Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-11-11

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 11
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
4,411 head
▼ 1,099 vs last sale 5,510▲ 811 vs year ago 3,600 · +22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 2.00 - 12.00 higher and heifers were steady - 3.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.49/cwt on 2,471 head.
Average price
$191.49
2,471 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.93
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533192.811,0272,283
Medium and Large 1-2535175.50939188
One grade step is worth $17.30/cwt here — about $88 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 sale2,471 hd
191.49
—
NE average11 barns · 19,526 hd
177.56
+13.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 1340226.00/cwt226.00–226.0076818
Steers—Medium and Large 1369228.34/cwt209.00–233.0084381
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy424232.07/cwt230.50–238.50984247
Steers—Medium and Large 1435212.49/cwt202.00–223.50924207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472171.88/cwt171.00–173.5081133
Steers—Medium and Large 1479207.77/cwt199.00–219.50995297
Steers—Medium and Large 1511197.33/cwt194.00–200.001,008411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538182.78/cwt171.50–188.00983122
Steers—Medium and Large 1573175.42/cwt166.50–187.501,005584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587152.22/cwt151.00–155.5089433
Steers—Medium and Large 1628163.83/cwt151.50–171.501,029193
Steers—Medium and Large 1675163.54/cwt155.00–168.001,104145
Steers—Medium and Large 1746155.26/cwt148.00–157.501,15838
Steers—Medium and Large 1768151.26/cwt147.50–159.001,16232
Steers—Medium and Large 1875166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,45330
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342182.17/cwt182.00–182.5062318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381173.54/cwt170.50–177.0066149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422174.92/cwt168.00–180.00738157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428155.00/cwt155.00–155.0066322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479168.27/cwt157.00–177.50806271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525166.82/cwt153.00–172.50876301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526148.70/cwt146.50–151.0078254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575157.23/cwt147.00–165.50904202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615146.40/cwt145.50–148.0090052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673142.67/cwt137.00–146.5096047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1893149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,3358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1912150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,37333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985142.00/cwt141.00–143.001,39914
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,068141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,5116

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.