Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2022-07-27

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 27
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
1,100 head
▲ 550 vs last sale 550▲ 1,100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough for a comparison. Demand was good on a good selection. Calves are coming earlier, due to dry conditions in area.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.46/cwt on 748 head.
Average price
$186.46
748 head · 768 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,432
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.27
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1769186.941,437730
Medium and Large 1-2735166.891,22718thin
One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $210 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 sale748 hd
186.46
—
NE average7 barns · 9,619 hd
191.73
−5.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1222721.56/head675.00–750.0072220
Steers—Medium and Large 1309259.33/cwt255.00–274.0080150
Steers—Medium and Large 1372255.98/cwt248.00–258.0095230
Steers—Medium and Large 1415247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,02514
Steers—Medium and Large 1522205.46/cwt205.00–206.001,07315
Steers—Medium and Large 1621186.38/cwt180.00–194.501,15732
Steers—Medium and Large 1684185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,26913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1698
Steers—Medium and Large 1733176.61/cwt171.00–182.001,29561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,27310
Steers—Medium and Large 1774181.27/cwt177.50–183.751,40384
Steers—Medium and Large 1816177.47/cwt174.00–178.001,44879
Steers—Medium and Large 1878175.02/cwt168.50–177.501,537184
Steers—Medium and Large 1932170.72/cwt165.50–178.001,591168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1227660.00/head660.00–660.0066010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1281760.00/head760.00–760.0076017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1299239.00/cwt239.00–239.0071513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333228.05/cwt226.00–231.0075951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384227.00/cwt227.00–227.008728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448196.50/cwt196.50–196.5088018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623164.44/cwt162.50–167.001,02421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,23318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2756165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919164.76/cwt160.00–166.751,51475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,5949

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.