Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-09-21

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 21
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
1,905 head
▲ 990 vs last sale 915▼ 5,145 vs year ago 7,050 · −73.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week heifers were 4.00 - 8.00 higher. Demand was good, heifers with NHTC was in demand , and brought 4.00 - 13.00 more. Not enough steers for a test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $259.47/cwt on 1,562 head.
Average price
$259.47
1,562 head · 775 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.93
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1779259.992,0251,414
Medium and Large 1-2738254.511,879148
One grade step is worth $5.48/cwt here — about $145 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 sale1,562 hd
259.47
—
NE average10 barns · 10,477 hd
253.54
+5.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1402348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,3996
Steers—Medium and Large 1557273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,52310
Steers—Medium and Large 1600273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,63821
Steers—Medium and Large 1666264.46/cwt259.50–268.001,76157
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463250.63/cwt245.00–257.001,16011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639250.88/cwt250.50–252.001,60320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666273.71/cwt272.50–277.501,823105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2NHTC690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,82937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC709277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,96477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725262.56/cwt252.50–265.501,904279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC764273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,086190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2NHTC780251.05/cwt249.50–255.001,95891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782258.43/cwt253.00–260.002,021201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC801256.50/cwt256.50–256.502,05563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818252.90/cwt246.50–257.502,069168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC853253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,158144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871241.96/cwt241.50–244.502,10791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927239.70/cwt238.00–241.502,22259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1973235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,28721

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.