Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-12-02

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 2
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
6,096 head
▲ 2,496 vs last sale 3,600▲ 1,241 vs year ago 4,855 · +25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Steers under 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher with instances 15.00-20.00 higher on flyweights. Steers over 700 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher on comparable sales. Heifer calves sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher on weights under 600 lbs over 600 lbs sold 3.00 higher. The Schow brothers kept the sale at a fast pace throughout the day. Buyers from the tri-state area bid readily for fully vaccinated bawling, weaned calves and yearling feeders. Weigh-up was in the sellers favor most of the day and buyers didn’t deter from it as they were there to fill buy orders. Special Calf and Feeder Cattle sale next week December 9th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $196.21/cwt on 3,972 head.
Average price
$196.21
3,972 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.88
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558197.631,1033,632
Medium and Large 1-2550180.99996340
One grade step is worth $16.64/cwt here — about $108 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 sale3,972 hd
196.21
—
NE average6 barns · 18,178 hd
183.33
+12.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

62 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2263635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,67015
Steers—Medium and Large 1332244.85/cwt226.00–249.00813194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed357226.00/cwt226.00–226.0080729
Steers—Medium and Large 1387225.75/cwt216.00–233.00874269
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full393211.00/cwt211.00–211.0082926
Steers—Medium and Large 1415217.30/cwt208.00–219.00902464
Steers—Medium and Large 1463215.00/cwt203.00–225.00995296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed470191.50/cwt191.50–191.5090042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473193.53/cwt190.00–199.0091543
Steers—Medium and Large 1515206.83/cwt200.00–211.001,065348
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525196.64/cwt190.50–201.001,032167
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530185.00/cwt185.00–185.0098132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535170.00/cwt170.00–170.009106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544174.20/cwt160.50–186.0094837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560176.90/cwt174.50–177.5099195
Steers—Medium and Large 1571200.74/cwt193.00–204.501,146379
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned584184.90/cwt184.00–186.001,08064
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned614157.56/cwt154.00–162.5096724
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed619186.25/cwt182.00–190.501,153135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned631170.23/cwt165.50–173.501,074234
Steers—Medium and Large 1635178.71/cwt172.50–188.501,135173
Steers—Medium and Large 1655180.62/cwt179.00–181.501,183225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675167.95/cwt165.50–168.501,13439
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned677161.13/cwt155.50–165.501,09129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715157.79/cwt154.50–160.001,12862
Steers—Medium and Large 1741171.90/cwt163.50–173.501,274210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,19220
Steers—Medium and Large 1773167.40/cwt166.00–169.501,29466
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy794150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,19516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed820163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3375
Steers—Medium and Large 1832170.76/cwt168.00–171.501,421125
Steers—Medium and Large 1875165.92/cwt165.50–166.501,45265
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy905147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,33019
Steers—Medium and Large 1929162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,51025
Steers—Medium and Large 1973160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5579
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324185.00/cwt185.00–185.005997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332207.82/cwt205.00–209.0069032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382189.92/cwt188.00–194.0072566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431179.88/cwt172.00–184.00775137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438172.77/cwt172.50–173.0075724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482191.32/cwt187.00–193.50922116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486169.25/cwt163.00–172.0082320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned498174.00/cwt174.00–174.0086751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526176.05/cwt170.50–183.50926269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2544165.06/cwt164.50–166.0089885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy559179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,00166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568169.51/cwt163.50–172.50963161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574155.77/cwt153.00–160.0089431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623157.23/cwt153.50–162.00980156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628148.00/cwt148.00–148.009298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645152.50/cwt152.50–152.5098416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694141.50/cwt141.50–141.509827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,13316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726150.65/cwt147.50–152.501,09429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769142.06/cwt141.50–142.501,09236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy822132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,08911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828156.03/cwt152.50–157.001,29253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,3154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1944155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,4708
Heifers—Large 11,023157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,61145
Heifers—Large 11,079145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5657
Heifers—Large 11,129140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5815

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.