Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-03-09

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 9
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
6,000 head
▲ 1,360 vs last sale 4,640▲ 6,000 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $215.84/cwt on 3,187 head.
Average price
$215.84
3,187 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.58
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1715216.171,5453,119
Medium and Large 1-2639200.511,28068
One grade step is worth $15.66/cwt here — about $264 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 sale3,187 hd
215.84
—
NE average10 barns · 12,798 hd
218.42
−2.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1392277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,08812
Steers—Medium and Large 1422262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,10630
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added443274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,21416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed451238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0736
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full467245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1445
Steers—Medium and Large 1497256.02/cwt251.00–258.001,27249
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed516254.83/cwt251.00–256.001,31538
Steers—Medium and Large 1527240.83/cwt238.50–242.001,26951
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added555261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,44963
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571245.76/cwt244.00–246.501,40393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,22110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy579254.86/cwt250.00–258.001,476170
Steers—Medium and Large 1581230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,33612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed588218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,28210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2246
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy619247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,52982
Steers—Medium and Large 1632221.47/cwt213.00–226.001,400108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added641243.98/cwt240.50–245.001,56494
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed648233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,51350
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676189.98/cwt188.00–190.501,28425
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy680236.44/cwt230.50–245.001,608266
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added680236.30/cwt231.00–244.001,607121
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed680224.86/cwt221.00–228.501,529102
Steers—Medium and Large 1698206.80/cwt201.00–207.501,44391
Steers—Medium and Large 1731198.52/cwt192.00–201.501,451241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed736211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,55332
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added747215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,60675
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed763197.51/cwt195.75–201.001,507338
Steers—Medium and Large 1767187.83/cwt185.50–190.501,44176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,37811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy778205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,59996
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added798208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,66469
Steers—Medium and Large 1816190.95/cwt186.00–193.001,558428
Steers—Medium and Large 1868187.71/cwt183.50–188.251,629128
Steers—Medium and Large 1910180.54/cwt177.50–181.501,64386
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added925190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,76292
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy926170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5745
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy354256.00/cwt256.00–256.0090618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed376242.99/cwt240.00–246.0091431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379228.00/cwt228.00–228.0086410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419230.47/cwt225.00–233.0096634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy455243.83/cwt240.00–245.001,109109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added466240.36/cwt240.00–240.501,12040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485229.19/cwt223.00–234.001,11274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned524199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525228.30/cwt228.00–229.001,19951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy530236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,25371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537218.75/cwt217.00–222.001,175121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,26130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576211.06/cwt203.00–216.001,216313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy595226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,34562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624201.43/cwt192.50–206.001,257193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,1375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672189.44/cwt181.00–194.501,273353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed701187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,31436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement721187.06/cwt177.50–193.001,349158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724178.93/cwt175.00–181.001,295130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement762176.67/cwt176.50–177.501,34635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772176.51/cwt173.00–178.001,363310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement812183.74/cwt182.00–185.501,492119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824175.74/cwt174.50–176.501,448108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868168.95/cwt168.50–169.501,46613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement886169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,5027

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.