Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2020-10-15

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 15
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,170 head
▲ 3,099 vs last sale 2,071▲ 230 vs year ago 4,940 · +4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers were steady - 7.00 higher. Demand was good on good offering offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.88/cwt on 2,740 head.
Average price
$148.88
2,740 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$976
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.24
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1656149.079782,712
Medium and Large 1-2627130.5081828
One grade step is worth $18.57/cwt here — about $160 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 sale2,740 hd
148.88
—
NE average10 barns · 12,419 hd
145.64
+3.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 1322176.94/cwt170.50–205.0057038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367165.00/cwt165.00–165.0060634
Steers—Medium and Large 1388189.81/cwt185.50–200.0073694
Steers—Medium and Large 1435178.30/cwt170.00–190.00776157
Steers—Medium and Large 1474175.84/cwt166.50–186.00833451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483154.50/cwt154.50–154.5074637
Steers—Medium and Large 1529168.89/cwt160.00–176.00893194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539151.51/cwt145.00–154.0081754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574151.74/cwt147.00–156.50871109
Steers—Medium and Large 1575160.69/cwt158.00–163.00924257
Steers—Medium and Large 1618152.50/cwt147.50–159.5094288
Steers—Medium and Large 1676147.19/cwt143.00–160.0099577
Steers—Medium and Large 1746147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1008
Steers—Medium and Large 1786142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,11618
Steers—Medium and Large 1811140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,13511
Steers—Medium and Large 1931138.46/cwt133.50–139.251,28965
Steers—Medium and Large 1990128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,26766
Steers—Medium and Large 11,053119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340165.05/cwt155.00–175.0056178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1392159.18/cwt157.50–164.5062477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423157.76/cwt152.00–162.50667196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476156.61/cwt147.50–163.50745325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528148.05/cwt142.00–152.50782163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568146.56/cwt140.00–153.00832206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627130.50/cwt130.50–130.5081828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633151.14/cwt140.00–155.5095751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added674158.04/cwt156.00–158.501,065235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679141.34/cwt134.50–150.50960123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715157.42/cwt156.25–158.251,126367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731142.08/cwt139.00–147.501,039150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787142.20/cwt135.00–145.251,119187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added801146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,169117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813136.86/cwt132.00–144.751,113162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878135.68/cwt134.00–138.501,19177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926130.32/cwt130.00–130.501,20717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1959130.94/cwt124.00–133.251,25680
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,019125.84/cwt125.50–126.001,282101

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.