Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-01-12

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
6,190 head
▲ 615 vs last sale 5,575▼ 1,380 vs year ago 7,570 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher with 550 lbs steers trading 15.00 higher. Over 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold sharply higher on the day with some weights up to 20.00 higher. Weights over 500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Large crowd of buyers with active internet bidding on the day. Several bangs vaccinated, top quality replacement heifers in the run with some lot out selling there steer mates. Special feeder cattle sale Monday Jan 16 and Thursday Jan 19.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.39/cwt on 2,932 head.
Average price
$193.39
2,932 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$235
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.98
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503193.4997465
Medium and Large 1625193.381,2082,867
One grade step is worth $0.11/cwt here — about −$235 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 sale2,932 hd
193.39
—
NE average14 barns · 20,900 hd
187.40
+5.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,01135
Steers—Medium and Large 1424254.45/cwt237.00–263.001,07935
Steers—Medium and Large 1478249.97/cwt237.00–254.001,195180
Steers—Medium and Large 1531230.61/cwt225.00–237.501,22557
Steers—Medium and Large 1561233.02/cwt222.50–242.001,307210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583202.10/cwt196.00–204.501,17849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617190.75/cwt190.50–191.001,17731
Steers—Medium and Large 1633201.39/cwt195.50–211.001,275338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,18511
Steers—Medium and Large 1677188.60/cwt181.00–191.001,277279
Steers—Medium and Large 1731181.34/cwt177.50–188.001,326334
Steers—Medium and Large 1777179.39/cwt177.50–181.751,394253
Steers—Medium and Large 1830179.79/cwt171.50–181.751,492202
Steers—Medium and Large 1879177.38/cwt174.50–180.501,559193
Steers—Medium and Large 1916172.79/cwt169.50–173.501,58385
Steers—Medium and Large 11,017167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,70340
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321226.00/cwt226.00–226.007259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377222.51/cwt216.00–226.0083976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440230.20/cwt224.00–236.001,013190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC451220.00/cwt220.00–220.0099232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465199.74/cwt199.00–201.0092930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474225.40/cwt213.50–233.501,068182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC521215.73/cwt214.00–216.001,12464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527210.26/cwt202.00–221.751,108337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536188.13/cwt179.50–196.001,00835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement579206.53/cwt200.25–213.001,196109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583192.05/cwt175.00–196.001,120188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement608195.75/cwt195.75–195.751,19076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627181.61/cwt175.00–186.501,139347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement672195.83/cwt192.50–200.001,316131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683175.96/cwt173.00–180.501,202377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725172.93/cwt165.00–180.001,254178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement752193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,45170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765173.91/cwt166.50–178.501,330252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816171.76/cwt171.00–173.001,402198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,51051

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.