Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 14.00 higher, except 600 lb steers was 7.00 lower. Heifers were 3.00 -12.00 higher,, except 500 lb was 16.00 lower and 600 lb was 8.00 lower. Demand was good today, with a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $292.54/cwt on 2,755 head.

Average price

$292.54

2,755 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$176

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

$8.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.18

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	300.00	1,680	325
Medium and Large 1	636	291.54	1,856	2,430

One grade step is worth $8.46/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale2,755 hd

292.54

—

NE average11 barns · 19,525 hd

271.36

+21.18

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

39 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	—	532	286.09/cwt	276.50–298.00	1,522	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	264.66/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,384	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	240.63/cwt	240.00–241.50	1,540	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,762	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	290.89/cwt	281.50–300.00	1,673	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	337.38/cwt	336.50–343.00	1,599	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	314.99/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,499	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	256.14/cwt	250.50–261.00	1,442	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	334.17/cwt	334.00–335.00	1,236	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	332.32/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,409	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	276.22/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,599	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	220.95/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,750	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,573	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	289.95/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,815	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,419	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,138	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	236.40/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,938	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	359.07/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,645	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	274.57/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,859	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,669	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	362.22/cwt	357.00–369.00	1,572	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	242.05/cwt	233.50–253.00	1,876	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	263.18/cwt	259.00–268.50	1,650	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	315.48/cwt	305.00–325.50	1,792	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,063	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	328.64/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,735	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	256.51/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,847	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	242.65/cwt	234.50–249.50	1,645	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,351	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	225.68/cwt	221.00–228.00	2,006	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	350.03/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,313	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	313.80/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,666	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	258.03/cwt	244.00–265.50	1,584	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	224.22/cwt	218.00–234.50	1,635	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	274.66/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,310	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	515	307.99/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,586	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	666	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,951	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	524	348.14/cwt	343.00–349.00	1,824	102

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 5,466Last week 4,924Year ago 4,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	532	276.50–298.00	286.09
162	—	476	311.00–325.00	314.99
59	—	370	334.00–335.00	334.17
64	—	424	327.50–337.50	332.32
89	—	579	275.00–280.00	276.22
137	—	792	217.00–225.00	220.95
202	—	678	234.50–249.50	242.65
275	—	614	244.00–265.50	258.03
205	—	729	218.00–234.50	224.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	523	260.00–272.00	264.66
54	—	640	240.00–241.50	240.63
64	—	563	250.50–261.00	256.14
18	—	696	226.00	226.00
13	—	449	301.00	301.00
24	—	477	273.00–277.00	274.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	515	300.00–314.00	307.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	731	241.00	241.00
71	—	575	281.50–300.00	290.89
108	—	474	336.50–343.00	337.38
25	—	410	346.00	346.00
22	—	680	245.50	245.50
8	—	766	234.00	234.00
20	—	627	259.00–268.50	263.18
29	—	531	312.50–315.00	313.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
447	—	626	283.00–300.00	289.95
9	—	314	362.50	362.50
111	—	820	231.00–241.00	236.40
146	—	458	350.00–366.00	359.07
176	—	677	265.00–282.50	274.57
72	—	434	357.00–369.00	362.22
247	—	775	233.50–253.00	242.05
254	—	568	305.00–325.50	315.48
12	—	953	216.50	216.50
329	—	528	320.00–341.00	328.64
345	—	720	246.00–266.00	256.51
98	—	889	221.00–228.00	225.68
30	—	375	345.00–365.00	350.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	666	293.00	293.00
102	—	524	343.00–349.00	348.14

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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