Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-08-09

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 9
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
945 head
▼ 4,855 vs last sale 5,800▼ 155 vs year ago 1,100 · −14.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.81/cwt on 795 head.
Average price
$231.81
795 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$818
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.75
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1880231.892,042767
Medium and Large 1-2534229.381,22428
One grade step is worth $2.52/cwt here — about $818 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 sale795 hd
231.81
—
NE average8 barns · 6,427 hd
244.55
−12.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

14 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1476270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2855
Steers—Medium and Large 1538263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,41524
Steers—Medium and Large 1718228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,63710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2451217.50/cwt217.50–217.509817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,31114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2547240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,31314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777240.03/cwt238.00–240.501,86591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825234.11/cwt225.00–235.001,93180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879233.75/cwt230.50–236.752,055318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928231.12/cwt221.00–232.502,14567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1956223.81/cwt220.00–226.002,140131
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,027217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,23458

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.