Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2023-11-09

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 9
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,019 head
▲ 461 vs last sale 4,558▲ 2,134 vs year ago 2,885 · +74.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded sharply down. Buyers were very selective on their buying.. Trend was moderate to lower due to the changes in the futures the last few days.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $299.07/cwt on 2,710 head.
Average price
$299.07
2,710 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$541
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$54.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.48
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523302.921,5852,264
Medium and Large 1-2505287.051,451358
Medium 1-2420248.801,04588
One grade step is worth $54.13/cwt here — about $541 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 sale2,710 hd
299.07
—
NE average12 barns · 19,085 hd
291.58
+7.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,12516
Steers—Medium and Large 1342382.35/cwt380.00–390.001,30849
Steers—Medium and Large 1371362.29/cwt347.00–372.501,34437
Steers—Medium 1-2380235.00/cwt235.00–235.0089322
Steers—Medium 1-2412257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,05932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421329.92/cwt320.00–340.001,38988
Steers—Medium and Large 1424359.52/cwt352.00–367.501,524392
Steers—Medium 1-2453250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,13334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465298.75/cwt295.00–303.001,38941
Steers—Medium and Large 1478323.23/cwt310.00–329.501,545352
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy503316.08/cwt308.00–320.001,590242
Steers—Medium and Large 1526294.68/cwt283.00–303.001,550365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526276.71/cwt272.50–284.001,45585
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy557295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,64390
Steers—Medium and Large 1566273.18/cwt260.00–280.501,546244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584253.83/cwt251.00–258.501,482117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2601248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,49011
Steers—Medium and Large 1622251.75/cwt244.50–264.001,566284
Steers—Medium and Large 1665240.58/cwt236.50–245.501,600169
Steers—Medium and Large 1720238.93/cwt237.50–240.001,72040
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305295.00/cwt295.00–295.0090018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366280.16/cwt262.50–295.001,02596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed383328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,25610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392243.00/cwt243.00–243.0095329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424275.00/cwt264.00–283.001,166119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443255.00/cwt247.00–259.001,13072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472263.78/cwt260.50–270.001,245154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,09042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516241.23/cwt240.00–244.001,24537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524259.19/cwt248.00–265.001,358190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement530270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,43122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567241.99/cwt236.50–252.001,37275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,22413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622230.94/cwt219.00–235.001,43695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777224.58/cwt220.50–231.001,74525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822219.71/cwt218.00–220.501,80638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,9275
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,015207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,10112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1354278.00/cwt278.00–278.009848
Bulls—Medium and Large 1405249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,00836
Bulls—Medium and Large 1498236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,17553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,35631

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.