Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2019-12-12

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 12
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,851 head
▲ 3,061 vs last sale 2,790▲ 5,851 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers were 6.00 - 8.00 lower, except 500 - 600 lb steers were 2.00 - 10.00 higher. Demand was good in the seats and on the internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.06/cwt on 2,962 head.
Average price
$173.06
2,962 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.34
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575174.321,0032,594
Medium and Large 1-2534164.18877368
One grade step is worth $10.14/cwt here — about $126 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 sale2,962 hd
173.06
—
NE average10 barns · 17,028 hd
165.72
+7.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1344185.00/cwt185.00–185.0063611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned354211.00/cwt211.00–211.0074715
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360222.00/cwt222.00–222.0079916
Steers—Medium and Large 1395207.09/cwt195.00–215.50818100
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned411196.02/cwt194.00–196.5080650
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413166.50/cwt166.50–166.5068812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed417208.50/cwt208.50–208.5086960
Steers—Medium and Large 1439190.91/cwt184.50–194.00838114
Steers—Medium and Large 1471191.18/cwt177.00–198.00900374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477172.58/cwt168.00–176.00823114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493175.02/cwt168.00–178.0086327
Steers—Medium and Large 1510181.88/cwt175.50–190.00928175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531165.79/cwt158.00–170.50880155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural538192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,03676
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy558186.88/cwt184.50–189.001,043202
Steers—Medium and Large 1564163.93/cwt159.50–178.00925213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585159.88/cwt158.50–160.5093534
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned594155.50/cwt155.50–155.5092422
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned605155.00/cwt155.00–155.0093836
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy608171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,04095
Steers—Medium and Large 1629161.08/cwt149.00–167.001,013575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646141.42/cwt138.00–145.0091436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693148.39/cwt146.50–150.501,02817
Steers—Medium and Large 1697164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,14377
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned702143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0047
Steers—Medium and Large 1717151.75/cwt146.50–155.001,088110
Steers—Medium and Large 1780150.18/cwt142.50–152.501,171135
Steers—Medium and Large 1872143.36/cwt142.25–145.001,25092
Steers—Medium and Large 11,056137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,45212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324166.91/cwt161.50–176.0054128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379172.20/cwt168.00–174.0065361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed390190.50/cwt190.50–190.5074373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419153.50/cwt153.50–153.5064327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440171.36/cwt163.00–179.00754446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443168.50/cwt168.50–168.5074617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478165.24/cwt157.00–172.00790218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478151.35/cwt144.00–155.0072389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522156.78/cwt150.00–161.50818263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543146.00/cwt145.50–146.5079322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577144.95/cwt139.50–150.50836230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624141.65/cwt138.50–143.50884221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675143.05/cwt138.00–145.25966153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717136.38/cwt132.50–139.5097816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719140.50/cwt140.00–141.501,01021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769146.09/cwt141.00–147.751,123203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,16412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575142.50/cwt142.50–142.5081912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1667139.50/cwt139.50–139.509308

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.