Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-01-21

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
4,200 head
▼ 560 vs last sale 4,760▼ 3,480 vs year ago 7,680 · −45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale , steers were steady - 16.00 lower. lighter steers were the lower end. Heifers were steady - 10.00 higher under 600 lbs, not enough over 600 lbs to compare. Demand was good to moderate all day. Weather probably made a lot of difference.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.04/cwt on 2,008 head.
Average price
$202.04
2,008 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,297
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.81
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644202.551,3041,942
Medium and Large 1-2588187.041,09966
One grade step is worth $15.51/cwt here — about $205 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 sale2,008 hd
202.04
—
NE average6 barns · 11,239 hd
198.23
+3.81
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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1391256.79/cwt247.00–264.001,00435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439216.19/cwt212.00–220.0094919
Steers—Medium and Large 1441246.06/cwt244.00–264.501,08584
Steers—Medium and Large 1464231.23/cwt219.00–240.001,07383
Steers—Medium and Large 1518219.92/cwt208.00–226.001,139189
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy530242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,285101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0349
Steers—Medium and Large 1586217.33/cwt210.00–223.501,274154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy612223.94/cwt222.00–226.001,371167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623175.81/cwt174.00–177.501,09516
Steers—Medium and Large 1632200.84/cwt194.50–206.001,269157
Steers—Medium and Large 1672194.10/cwt181.50–200.001,304326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2697172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,20222
Steers—Medium and Large 1730177.88/cwt172.00–180.501,299269
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC735178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,31222
Steers—Medium and Large 1775173.34/cwt163.00–180.501,343208
Steers—Medium and Large 1829174.21/cwt174.00–176.501,44458
Steers—Medium and Large 1863166.62/cwt165.00–168.001,43889
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340214.83/cwt214.00–216.0073014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421214.86/cwt209.00–224.00905192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436191.63/cwt190.00–195.0083615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459188.42/cwt188.00–189.0086519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476216.36/cwt199.50–222.001,030265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy492188.00/cwt188.00–188.0092552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506218.42/cwt191.00–223.501,105106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533187.66/cwt186.00–191.501,00033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558199.96/cwt188.00–208.251,116155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564183.62/cwt183.00–185.001,03636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC604178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619183.90/cwt176.00–192.501,138227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676173.15/cwt165.00–177.001,170210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC695172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728168.54/cwt161.50–171.001,227110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC745190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,41675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,29346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827152.27/cwt145.00–163.001,25922

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.