Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2019-10-24

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 24
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,375 head
▼ 1,565 vs last sale 4,940▲ 3,375 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs were 3.00 - 16.00 higher, heifers under 700 lbs was 3.00 - 6.00 higher. No comparison over 700 lbs on steers and heifers. Demand was good. Good crowd was on hand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.41/cwt on 1,707 head.
Average price
$164.41
1,707 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.44
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545165.129001,527
Medium and Large 1-2543158.39860180
One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $40 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 sale1,707 hd
164.41
—
NE average11 barns · 18,465 hd
159.97
+4.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1381190.78/cwt185.00–195.0072771
Steers—Medium and Large 1424195.06/cwt188.00–198.0082760
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428174.35/cwt170.50–177.5074661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474162.00/cwt162.00–162.0076823
Steers—Medium and Large 1475178.42/cwt170.50–188.00847358
Steers—Medium and Large 1527165.85/cwt158.00–174.00874411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541153.26/cwt152.00–155.5082944
Steers—Medium and Large 1578153.74/cwt148.00–161.50889344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587145.10/cwt142.50–147.0085227
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623149.96/cwt142.50–154.00934150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned658145.27/cwt142.00–150.0095642
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,00514
Steers—Medium and Large 1780150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,17058
Steers—Medium and Large 1826145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,2029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,17325
Steers—Medium and Large 11,056137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,45210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384154.04/cwt148.50–160.5059276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427151.84/cwt145.00–153.00648122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477153.03/cwt149.50–156.00730257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525143.48/cwt135.00–152.00753187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584142.91/cwt134.50–147.75835160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned627135.12/cwt132.50–140.0084759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654126.00/cwt126.00–126.0082410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711141.15/cwt140.00–141.501,00443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787137.62/cwt131.00–140.501,08326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,17631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857141.67/cwt141.50–142.501,21436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1938142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,3348
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,028132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,35729

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.