Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2019-09-05

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 5

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jun 6Sep 5Sep 19 →

Receipts

2,370 head

▲ 2,370 vs last sale 0▲ 2,370 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.26/cwt on 1,223 head.

Average price

$131.26

1,223 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$158

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

$0.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	708	131.50	931	34
Medium and Large 1	829	131.25	1,089	1,189

One grade step is worth $0.25/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale1,223 hd

131.26

—

NE average2 barns · 2,718 hd

137.10

−5.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	501	157.45/cwt	157.00–158.00	789	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	150.66/cwt	150.00–152.50	943	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	142.83/cwt	136.50–150.00	953	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	141.39/cwt	138.50–142.50	1,048	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	142.95/cwt	140.50–143.50	1,094	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,112	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	135.63/cwt	132.00–139.50	1,188	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	125.22/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,140	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	984	124.24/cwt	118.50–128.00	1,223	225
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,306	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	141.14/cwt	140.00–143.00	663	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	138.69/cwt	138.00–140.50	791	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	137.28/cwt	134.50–138.00	859	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	136.07/cwt	135.50–136.50	928	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	931	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	138.97/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,016	181
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	133.62/cwt	128.50–138.00	1,040	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	131.08/cwt	129.50–136.00	1,087	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	130.89/cwt	124.00–135.50	1,145	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	128.29/cwt	123.75–133.00	1,180	325
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	121.18/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,174	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,057	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,216	42

This sale against other markets

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 Sep 5, 2019

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

Receipts 2,370Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	778	128.50–138.00	133.62
181	—	731	136.00–144.50	138.97
325	—	920	123.75–133.00	128.29
99	—	969	120.00–127.00	121.18
120	—	875	124.00–135.50	130.89
134	—	829	129.50–136.00	131.08
16	—	682	135.50–136.50	136.07
21	—	570	138.00–140.50	138.69
38	—	470	140.00–143.00	141.14
42	—	1,057	115.00	115.00
53	—	626	134.50–138.00	137.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	708	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	741	138.50–142.50	141.39
20	—	501	157.00–158.00	157.45
22	—	626	150.00–152.50	150.66
26	—	809	137.50	137.50
39	—	765	140.50–143.50	142.95
52	—	667	136.50–150.00	142.83
60	—	1,055	123.75	123.75
74	—	910	125.00–133.00	125.22
144	—	876	132.00–139.50	135.63
225	—	984	118.50–128.00	124.24

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.