Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-10-12

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
2,531 head
▲ 506 vs last sale 2,025▼ 3,713 vs year ago 6,244 · −59.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough last week, to show a comparison in weight classes. Trend today was moderate to good on all weights overed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $298.03/cwt on 1,127 head.
Average price
$298.03
1,127 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$183
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.99
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2475312.401,48462
Medium and Large 1561297.191,6671,065
One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale1,127 hd
298.03
—
NE average10 barns · 14,475 hd
283.03
+14.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1342358.40/cwt352.50–365.001,22629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,29314
Steers—Medium and Large 1380348.29/cwt337.50–359.001,32432
Steers—Medium and Large 1427351.15/cwt343.00–358.001,49965
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431333.50/cwt333.50–333.501,43714
Steers—Medium and Large 1474320.40/cwt314.00–332.501,51997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,44625
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505316.54/cwt314.00–324.001,59965
Steers—Medium and Large 1537299.86/cwt288.00–305.001,610326
Steers—Medium and Large 1578282.48/cwt275.00–293.001,633111
Steers—Medium and Large 1618276.59/cwt268.00–278.501,709233
Steers—Medium and Large 1679271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,84317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,7369
Steers—Medium and Large 1822247.99/cwt246.00–251.502,03890
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326365.51/cwt354.00–372.501,19229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed382332.36/cwt329.00–340.001,27020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390302.64/cwt300.00–310.001,18049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408324.40/cwt315.00–327.001,32474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431297.75/cwt295.00–301.001,28368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479284.50/cwt274.00–293.001,363118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514276.70/cwt265.00–288.001,422211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571262.49/cwt256.50–268.001,499230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1601251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,51229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,63615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764237.92/cwt237.50–238.001,81831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,8915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869234.52/cwt231.50–235.502,03825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1957226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,1639
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,013221.50/cwt221.50–221.502,24410

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.