Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-11-18

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 18
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,600 head
▼ 811 vs last sale 4,411▲ 1,035 vs year ago 2,565 · +40.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 4.00 lower, except 600 lb heifers were 7.00 higher. 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 $175.49/cwt on 1,516 head.
Average price
$175.49
1,516 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$139
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.19
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495176.18873170
Medium and Large 1577175.401,0121,346
One grade step is worth $0.78/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 sale1,516 hd
175.49
—
NE average8 barns · 10,940 hd
172.30
+3.19
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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388213.06/cwt207.50–216.0082792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413190.00/cwt190.00–190.0078521
Steers—Medium and Large 1442204.66/cwt194.00–219.0090560
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475186.49/cwt184.00–193.0088699
Steers—Medium and Large 1476206.08/cwt196.00–210.50981141
Steers—Medium and Large 1531180.89/cwt176.00–189.00961210
Steers—Medium and Large 1569171.35/cwt167.50–178.00975317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570149.97/cwt144.50–160.5085550
Steers—Medium and Large 1625162.84/cwt155.50–168.501,018272
Steers—Medium and Large 1667158.29/cwt148.50–163.001,05689
Steers—Medium and Large 1720145.72/cwt139.50–148.501,04987
Steers—Medium and Large 1771148.29/cwt144.50–159.001,14356
Steers—Medium and Large 1906158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,43622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338174.51/cwt173.00–180.0059026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353168.50/cwt168.50–168.505959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426169.53/cwt161.00–176.00722123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478166.40/cwt155.50–173.50795264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523164.90/cwt155.25–170.00862230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574156.93/cwt149.00–160.50901123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626153.27/cwt148.00–159.00959114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633138.08/cwt137.00–140.0087417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1697144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,00411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727153.19/cwt142.50–159.001,114135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775155.15/cwt154.50–156.001,20275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822157.13/cwt157.00–157.501,29255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879156.14/cwt156.00–156.501,37217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963153.68/cwt152.50–154.001,48028
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,131136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,53811

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.