Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $229.32/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −184.88 against this barn's trailing median of $414.20.

Average price

$229.32

17 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$36.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.48

vs NE average

−8.33 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	246.50	1,580	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	674	210.00	1,415	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

16 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $425.80, low $374.63, median $414.20 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

229.32

—

NE average7 barns · 654 hd

269.80

−40.48

National average149 barns · 5,317 hd

237.65

−8.33

This barn, trailing median16 sales

414.20

−184.88

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

15 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 1-2	750–800	781	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,773	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,003	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	235.48/cwt	232.50–237.50	2,089	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,210	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,840	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,004	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	222.09/cwt	222.00–225.50	2,021	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	211.13/cwt	208.50–224.50	2,092	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,912	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,887	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,333	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,580	9

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

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

Receipts 756Last week 1,555Year ago 945

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	674	210.00	210.00
44	750–800	781	227.00	227.00
28	900–950	919	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	641	246.50	246.50
18	750–800	783	241.00	241.00
70	800–850	833	229.50	229.50
196	900–950	910	222.00–225.50	222.09
147	950–1000	991	208.50–224.50	211.13
14	1050–1100	1,070	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	345.00	345.00
15	650–700	693	265.50	265.50
5	700–750	743	256.50	256.50
13	800–850	823	243.50	243.50
103	850–900	887	232.50–237.50	235.48
53	950–1000	967	228.50	228.50

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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