Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2020-02-20

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,805 head
▲ 1,624 vs last sale 4,181▲ 5,805 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 16.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 14.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection of green cattle. Crowd and internet activity was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.10/cwt on 3,506 head.
Average price
$168.10
3,506 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.63
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1652168.161,0963,335
Medium and Large 1-2601166.931,003171
One grade step is worth $1.23/cwt here — about $93 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 sale3,506 hd
168.10
—
NE average7 barns · 14,482 hd
164.47
+3.63
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1344210.00/cwt210.00–210.007228
Steers—Medium and Large 1429205.57/cwt203.00–211.0088297
Steers—Medium and Large 1482194.97/cwt190.00–198.00940168
Steers—Medium and Large 1532186.75/cwt183.50–194.50994245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545175.00/cwt175.00–175.0095428
Steers—Medium and Large 1570182.36/cwt173.00–187.001,039577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587168.98/cwt168.75–170.50992117
Steers—Medium and Large 1620168.99/cwt166.50–175.001,048562
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC658178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,17193
Steers—Medium and Large 1672161.09/cwt152.00–169.501,083565
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC712166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,182162
Steers—Medium and Large 1720158.27/cwt157.00–161.001,140241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,07726
Steers—Medium and Large 1773147.22/cwt140.50–152.501,138342
Steers—Medium and Large 1824138.77/cwt138.00–139.501,14334
Steers—Medium and Large 1875137.06/cwt130.50–139.751,199120
Steers—Medium and Large 1910137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,25458
Steers—Medium and Large 1975133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,29763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378186.79/cwt183.50–189.0070632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433176.68/cwt169.00–189.5076595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480172.02/cwt165.50–176.0082676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485150.47/cwt147.00–157.0073035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement513180.08/cwt178.00–183.50924101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527165.13/cwt159.50–170.0087069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571163.77/cwt157.50–170.00935270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589139.39/cwt135.00–146.0082120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630154.39/cwt150.50–157.00973267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648138.00/cwt138.00–138.0089422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665144.39/cwt142.00–149.50960237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698134.50/cwt134.50–134.5093923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714139.89/cwt136.50–144.0099956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement717153.46/cwt152.00–154.501,100121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784131.41/cwt128.50–131.751,03086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824126.52/cwt126.00–128.001,04345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,14265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1638

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.