Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2021-12-09

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 9
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
4,137 head
▼ 1,959 vs last sale 6,096▼ 1,728 vs year ago 5,865 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 4.00 lower and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good for the mostly home raised, one iron calves. Most of the calves had been weaned for over 45 days with some short weaned or bawling calves in the mix. Majority of the run had a fall vaccination program. Handful, of true yearling cattle sold on the day. Not many load lots of calves in Thursday sale took some steam off the cattle market as buyers had to put together several drafts to make a load. There were a few load lots and those lots of calves would of sold steady to last week’s market. Next Thursday, December 16, Special Calf and Feeder sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.98/cwt on 1,980 head.
Average price
$180.98
1,980 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.73
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613183.421,1241,630
Medium and Large 1-2615169.621,044350
One grade step is worth $13.80/cwt here — about $80 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 sale1,980 hd
180.98
—
NE average9 barns · 13,772 hd
182.71
−1.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383210.00/cwt210.00–210.008048
Steers—Medium and Large 1419209.72/cwt207.00–214.0087941
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned427191.48/cwt188.00–202.5081812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442184.50/cwt184.50–184.508155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned479189.99/cwt181.00–196.0091013
Steers—Medium and Large 1482213.56/cwt201.00–220.501,029222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483190.59/cwt189.00–192.0092140
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508186.22/cwt180.50–193.0094628
Steers—Medium and Large 1533200.07/cwt191.50–209.001,066133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533179.19/cwt172.00–182.0095546
Steers—Medium and Large 1564189.63/cwt180.00–196.001,070277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569172.23/cwt166.50–178.0098029
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned581181.07/cwt175.50–187.001,05267
Steers—Medium and Large 1629173.88/cwt170.00–178.001,094254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631163.89/cwt160.50–165.001,034108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632166.87/cwt161.50–168.501,05564
Steers—Medium and Large 1666170.64/cwt160.00–173.001,136118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned680165.19/cwt162.50–168.501,12350
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688163.05/cwt158.00–164.001,12283
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy713157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,11921
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned721158.41/cwt155.00–160.001,14238
Steers—Medium and Large 1731171.51/cwt162.00–172.001,254118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned746140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0447
Steers—Medium and Large 1760165.09/cwt161.00–168.501,25513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy794155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,23514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805153.74/cwt153.00–155.501,23824
Steers—Medium and Large 1811169.58/cwt168.50–170.501,375129
Steers—Medium and Large 1886151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,34218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,59011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374182.36/cwt181.00–184.0068236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned416172.89/cwt169.00–175.0071915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430175.90/cwt169.00–179.0075622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440189.58/cwt189.00–190.5083444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned480168.60/cwt167.00–171.0080918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481165.50/cwt165.50–165.5079633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483178.67/cwt173.50–183.0086338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483164.50/cwt164.50–164.507955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed503184.50/cwt184.50–184.5092855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519174.80/cwt165.50–181.0090793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned525172.23/cwt166.00–175.5090477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542163.00/cwt163.00–163.0088328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565164.99/cwt162.50–166.50932110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570155.00/cwt155.00–155.0088422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned580157.52/cwt154.50–160.00914101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611160.94/cwt157.50–167.50983141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624144.65/cwt140.50–148.0090318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy631150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632153.80/cwt143.00–156.5097260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657158.53/cwt149.50–159.501,042118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned659151.25/cwt145.00–154.5099724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy702145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,01811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,10264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725155.84/cwt155.50–156.501,130148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756154.08/cwt152.00–156.501,16583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,18811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned781145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,25577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1891153.72/cwt153.50–155.001,37020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy898148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,32948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902157.93/cwt157.00–158.001,42529
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,010151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,53019
Heifers—Large 11,027154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,58711
Heifers—Large 11,140147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,67617
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1306205.00/cwt205.00–205.006279
Bulls—Medium and Large 1438181.00/cwt181.00–181.007936
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529170.00/cwt170.00–170.008995

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.