Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2022-02-17

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
7,320 head
▲ 3,542 vs last sale 3,778▲ 2,540 vs year ago 4,780 · +53.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week . Demand was good today, with a good selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.12/cwt on 3,519 head.
Average price
$180.12
3,519 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,300
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.20
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2618187.471,15936
Medium and Large 1723180.041,3013,483
One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale3,519 hd
180.12
—
NE average9 barns · 17,757 hd
176.92
+3.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388219.00/cwt219.00–219.0085010
Steers—Medium and Large 1429235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0089
Steers—Medium and Large 1470231.17/cwt224.50–236.001,086126
Steers—Medium and Large 1534230.47/cwt218.50–237.001,231134
Steers—Medium and Large 1582212.76/cwt207.00–220.001,238314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy602213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,28535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618187.47/cwt183.00–190.001,15936
Steers—Medium and Large 1638194.89/cwt192.00–199.001,243215
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC649195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,26923
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy676196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,32590
Steers—Medium and Large 1678181.48/cwt173.50–191.501,230391
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC704182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,28123
Steers—Medium and Large 1723174.17/cwt165.00–182.501,259576
Steers—Medium and Large 1768166.86/cwt162.50–170.001,281624
Steers—Medium and Large 1821162.04/cwt155.50–168.001,330391
Steers—Medium and Large 1876157.20/cwt153.50–162.001,377361
Steers—Medium and Large 1902154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,394125
Steers—Medium and Large 1965151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,46236
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434198.99/cwt190.00–203.0086464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475190.62/cwt187.00–196.0090580
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533185.76/cwt180.00–192.50990232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582175.20/cwt171.00–177.501,020249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620169.32/cwt162.00–176.001,050510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671163.59/cwt159.00–173.001,098423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712158.12/cwt151.50–166.001,126492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement764164.63/cwt160.00–172.001,25880
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785149.65/cwt147.00–155.501,175238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823146.62/cwt144.00–148.001,207157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884144.25/cwt144.00–144.501,27554
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,057125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,32111

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.