Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-02-02

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,320 head
▲ 1,200 vs last sale 4,120▲ 1,542 vs year ago 3,778 · +40.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 15.00 higher, heifers under 600 lbs were 5.00 - 15.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs were 5.00 - 6.00 higher. Demand was good all day. Nice offering of steers and heifers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.77/cwt on 2,120 head.
Average price
$198.77
2,120 head · 608 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.59
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609199.081,2112,075
Medium and Large 1-2561184.221,03445
One grade step is worth $14.86/cwt here — about $178 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 sale2,120 hd
198.77
—
NE average10 barns · 16,454 hd
189.18
+9.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1374253.75/cwt252.00–256.0094922
Steers—Medium and Large 1422258.95/cwt257.00–262.001,09342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0507
Steers—Medium and Large 1456235.74/cwt231.00–240.001,07525
Steers—Medium and Large 1523242.48/cwt234.00–244.001,268183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,16012
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC537234.89/cwt233.50–236.501,26130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,08614
Steers—Medium and Large 1573222.46/cwt212.00–226.001,27593
Steers—Medium and Large 1615219.56/cwt214.50–223.501,350304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628192.10/cwt185.00–197.001,20625
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC632218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,38171
Steers—Medium and Large 1666202.75/cwt196.50–209.001,350251
Steers—Medium and Large 1724189.92/cwt186.50–203.001,375292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,33113
Steers—Medium and Large 1780178.52/cwt175.00–183.501,392262
Steers—Medium and Large 1822182.67/cwt175.00–185.001,502120
Steers—Medium and Large 1880174.71/cwt171.00–177.001,537183
Steers—Medium and Large 1969171.08/cwt170.25–172.001,658107
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334231.38/cwt230.00–233.0077325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC417237.00/cwt237.00–237.00988104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420236.75/cwt229.00–243.00994111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473226.45/cwt214.00–229.001,071186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC486228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,108205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530209.43/cwt199.00–213.501,110168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531186.00/cwt186.00–186.0098811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC557215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,198136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564206.75/cwt198.00–209.001,16675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571183.65/cwt176.00–187.501,04934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC623195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,21575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625190.56/cwt180.00–197.501,191205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669177.01/cwt170.50–184.501,184113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726173.91/cwt169.00–179.001,263310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783167.62/cwt160.00–171.001,312192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810167.20/cwt167.00–167.501,35493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,41047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,42530
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400213.00/cwt213.00–213.008528
Bulls—Medium and Large 1601178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,0739

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.