Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-10-21

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,685 head
▲ 1,135 vs last sale 2,550▲ 700 vs year ago 2,985 · +23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 -9.00 lower and heifers were 2.00 - 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate in most classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.12/cwt on 1,957 head.
Average price
$172.12
1,957 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$229
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.08
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2456180.6682485
Medium and Large 1613171.731,0531,872
One grade step is worth $8.93/cwt here — about −$229 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 sale1,957 hd
172.12
—
NE average9 barns · 16,209 hd
172.04
+0.08
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1348226.00/cwt226.00–226.0078613
Steers—Medium and Large 1377209.70/cwt201.00–217.0079130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423192.86/cwt191.00–195.0081636
Steers—Medium and Large 1429218.50/cwt218.50–218.5093798
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2457175.00/cwt175.00–175.0080031
Steers—Medium and Large 1475192.97/cwt185.00–201.50917204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520166.00/cwt166.00–166.0086318
Steers—Medium and Large 1527178.72/cwt170.00–189.50942254
Steers—Medium and Large 1576169.01/cwt160.50–180.50973345
Steers—Medium and Large 1619162.74/cwt151.00–171.501,007338
Steers—Medium and Large 1672156.48/cwt152.50–168.501,052241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned705140.00/cwt140.00–140.0098711
Steers—Medium and Large 1736157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1596
Steers—Medium and Large 1769164.10/cwt164.00–164.501,26273
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned786147.85/cwt140.00–148.501,16278
Steers—Medium and Large 1853163.74/cwt163.00–164.501,397127
Steers—Medium and Large 1949153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,45254
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381183.14/cwt178.00–184.0069870
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436165.36/cwt160.50–166.5072181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470157.37/cwt148.00–165.00740114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532152.56/cwt145.00–159.00812220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571148.29/cwt140.00–158.00847206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619141.81/cwt135.50–146.00878191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674136.00/cwt136.00–136.009178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692135.88/cwt130.00–139.5094062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,07545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759154.98/cwt153.00–155.501,17658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1806153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,23740

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.