Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This week's auction comprised of a large supply of weaned and bawling fall calves with some yearling feeders in the run. Some consignments are selling due to the recent fires in the area as grass resources are gone along with baled hay supplies. Drought conditions prevail in the area. Quite a few of the cattle were green (light) fleshed through out the day. Compared to two weeks ago feeders and grass cattle showed a higher undertone in almost all classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $494.47/cwt on 183 head, down $7.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −7.52 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$494.47

▼ 7.52 vs prior sale

183 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$113

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$0.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.90

vs NE average

+3.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	494.64	2,612	30
Medium and Large 1	551	494.43	2,725	153

One grade step is worth $0.21/cwt here — about −$113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.56, low $482.91, median $501.99 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale183 hd

494.47

—

NE average5 barns · 1,316 hd

511.36

−16.90

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+3.64

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−7.52

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

59 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	459.34/cwt	459.00–460.00	3,110	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,865	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	494.64/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,612	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	454.55/cwt	440.00–467.00	2,609	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	409.80/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,946	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,676	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	625	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,063	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	364.12/cwt	352.50–366.50	3,117	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	500–550	549	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,827	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	528.91/cwt	512.50–536.00	2,708	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	546.56/cwt	535.00–553.00	2,498	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	472.54/cwt	462.50–475.00	2,953	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	650–700	682	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	3,103	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,008	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	534.85/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,626	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	640.36/cwt	615.00–646.00	2,491	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	539.74/cwt	539.00–541.00	2,742	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	3,225	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	700–750	745	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,055	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,117	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	448.17/cwt	447.00–451.00	2,640	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,404	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	589.00/cwt	589.00–589.00	2,597	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,278	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	288.07/cwt	287.50–290.00	2,999	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	355.31/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,715	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	413.75/cwt	405.00–432.50	2,387	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,088	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	686	378.29/cwt	378.00–380.50	2,595	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	423.53/cwt	420.00–439.00	2,677	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	414.51/cwt	410.00–417.00	2,810	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	342.47/cwt	335.00–346.00	3,010	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,742	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,415	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	449.17/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,628	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,490	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	485.17/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,353	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	643	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,707	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	760	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,048	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,326	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	368.28/cwt	357.50–370.50	2,674	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	538.14/cwt	536.00–543.00	2,282	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,157	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	470.05/cwt	452.50–498.00	2,059	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,975	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,509	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	566.99/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,166	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	658.00/cwt	658.00–658.00	2,639	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	700–750	715	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,846	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	335	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,960	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,404	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,424	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,423	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	390.13/cwt	376.00–395.00	2,996	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,571	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,196	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,242	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	520.54/cwt	513.00–521.00	3,139	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	567.00/cwt	567.00–567.00	2,682	111

How this sale compares

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 4,251Last week 6,637Year ago 1,988

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	457	535.00–553.00	546.56
38	500–550	512	512.50–536.00	528.91
18	550–600	574	440.00–467.00	454.55
61	600–650	625	462.50–475.00	472.54
139	650–700	677	459.00–460.00	459.34
73	700–750	719	405.00–425.00	409.80
76	750–800	768	376.00–395.00	390.13
59	800–850	800	376.00	376.00
61	850–900	856	352.50–366.50	364.12
50	900–950	915	352.50	352.50
11	1000–1050	1,010	321.00	321.00
38	1050–1100	1,076	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	401	658.00	658.00
111	450–500	473	567.00	567.00
17	550–600	559	512.50	512.50
193	600–650	603	513.00–521.00	520.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	528	485.00–497.50	494.64
18	600–650	626	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	549	515.00	515.00
103	600–650	625	490.00	490.00
88	650–700	682	455.00	455.00
59	700–750	745	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
62	350–400	389	615.00–646.00	640.36
116	400–450	441	589.00	589.00
91	450–500	491	515.00–545.00	534.85
16	500–550	508	539.00–541.00	539.74
44	550–600	589	447.00–451.00	448.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	392	540.00	540.00
12	400–450	437	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	600.00	600.00
15	350–400	394	547.50	547.50
35	400–450	439	519.00	519.00
60	450–500	485	480.00–495.00	485.17
14	500–550	503	462.50	462.50
123	550–600	585	440.00–460.00	449.17
145	600–650	632	420.00–439.00	423.53
99	650–700	678	410.00–417.00	414.51
40	700–750	726	357.50–370.50	368.28
95	750–800	764	350.00–372.00	355.31
41	800–850	804	341.00	341.00
83	850–900	879	335.00–346.00	342.47
22	1000–1050	1,041	287.50–290.00	288.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	577	405.00–432.50	413.75
20	600–650	600	402.50	402.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	650–700	686	378.00–380.50	378.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	440	566.00	566.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
64	600–650	643	421.00	421.00
47	700–750	715	398.00	398.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	750–800	760	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	335	585.00	585.00
136	350–400	382	565.00–575.00	566.99
111	400–450	424	536.00–543.00	538.14
70	450–500	476	509.00	509.00
41	550–600	559	460.00	460.00
10	600–650	606	414.00	414.00
7	700–750	707	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	395	500.00	500.00
29	400–450	438	452.50–498.00	470.05
11	550–600	561	432.00	432.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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