Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-01-07

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
8,100 head
▲ 1,735 vs last sale 6,365▲ 1,125 vs year ago 6,975 · +16.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with crowd and internet activity.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.06/cwt on 4,048 head.
Average price
$158.06
4,048 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.13
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657158.091,0393,972
Medium and Large 1-2568156.4488876
One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about $151 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 sale4,048 hd
158.06
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NE average7 barns · 18,435 hd
153.93
+4.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1385207.15/cwt205.00–209.0079832
Steers—Medium and Large 1423199.00/cwt195.00–200.5084241
Steers—Medium and Large 1471190.16/cwt180.50–194.00896255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474165.00/cwt165.00–165.0078215
Steers—Medium and Large 1522181.00/cwt172.50–190.50945480
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538169.50/cwt169.50–169.5091211
Steers—Medium and Large 1574166.60/cwt160.00–173.50956587
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574156.42/cwt155.00–157.5089829
Steers—Medium and Large 1626155.78/cwt147.00–165.50975489
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641143.50/cwt143.50–143.5092021
Steers—Medium and Large 1678151.85/cwt142.50–156.501,030625
Steers—Medium and Large 1723145.22/cwt138.50–152.501,050561
Steers—Medium and Large 1775143.21/cwt138.00–146.001,110330
Steers—Medium and Large 1824140.96/cwt133.50–144.501,162442
Steers—Medium and Large 1910137.41/cwt136.00–139.001,250130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333183.50/cwt183.50–183.5061113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387175.15/cwt172.00–180.5067816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423181.30/cwt174.50–186.00767129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478176.38/cwt170.00–181.50843373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479152.28/cwt147.00–161.50729125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525153.91/cwt145.00–157.5080859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527171.46/cwt159.00–177.50904252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574151.23/cwt142.00–159.50868370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2604130.50/cwt130.50–130.5078819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement614162.85/cwt161.00–164.001,00097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624140.63/cwt135.00–150.00878589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679137.38/cwt132.00–147.00933270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690128.50/cwt128.50–128.5088719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720132.05/cwt128.50–133.50951267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775130.35/cwt128.00–134.001,01069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816132.36/cwt130.50–134.001,080136

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.