Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $259.63/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −185.90 against this barn's trailing median of $445.53.

Average price

$259.63

55 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.60

vs NE average

+2.04 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	259.63	1,733	55

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

16 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $483.96, low $391.43, median $445.53 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 sale55 hd

259.63

—

NE average8 barns · 438 hd

272.23

−12.60

National average161 barns · 8,093 hd

257.59

+2.04

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.53

−185.90

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

17 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	227.36/cwt	226.00–230.00	2,174	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	229.08/cwt	225.50–234.00	2,098	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,209	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	243.98/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,923	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	255.92/cwt	255.50–257.00	1,891	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	258.63/cwt	257.00–263.50	1,751	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	240.69/cwt	240.00–243.00	2,012	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,999	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	230.68/cwt	227.50–232.00	1,896	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	235.73/cwt	230.00–240.00	2,058	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	242.52/cwt	238.50–248.00	1,637	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	241.99/cwt	235.50–243.00	1,783	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	216.67/cwt	216.00–220.00	2,035	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	232.67/cwt	231.50–233.00	1,810	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	226.63/cwt	221.50–228.50	1,958	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,556	32

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 Aug 22, 2024

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

Receipts 2,143Last week 756Year ago 945

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	602	266.50	266.50
48	650–700	677	257.00–263.50	258.63
55	700–750	739	255.50–257.00	255.92
72	750–800	788	235.00–251.00	243.98
46	800–850	836	240.00–243.00	240.69
378	850–900	873	230.00–240.00	235.73
180	900–950	916	225.50–234.00	229.08
233	950–1000	956	226.00–230.00	227.36
91	1000–1050	1,011	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	849	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	620	251.00	251.00
135	650–700	675	238.50–248.00	242.52
123	700–750	737	235.50–243.00	241.99
73	750–800	778	231.50–233.00	232.67
147	800–850	822	227.50–232.00	230.68
71	850–900	864	221.50–228.50	226.63
98	900–950	939	216.00–220.00	216.67

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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