Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-08-07

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 7
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
756 head
▼ 799 vs last sale 1,555▼ 189 vs year ago 945 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $229.32/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −150.68 against this barn's trailing median of $380.00.
Average price
$229.32
17 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−40.48
vs NE average
−8.33 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641246.501,5809thin
Medium and Large 1-2674210.001,4158thin
One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
229.32
—
NE average7 barns · 654 hd
269.80
−40.48
National average149 barns · 5,317 hd
237.65
−8.33
This barn, trailing median15 sales
380.00
−150.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

15 sales
440407375343median 380.0003/1204/2308/0610/0810/29
Heifers 600–700 lb: high $425.80, low $356.50, median $380.00 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1693265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,84015
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,9065
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,00413
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887235.48/cwt232.50–237.502,089103
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,21053
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,5809
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4158
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,77344
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,88718
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,91270
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910222.09/cwt222.00–225.502,021196
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,00328
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1991211.13/cwt208.50–224.502,092147
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,33314

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.