Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, most weights of steers were 5.00 - 10.00 higher, with a flat 7 weight 15.00 higher. Most heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with 750 lbs 1.00 higher and 550 lbs 20.00 higher on the day. Demand was good on the offerings offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $298.90/cwt on 3,439 head.

Average price

$298.90

3,439 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$3.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	299.15	2,010	3,187
Medium and Large 1-2	594	295.76	1,758	252

One grade step is worth $3.39/cwt here — about $252 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 sale3,439 hd

298.90

—

NE average7 barns · 11,361 hd

280.42

+18.49

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

37 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 1Fancy	—	600	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,764	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,293	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	211.54/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,800	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	329.29/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,383	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	254.61/cwt	245.50–262.00	1,729	352
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	324.14/cwt	319.00–328.50	1,536	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	235.99/cwt	223.50–240.00	2,145	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	256.88/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,716	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	588	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,964	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	654	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,044	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	240.15/cwt	240.00–240.50	2,058	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	281.73/cwt	271.00–287.50	1,783	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	722	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,047	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	289.41/cwt	280.00–299.50	1,962	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	790	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,054	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	254.46/cwt	246.50–263.50	1,975	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	307.45/cwt	298.00–322.00	1,749	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	335.51/cwt	327.50–346.50	1,919	525
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	249.35/cwt	244.00–254.00	2,070	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,986	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	309.96/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,959	493
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	363.78/cwt	358.00–373.00	1,717	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	277.80/cwt	266.50–285.00	2,022	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	376.06/cwt	366.00–387.50	1,557	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	319.32/cwt	314.00–321.00	1,715	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	344.37/cwt	335.00–346.50	1,853	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,589	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	243.98/cwt	237.50–251.00	1,754	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	760	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,949	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,387	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	277.60/cwt	269.50–284.00	1,729	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	665	304.15/cwt	304.00–304.50	2,023	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	309.70/cwt	302.00–317.00	1,617	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,323	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	230.02/cwt	225.50–231.00	1,796	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	288.46/cwt	282.00–299.00	1,647	200

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 Feb 29, 2024

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

Receipts 6,000Last week 5,251Year ago 4,640

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	600	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	383	337.50	337.50
33	—	851	210.00–213.00	211.54
44	—	420	320.00–337.50	329.29
352	—	679	245.50–262.00	254.61
104	—	474	319.00–328.50	324.14
195	—	719	237.50–251.00	243.98
248	—	623	269.50–284.00	277.60
160	—	522	302.00–317.00	309.70
162	—	781	225.50–231.00	230.02
200	—	571	282.00–299.00	288.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	497	305.00	305.00
12	—	580	274.00	274.00
33	—	509	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	760	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	405	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	909	223.50–240.00	235.99
70	—	857	240.00–240.50	240.15
234	—	678	280.00–299.50	289.41
266	—	776	246.50–263.50	254.46
525	—	572	327.50–346.50	335.51
228	—	830	244.00–254.00	249.35
493	—	632	297.50–317.50	309.96
84	—	472	358.00–373.00	363.78
322	—	728	266.50–285.00	277.80
15	—	414	366.00–387.50	376.06
153	—	538	335.00–346.50	344.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	668	253.00–261.00	256.88
82	—	633	271.00–287.50	281.73
88	—	569	298.00–322.00	307.45
53	—	537	314.00–321.00	319.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	588	334.00	334.00
73	—	654	312.50	312.50
145	—	722	283.50	283.50
70	—	790	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	611	325.00	325.00
125	—	665	304.00–304.50	304.15

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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