Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2022-02-03

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 3
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,778 head
▼ 2,462 vs last sale 6,240▼ 1,057 vs year ago 4,835 · −21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 600 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower and steers over 600 lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold unevenly from 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs sold mostly 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.64/cwt on 1,835 head.
Average price
$178.64
1,835 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.14
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1732178.771,3081,662
Medium and Large 1-2625177.381,109173
One grade step is worth $1.39/cwt here — about $199 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 sale1,835 hd
178.64
—
NE average10 barns · 17,720 hd
177.50
+1.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1375230.10/cwt225.00–237.008639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390210.19/cwt209.00–219.0082023
Steers—Medium and Large 1465209.16/cwt208.00–210.0097324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483197.76/cwt197.50–199.0095512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537195.71/cwt191.00–199.001,05119
Steers—Medium and Large 1538206.98/cwt203.00–207.501,11494
Steers—Medium and Large 1576199.53/cwt193.50–207.001,149155
Steers—Medium and Large 1627193.48/cwt182.50–196.751,213242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,15614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670167.37/cwt164.50–170.001,12172
Steers—Medium and Large 1687180.35/cwt172.50–185.501,239154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy703186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,31151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1534
Steers—Medium and Large 1725172.74/cwt168.50–178.001,252157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy768180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,38218
Steers—Medium and Large 1771172.27/cwt166.50–176.501,328244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795157.02/cwt155.00–159.001,24829
Steers—Medium and Large 1819163.80/cwt158.50–167.001,342144
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy873170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,48468
Steers—Medium and Large 1877163.86/cwt162.00–165.501,437161
Steers—Medium and Large 1927151.14/cwt149.00–155.001,40164
Steers—Medium and Large 1972155.03/cwt150.50–156.501,50777
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342210.00/cwt210.00–210.0071815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346195.00/cwt195.00–195.006759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378199.00/cwt199.00–199.0075214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435191.37/cwt187.00–195.5083266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469184.03/cwt178.50–186.5086328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483175.49/cwt173.00–177.0084843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2501170.33/cwt169.00–171.0085321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529180.48/cwt175.00–188.00955118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570176.74/cwt173.50–180.501,00787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575165.34/cwt160.00–170.0095141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610174.50/cwt170.50–177.001,064154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633158.00/cwt155.00–159.501,00040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667159.86/cwt156.00–169.501,066294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676147.00/cwt147.00–147.0099410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719154.09/cwt151.00–156.001,108183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776151.93/cwt146.00–154.751,179178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819151.86/cwt150.50–153.001,244128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,18927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1852146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,24846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,38364

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.