Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, do to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate, on a nice selection offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.49/cwt on 284 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −167.50 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$334.49

284 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$22.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.74

vs NE average

+24.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	335.46	1,813	272
Medium and Large 1-2	539	312.50	1,684	12thin

One grade step is worth $22.96/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.56, low $482.91, median $501.99 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale284 hd

334.49

—

NE average5 barns · 994 hd

330.75

+3.74

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+24.23

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−167.50

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

38 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	850–900	859	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	380.47/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,396	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,943	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	253.47/cwt	251.50–256.50	1,703	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	233.61/cwt	231.50–234.00	1,848	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,318	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,586	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,502	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,410	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,911	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	703	272.13/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,913	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	291.59/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,671	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	281.67/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,766	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,684	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,070	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	373.45/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,628	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	353.83/cwt	351.00–356.00	1,617	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,288	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	240.92/cwt	235.50–244.50	1,768	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	328.71/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,430	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	340.60/cwt	327.00–346.00	1,812	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	318.53/cwt	306.00–326.00	1,962	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	271.58/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,953	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,501	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	334.95/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,544	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	330.28/cwt	327.50–332.00	1,737	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	238.84/cwt	230.00–241.00	2,126	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	320.52/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,827	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	373.22/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,441	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	267.94/cwt	262.00–270.50	2,042	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	311.40/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,660	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	326.27/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,537	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	250.64/cwt	244.50–253.00	2,118	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	293.18/cwt	290.50–300.00	1,929	28

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 Mar 28, 2024

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

Receipts 3,160Last week 5,431Year ago 3,845

No comparison to last week, do to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate, on a nice selection offered today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	367	375.00–390.00	380.47
96	400–450	435	327.00–337.00	328.71
246	450–500	471	326.00–330.00	326.27
234	500–550	533	305.00–316.00	311.40
106	550–600	573	280.00–297.00	291.59
189	600–650	627	270.00–287.00	281.67
63	650–700	672	251.50–256.50	253.47
87	700–750	734	235.50–244.50	240.92
64	750–800	791	231.50–234.00	233.61
6	800–850	839	221.00	221.00
5	850–900	859	220.00	220.00
62	900–950	921	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	366	360.00	360.00
12	550–600	583	272.00	272.00
6	650–700	668	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	700–750	703	271.00–275.00	272.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	372.50	372.50
30	450–500	461	327.50–340.00	334.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	376	375.00	375.00
10	400–450	429	350.00	350.00
13	500–550	526	327.50–332.00	330.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	539	312.50	312.50
61	600–650	639	299.00	299.00
10	750–800	776	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	349	430.00	430.00
12	350–400	386	365.00–385.00	373.22
32	400–450	436	370.00–385.00	373.45
43	450–500	457	351.00–356.00	353.83
196	500–550	532	327.00–346.00	340.60
63	550–600	570	317.00–324.00	320.52
293	600–650	616	306.00–326.00	318.53
28	650–700	658	290.50–300.00	293.18
296	700–750	719	262.00–280.00	271.58
72	750–800	762	262.00–270.50	267.94
170	800–850	845	244.50–253.00	250.64
85	850–900	890	230.00–241.00	238.84
16	900–950	910	227.50	227.50
62	950–1000	999	229.00	229.00

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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