—	477	297.50–310.50	306.92
289	—	586	262.00–280.00	271.74
375	—	525	295.00–310.50	302.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	615	242.00	242.00
62	—	584	240.50–256.50	252.80
59	—	530	266.00–269.50	268.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	657	258.00	258.00
74	—	728	249.00	249.00
245	—	570	286.00–293.00	288.85
60	—	601	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	441	367.50	367.50
138	—	495	339.00–354.00	351.52
162	—	574	334.00	334.00
77	—	627	303.00	303.00
268	—	546	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
261	—	681	266.00–280.00	270.25
103	—	526	314.00–329.00	323.23
202	—	583	295.00–311.00	301.44
7	—	794	230.50	230.50
12	—	448	352.50	352.50
10	—	385	397.50	397.50
41	—	473	325.00–339.50	335.11
13	—	802	230.50	230.50
153	—	731	243.00–260.00	248.63
370	—	624	286.00–307.00	297.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	617	270.00–273.00	271.42
21	—	659	252.50	252.50
42	—	590	288.00–290.00	289.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	456	362.00	362.00
71	—	553	324.50	324.50

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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