Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2022-12-08

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,403 head
▲ 243 vs last sale 5,160▲ 1,266 vs year ago 4,137 · +30.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 6.00 - 30.00 higher, and heifers were steady - 20.00 higher. Demand was good on a good selection offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $214.30/cwt on 2,881 head.
Average price
$214.30
2,881 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,387
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.45
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650216.551,4082,537
Medium and Large 1-2626197.711,238344
One grade step is worth $18.85/cwt here — about $170 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 sale2,881 hd
214.30
—
NE average9 barns · 17,472 hd
205.85
+8.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1387255.00/cwt255.00–255.0098711
Steers—Medium and Large 1423254.45/cwt247.50–264.001,07656
Steers—Medium and Large 1483256.97/cwt248.00–267.001,24194
Steers—Medium and Large 1527239.57/cwt226.00–245.001,263376
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528207.21/cwt200.00–220.001,09441
Steers—Medium and Large 1561237.02/cwt232.00–242.001,330200
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC586199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,16614
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full588216.19/cwt215.00–219.001,271114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,19343
Steers—Medium and Large 1620225.05/cwt211.00–231.001,395553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621205.44/cwt204.50–207.501,276130
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632185.65/cwt177.00–189.501,17348
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,24443
Steers—Medium and Large 1673213.54/cwt203.00–218.501,437248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673185.72/cwt180.00–195.001,250130
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC685203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,39175
Steers—Medium and Large 1723192.80/cwt188.00–196.001,394163
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC771206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,588111
Steers—Medium and Large 1784189.39/cwt181.50–194.751,485135
Steers—Medium and Large 1823179.11/cwt176.00–182.751,47486
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC843192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,61964
Steers—Medium and Large 1860191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,64770
Steers—Medium and Large 1976170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,66460
Steers—Medium and Large 11,071158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,69816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335235.18/cwt234.50–235.50788181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385248.68/cwt229.00–251.00957185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425196.00/cwt196.00–196.0083321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432223.36/cwt214.00–230.00965217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475198.62/cwt185.50–209.5094380
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513188.79/cwt185.00–194.0096826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529202.47/cwt194.50–210.501,071235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581185.50/cwt178.00–191.501,078137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,03021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615180.49/cwt174.00–184.001,110149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674176.74/cwt165.50–183.001,191154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,19212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788168.93/cwt168.50–169.001,33181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,52363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1989161.52/cwt153.50–165.001,59720
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,176140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,65212

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.