Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2019-11-14

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 14

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Nov 7Nov 14Nov 21 →

Receipts

4,980 head

▼ 260 vs last sale 5,240▲ 4,980 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 lower and heifers were 1.00 - 11.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.29/cwt on 2,530 head.

Average price

$180.29

2,530 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$2.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.89

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	496	180.50	896	2,315
Medium and Large 1-2	453	178.06	806	215

One grade step is worth $2.43/cwt here — about $90 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 sale2,530 hd

180.29

—

NE average11 barns · 15,867 hd

166.40

+13.89

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	333	228.89/cwt	212.00–231.50	762	211
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	375	192.78/cwt	187.00–199.00	723	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	389	204.93/cwt	204.00–211.00	797	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	206.03/cwt	202.50–208.50	874	383
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	431	183.97/cwt	177.00–190.00	793	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	907	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	165.09/cwt	164.50–165.50	794	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	178.79/cwt	168.00–189.00	867	264
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	168.43/cwt	159.00–179.00	872	425
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	155.72/cwt	155.00–156.00	832	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	936	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	151.85/cwt	150.00–154.00	864	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	152.48/cwt	143.00–161.00	883	340
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	147.00/cwt	146.50–147.50	908	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	147.71/cwt	143.00–153.00	914	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	156.31/cwt	147.00–161.00	979	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	905	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	145.04/cwt	137.00–151.00	967	97
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	331	166.32/cwt	166.00–168.00	551	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	157.06/cwt	154.50–160.00	603	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	436	156.81/cwt	147.00–164.50	684	125
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	658	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	151.11/cwt	141.50–158.50	719	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	147.54/cwt	140.00–151.50	721	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	606	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	141.88/cwt	130.50–150.50	736	356
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	739	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	138.44/cwt	134.00–140.50	770	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	141.30/cwt	135.00–145.00	815	215
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	602	136.25/cwt	132.00–139.00	820	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	849	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,128	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	141.84/cwt	141.50–142.50	1,152	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,066	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	909	143.77/cwt	141.50–144.25	1,307	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,033	116.56/cwt	114.50–121.00	1,204	22

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 Nov 14, 2019

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

Receipts 4,980Last week 5,240Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 lower and heifers were 1.00 - 11.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	860	124.00	124.00
8	—	611	139.00	139.00
11	—	789	143.00	143.00
15	—	812	141.50–142.50	141.84
17	—	437	150.50	150.50
20	—	526	140.50	140.50
22	—	1,033	114.50–121.00	116.56
51	—	909	141.50–144.25	143.77
90	—	489	140.00–151.50	147.54
104	—	556	134.00–140.50	138.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	384	154.50–160.00	157.06
47	—	602	132.00–139.00	136.25
50	—	331	166.00–168.00	166.32
125	—	436	147.00–164.50	156.81
131	—	476	141.50–158.50	151.11
215	—	577	135.00–145.00	141.30
356	—	519	130.50–150.50	141.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	518	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	564	166.00	166.00
124	—	450	201.50	201.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	137.50	137.50
26	—	619	143.00–153.00	147.71
29	—	481	164.50–165.50	165.09
30	—	569	150.00–154.00	151.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	667	137.00–151.00	145.04
142	—	389	204.00–211.00	204.93
171	—	626	147.00–161.00	156.31
211	—	333	212.00–231.50	228.89
264	—	485	168.00–189.00	178.79
340	—	579	143.00–161.00	152.48
383	—	424	202.50–208.50	206.03
425	—	518	159.00–179.00	168.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	618	146.50–147.50	147.00
30	—	375	187.00–199.00	192.78
36	—	534	155.00–156.00	155.72
135	—	431	177.00–190.00	183.97

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.