Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-06-08

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jun 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,800 head
▲ 640 vs last sale 5,160▼ 780 vs year ago 6,580 · −11.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Close to a month ago since last reported sale a market comparison is not applicable. However, a sharply higher undertone was noted. Large crowd on hand for the annual customer appreciation sale and celebrating 72 years of business at Ogallala Livestock Market. The Schow brothers used their talented chants to call the fast-paced sale from start to finish as buyers bid readily on Thursday's supply of fall calves and yearling feeders. All-time highs in the feedlot spectrum, strong CME cattle boards coupled by a tight supply of cattle helped the market leap to these price levels.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.38/cwt on 2,358 head.
Average price
$244.38
2,358 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.90
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660245.711,6212,104
Medium and Large 1-2602233.401,405254
One grade step is worth $12.31/cwt here — about $217 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 sale2,358 hd
244.38
—
NE average3 barns · 3,128 hd
239.48
+4.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1336330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1096
Steers—Medium and Large 1382322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,23210
Steers—Medium and Large 1414316.50/cwt316.00–317.501,31018
Steers—Medium and Large 1475309.98/cwt301.00–319.001,472136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496260.48/cwt257.50–262.501,29242
Steers—Medium and Large 1542303.35/cwt294.00–307.001,644259
Steers—Medium and Large 1556299.65/cwt291.00–307.501,66660
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,51922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed597295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,76139
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC615281.92/cwt271.00–291.001,73425
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620288.07/cwt286.00–292.001,78662
Steers—Medium and Large 1637260.16/cwt256.00–276.001,657109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed643287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,84918
Steers—Medium and Large 1668264.51/cwt255.50–271.001,767127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676236.05/cwt235.00–237.001,59656
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC693263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,82327
Steers—Medium and Large 1724258.26/cwt252.50–265.501,870143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2735238.76/cwt235.50–240.001,75529
Steers—Medium and Large 1770250.37/cwt240.00–264.001,928188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774234.02/cwt230.00–237.001,81146
Steers—Medium and Large 1829230.50/cwt224.00–238.001,911185
Steers—Medium and Large 1866234.83/cwt226.00–239.002,034200
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2872208.64/cwt208.00–210.001,81928
Steers—Medium and Large 1918235.26/cwt227.00–237.502,160266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy945198.25/cwt198.25–198.251,87317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2977191.95/cwt187.50–201.001,87539
Steers—Medium and Large 11,001222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,22257
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,034195.50/cwt195.50–195.502,02112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,03812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393291.10/cwt289.00–295.001,14434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425281.72/cwt279.00–296.001,19744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481281.00/cwt277.00–287.001,352209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,32711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520247.18/cwt242.50–260.001,285121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530274.08/cwt265.00–281.001,453165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572271.51/cwt266.00–285.001,553128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591236.12/cwt234.50–243.001,39537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC597262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,56437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC609257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,56528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619253.72/cwt242.00–262.001,571287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC679237.45/cwt230.00–244.001,61246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681220.29/cwt220.00–220.501,50049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683235.39/cwt226.00–242.001,608247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726227.80/cwt220.50–238.501,654229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy726215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,56136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772226.78/cwt219.00–235.501,751334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812191.87/cwt190.00–196.001,55836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819219.30/cwt208.50–222.001,796172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864210.87/cwt210.50–212.001,82296

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.