Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-01-21

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
7,460 head
▼ 750 vs last sale 8,210▲ 2,245 vs year ago 5,215 · +43.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 7.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 14.00 higher, with the lighter heifers showing the big raise. Demand was good all day, with crowd and internet buyers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.85/cwt on 3,792 head.
Average price
$162.85
3,792 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$149
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.30
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510166.8285176
Medium and Large 1614162.769993,716
One grade step is worth $4.05/cwt here — about −$149 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 sale3,792 hd
162.85
—
NE average10 barns · 21,381 hd
151.55
+11.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 1367203.55/cwt196.00–210.0074746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428180.46/cwt180.00–181.0077220
Steers—Medium and Large 1435199.62/cwt190.50–209.00868212
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC455186.71/cwt184.00–188.5085071
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470175.25/cwt175.00–175.5082421
Steers—Medium and Large 1473189.52/cwt178.00–198.00896199
Steers—Medium and Large 1520177.67/cwt169.50–182.50924558
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC565166.12/cwt149.00–169.50939205
Steers—Medium and Large 1575168.99/cwt161.00–177.00972429
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581153.96/cwt151.50–157.5089535
Steers—Medium and Large 1622154.20/cwt150.00–163.50959333
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC624157.43/cwt156.50–157.50982161
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC660154.07/cwt151.50–155.501,017223
Steers—Medium and Large 1666148.79/cwt141.00–152.50991376
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC719149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,07576
Steers—Medium and Large 1721144.95/cwt139.50–149.001,045373
Steers—Medium and Large 1774141.65/cwt138.50–144.501,096309
Steers—Medium and Large 1866139.95/cwt136.50–142.751,212145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391180.56/cwt172.00–185.5070635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410194.00/cwt194.00–194.00795108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435184.32/cwt169.50–186.50802137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440164.12/cwt163.00–164.5072246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469176.82/cwt160.00–187.00829386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480153.74/cwt149.00–158.5073846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527160.18/cwt153.50–167.50844407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570154.90/cwt144.50–160.00883341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement606159.00/cwt159.00–159.0096432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624140.37/cwt134.50–149.00876349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671126.36/cwt125.00–127.5084818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678142.01/cwt133.00–153.00963249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement685164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,12762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732129.59/cwt127.50–131.50949161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,00442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,01529

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.