Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-01-28

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 28
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,135 head
▼ 2,325 vs last sale 7,460▼ 2,340 vs year ago 7,475 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 4.00 higher. Heifers were steady - 9.00 lower, except 600 - 700 were 3.00 - 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a cold day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.05/cwt on 2,419 head.
Average price
$154.05
2,419 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.95
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589155.5091615thin
Medium and Large 1675154.041,0402,404
One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale2,419 hd
154.05
—
NE average9 barns · 15,980 hd
156.00
−1.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 1363197.00/cwt197.00–197.007156
Steers—Medium and Large 1448186.00/cwt186.00–186.0083312
Steers—Medium and Large 1470185.91/cwt184.00–192.5087496
Steers—Medium and Large 1520177.20/cwt172.00–185.50921119
Steers—Medium and Large 1572168.07/cwt162.50–175.50961394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589155.50/cwt155.50–155.5091615
Steers—Medium and Large 1630153.27/cwt148.50–161.00966319
Steers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged659156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,02810
Steers—Medium and Large 1672149.09/cwt141.00–155.001,002487
Steers—Medium and Large 1724147.06/cwt139.50–150.501,065327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Source/Aged766152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,16455
Steers—Medium and Large 1768145.04/cwt137.50–147.001,114310
Steers—Medium and Large 1811142.27/cwt140.50–142.501,15487
Steers—Medium and Large 1860138.80/cwt133.00–139.751,194113
Steers—Medium and Large 1931133.56/cwt133.00–135.001,24369
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394168.00/cwt168.00–168.0066214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420167.46/cwt165.00–169.5070350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481166.92/cwt161.50–171.00803118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532159.44/cwt154.50–165.50848368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577149.77/cwt144.50–157.00864269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621144.35/cwt140.50–147.00896359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673136.73/cwt132.00–142.50920297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691127.00/cwt127.00–127.0087810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708132.31/cwt127.00–136.00937163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774130.20/cwt129.00–133.001,008239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829127.53/cwt126.50–128.001,05731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,14253
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,083123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,33819

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.