Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2022-05-12

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, May 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,275 head
▼ 1,880 vs last sale 5,155▲ 2,015 vs year ago 1,260 · +159.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today on all weights offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.99/cwt on 1,876 head.
Average price
$162.99
1,876 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.56
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641163.491,0471,785
Medium and Large 1-2632153.1796791
One grade step is worth $10.32/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 sale1,876 hd
162.99
—
NE average7 barns · 5,874 hd
160.43
+2.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1537187.44/cwt181.00–194.001,00737
Steers—Medium and Large 1581181.67/cwt177.00–190.001,05676
Steers—Medium and Large 1617183.15/cwt182.00–184.501,13024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627166.98/cwt160.00–171.001,04714
Steers—Medium and Large 1669175.69/cwt170.00–180.001,175170
Steers—Medium and Large 1727158.24/cwt155.00–162.501,15020
Steers—Medium and Large 1761161.05/cwt155.50–167.501,22666
Steers—Medium and Large 1825158.69/cwt153.00–161.001,30941
Steers—Medium and Large 1856157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,34852
Steers—Medium and Large 1936146.46/cwt145.00–147.001,371186
Steers—Medium and Large 11,041144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,50491
Steers—Medium and Large 11,057141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,49629
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379175.00/cwt175.00–175.006636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408183.56/cwt183.00–185.0074929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477183.56/cwt178.00–187.50876124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489155.50/cwt155.50–155.5076013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537178.09/cwt173.00–184.00956326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540168.37/cwt166.00–171.0090944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588167.01/cwt159.50–172.50982271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630164.55/cwt159.50–166.501,037364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647150.50/cwt150.50–150.509747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667159.68/cwt153.00–162.001,065232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,00311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731151.89/cwt147.50–156.501,110169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776144.45/cwt138.00–147.501,12119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814139.19/cwt138.50–140.001,133116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2866110.50/cwt110.50–110.509577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874138.53/cwt136.50–140.001,21144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1933136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,26921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1953139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,32964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2984127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2559

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.