Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-02-01

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 1

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 15 →

Receipts

6,000 head

▲ 534 vs last sale 5,466▲ 680 vs year ago 5,320 · +12.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550 lbs sold 2.00 - 7.00 lower, over 550 were 2.00 - 6.00 higher instances 16.00 higher on a flat 7weight steers. Heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 - 7.00 lower, 500 lbs sold 22.00 higher on average with weights over 550 lbs was 3.00 - 10.00 higher. Demand was good all day for longtime weaned steers and heifers. With some going to out of state buyers. Large crowd of buyers on hand along with internet bidding.

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 $295.10/cwt on 2,529 head.

Average price

$295.10

2,529 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$5.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.80

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	295.74	1,897	2,224
Medium and Large 1-2	599	290.44	1,739	305

One grade step is worth $5.30/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 sale2,529 hd

295.10

—

NE average11 barns · 25,115 hd

276.30

+18.80

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	381.92/cwt	372.50–387.00	1,619	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	362.34/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,605	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,739	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	351.68/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,678	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	332.88/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,641	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	327.79/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,750	376
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	537	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,858	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,742	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	317.31/cwt	308.00–327.00	1,802	243
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	294.67/cwt	293.00–303.00	1,686	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	312.71/cwt	309.00–314.00	1,886	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	290.56/cwt	280.00–298.50	1,842	377
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	277.34/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,866	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	255.81/cwt	255.00–256.50	1,742	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	246.55/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,760	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	272.90/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,951	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	247.33/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,907	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	242.82/cwt	231.50–246.50	1,994	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	230.84/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,034	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,082	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,130	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,051	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	332.05/cwt	330.00–333.00	1,272	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	324.98/cwt	314.00–328.00	1,391	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	311.69/cwt	300.00–316.50	1,487	250
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	286.42/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,489	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	308.76/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,609	396
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,653	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	280.21/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,631	466
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	260.44/cwt	256.50–263.00	1,664	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	253.23/cwt	238.00–257.00	1,669	169
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	675	269.65/cwt	267.00–273.00	1,820	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	699	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,650	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	238.35/cwt	228.00–244.00	1,730	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	773	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,809	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	225.20/cwt	223.50–226.00	1,752	88

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 Feb 1, 2024

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

Receipts 6,000Last week 5,466Year ago 5,320

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	565	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	326	322.50	322.50
55	—	383	330.00–333.00	332.05
88	—	778	223.50–226.00	225.20
96	—	428	314.00–328.00	324.98
139	—	726	228.00–244.00	238.35
250	—	477	300.00–316.50	311.69
151	—	639	256.50–263.00	260.44
169	—	659	238.00–257.00	253.23
396	—	521	300.00–316.00	308.76
466	—	582	271.00–287.00	280.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	773	234.00	234.00
111	—	675	267.00–273.00	269.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	699	236.00	236.00
49	—	520	275.00–296.00	286.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	968	220.00	220.00
79	—	881	230.00–231.00	230.84
93	—	821	231.50–246.50	242.82
151	—	477	350.00–354.00	351.68
167	—	673	270.00–290.00	277.34
202	—	715	270.00–277.00	272.90
31	—	913	228.00	228.00
214	—	771	240.00–251.00	247.33
243	—	568	308.00–327.00	317.31
376	—	534	315.00–337.50	327.79
377	—	634	280.00–298.50	290.56
76	—	424	372.50–387.00	381.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	443	360.00–365.00	362.34
51	—	493	331.00–335.00	332.88
64	—	714	240.00–257.00	246.55
69	—	681	255.00–256.50	255.81
73	—	572	293.00–303.00	294.67
18	—	541	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	465	374.00	374.00
113	—	603	309.00–314.00	312.71
12	—	537	346.00	346.00

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.