Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2020-01-23

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,215 head
▼ 1,570 vs last sale 6,785▲ 5,215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 1.00 - 4.00 higher, except 700 lb were 3.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 5.00 lower except 550 lb heifers were 6.00 higher. Demand was good on all weights offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.80/cwt on 2,405 head.
Average price
$172.80
2,405 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.00
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622173.821,0812,206
Medium and Large 1-2607161.49980199
One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $102 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 sale2,405 hd
172.80
—
NE average9 barns · 13,877 hd
165.80
+7.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1392215.10/cwt212.00–220.0084333
Steers—Medium and Large 1440230.22/cwt225.00–232.001,013103
Steers—Medium and Large 1489204.08/cwt199.50–220.00998129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2498184.00/cwt184.00–184.0091636
Steers—Medium and Large 1520196.54/cwt188.50–200.001,022210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541180.00/cwt180.00–180.0097419
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,04233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573164.31/cwt161.50–166.0094129
Steers—Medium and Large 1587177.77/cwt168.50–182.001,044450
Steers—Medium and Large 1632168.96/cwt160.00–176.501,068339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637154.00/cwt150.00–156.5098146
Steers—Medium and Large 1673160.26/cwt154.00–164.001,079444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675148.46/cwt145.00–150.001,00269
Steers—Medium and Large 1715154.22/cwt149.00–163.001,103328
Steers—Medium and Large 1778145.48/cwt142.00–148.001,13285
Steers—Medium and Large 1826149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,23521
Steers—Medium and Large 1896138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,2417
Steers—Medium and Large 1904139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,25724
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372181.46/cwt170.00–188.0067569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439173.95/cwt169.00–178.0076497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479171.12/cwt166.00–178.50820227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement515180.00/cwt180.00–180.0092784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525166.01/cwt159.00–176.00872391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536157.14/cwt156.50–157.5084284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573157.65/cwt150.50–164.00903343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594145.68/cwt145.00–146.5086553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626146.56/cwt140.50–153.00917277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666139.15/cwt136.00–145.00927238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730136.99/cwt135.50–137.501,00083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,08315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,13022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,1248

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.