Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-03-18

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,475 head
▼ 350 vs last sale 3,825▲ 1,490 vs year ago 1,985 · +75.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.84/cwt on 1,686 head.
Average price
$147.84
1,686 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.35
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522151.5779146
Medium and Large 1629147.749301,640
One grade step is worth $3.83/cwt here — about −$139 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 sale1,686 hd
147.84
—
NE average3 barns · 4,715 hd
140.50
+7.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 1379209.87/cwt206.00–211.5079516
Steers—Medium and Large 1476197.59/cwt194.00–208.0094161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508163.50/cwt163.50–163.508318
Steers—Medium and Large 1518190.32/cwt183.50–198.0098670
Steers—Medium and Large 1572180.20/cwt173.50–185.501,031242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633149.00/cwt149.00–149.009438
Steers—Medium and Large 1636167.31/cwt165.50–168.251,064186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670145.50/cwt145.50–145.509758
Steers—Medium and Large 1671157.01/cwt153.75–162.501,054257
Steers—Medium and Large 1715149.83/cwt140.50–152.501,071133
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC749136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,01914
Steers—Medium and Large 1770144.69/cwt139.00–147.501,114211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,06811
Steers—Medium and Large 1807135.37/cwt135.00–136.001,09241
Steers—Medium and Large 1876131.77/cwt127.50–132.501,154109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368173.36/cwt165.50–182.5063820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426179.04/cwt175.00–184.5076364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480159.00/cwt159.00–159.0076317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487165.86/cwt164.50–176.00808119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518165.65/cwt158.50–170.00858223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527150.54/cwt148.00–152.5079321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned574133.00/cwt133.00–133.0076311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585153.31/cwt142.00–156.50897282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2596138.50/cwt138.50–138.508258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614145.37/cwt137.00–152.00893217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660140.75/cwt137.50–143.00929195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725135.49/cwt130.50–139.00982240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC736135.52/cwt134.00–137.5099735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774126.13/cwt123.00–128.0097635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC818128.86/cwt126.00–130.001,05487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825126.08/cwt124.00–127.251,040107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC923125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1545

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.