Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2022-01-27

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
6,240 head
▼ 1,440 vs last sale 7,680▲ 1,105 vs year ago 5,135 · +21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Both steers and heifers sold weak, steers trading mostly 7.00 lower and heifers trading mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.14/cwt on 2,835 head.
Average price
$183.14
2,835 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$168
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.50
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564184.641,041256
Medium and Large 1661182.991,2092,579
One grade step is worth $1.64/cwt here — about −$168 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 sale2,835 hd
183.14
—
NE average10 barns · 20,645 hd
177.64
+5.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315218.00/cwt218.00–218.006879
Steers—Medium and Large 1370235.00/cwt235.00–235.0087016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379209.34/cwt205.00–212.0079327
Steers—Medium and Large 1425230.97/cwt219.00–239.00982129
Steers—Medium and Large 1481218.59/cwt200.25–229.001,051241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520195.36/cwt191.00–198.001,01684
Steers—Medium and Large 1524207.79/cwt205.00–212.001,08962
Steers—Medium and Large 1568202.43/cwt186.00–207.001,150358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589181.39/cwt181.00–183.001,06846
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,20239
Steers—Medium and Large 1628183.51/cwt173.00–190.001,152480
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,09331
Steers—Medium and Large 1672177.92/cwt171.00–182.501,196275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690162.67/cwt161.00–163.001,12259
Steers—Medium and Large 1715167.87/cwt164.00–172.501,200268
Steers—Medium and Large 1782159.84/cwt156.50–164.001,250320
Steers—Medium and Large 1808155.68/cwt151.50–157.501,258102
Steers—Medium and Large 1885151.69/cwt148.50–157.001,342235
Steers—Medium and Large 1916148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,35654
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322208.04/cwt203.50–210.0067056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386200.62/cwt194.50–207.00774172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428191.08/cwt186.50–193.50818138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439170.04/cwt168.00–174.0074617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477187.24/cwt179.00–192.00893251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488170.29/cwt170.00–170.5083137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525167.38/cwt161.00–172.0087964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527177.14/cwt172.50–180.50934258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573154.35/cwt149.50–162.50884118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575173.88/cwt165.00–182.251,000594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement631190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,19956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631157.24/cwt150.00–167.00992561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682149.70/cwt145.50–154.001,021157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694147.99/cwt142.50–149.001,02725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1744146.31/cwt145.50–149.251,089113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement748160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,20112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788150.42/cwt150.00–151.001,18567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,16423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,22457

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.