Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-10-19

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 19
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,452 head
▲ 921 vs last sale 2,531▲ 252 vs year ago 3,200 · +7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold unevenly steady and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Trend today was moderate to good on all weights overed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $253.21/cwt on 1,452 head.
Average price
$253.21
1,452 head · 633 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.32
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650253.391,6461,283
Medium and Large 1-2511251.791,286169
One grade step is worth $1.60/cwt here — about $360 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 sale1,452 hd
253.21
—
NE average9 barns · 8,812 hd
265.53
−12.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 12881,164.26/head1,135.00–1,175.001,16422
Steers—Medium and Large 1338389.34/cwt371.00–397.001,31660
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2344355.44/cwt347.50–358.001,2234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377347.64/cwt342.50–357.501,3119
Steers—Medium and Large 1379372.99/cwt365.00–387.501,41435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425328.85/cwt310.00–332.501,3989
Steers—Medium and Large 1430343.21/cwt335.00–367.501,476128
Steers—Medium and Large 1480318.87/cwt312.50–330.001,531171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492312.58/cwt288.00–327.001,53841
Steers—Medium and Large 1526297.38/cwt287.00–308.001,564156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,52316
Steers—Medium and Large 1572289.94/cwt282.50–294.501,658224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580275.47/cwt271.00–281.001,598100
Steers—Medium and Large 1639260.21/cwt256.00–272.001,663131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641248.33/cwt248.00–252.001,59212
Steers—Medium and Large 1671259.08/cwt240.00–263.501,73841
Steers—Medium and Large 1720241.27/cwt237.00–251.001,73742
Steers—Medium and Large 1775239.52/cwt225.00–245.001,85622
Steers—Medium and Large 1809234.80/cwt222.00–239.001,9008
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277956.01/head950.00–975.0095617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336339.91/cwt337.50–342.501,14251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357337.04/cwt332.00–345.001,20314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407297.44/cwt282.50–308.001,21180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416271.98/cwt267.00–275.001,13140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475278.46/cwt273.00–289.001,32375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493256.01/cwt250.00–265.001,26235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519262.92/cwt257.00–281.501,365167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520249.84/cwt240.00–253.001,29955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569256.14/cwt251.00–261.501,457186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628245.41/cwt236.00–252.501,54199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630224.30/cwt216.00–232.001,41330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678247.82/cwt225.00–253.501,680130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2697208.59/cwt207.00–211.001,4545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,78260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776234.55/cwt223.00–236.001,820107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy815241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,96460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1844227.25/cwt226.50–228.501,91837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881220.70/cwt217.50–228.001,944198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1948220.28/cwt217.50–222.502,0889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1960217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,0884
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,027206.90/cwt191.00–210.002,1256

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.