Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Steers had a lower trend and heifers had a higher trend today, with a nice offering on hand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $501.66/cwt on 287 head, up $7.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −0.33 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$501.66

▲ 7.19 vs prior sale

287 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$6.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs NE average

+22.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	506.97	2,717	46
Medium and Large 1	553	500.64	2,767	241

One grade step is worth $6.33/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale287 hd

501.66

—

NE average6 barns · 1,155 hd

496.55

+5.11

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+22.63

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−0.33

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	702.50/cwt	702.50–702.50	2,143	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	686	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,710	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	607	448.63/cwt	441.00–450.00	2,723	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,137	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,837	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	384.42/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,968	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	434.21/cwt	418.00–436.00	2,979	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	471.03/cwt	463.00–484.00	2,713	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,163	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	319.16/cwt	316.50–326.00	3,220	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,302	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	637.50/cwt	637.50–637.50	2,601	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,998	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	519.01/cwt	502.50–525.00	2,460	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	339.35/cwt	336.00–341.00	3,088	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	506.97/cwt	502.50–507.50	2,717	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	395.48/cwt	391.50–412.00	2,938	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	636.13/cwt	620.00–647.50	2,099	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	498.72/cwt	492.00–501.00	2,803	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	438.64/cwt	427.50–445.50	2,777	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	530.21/cwt	512.50–535.00	2,789	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	710	421.50/cwt	421.50–421.50	2,993	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	350.34/cwt	340.00–359.50	2,729	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	489.04/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,313	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,002	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,916	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,025	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	374.25/cwt	370.50–392.00	2,766	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,780	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	327.77/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,684	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	413.65/cwt	402.50–424.00	2,631	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	617	468.43/cwt	456.50–475.50	2,890	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,514	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	463.55/cwt	453.00–478.00	2,420	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	453.24/cwt	450.00–456.00	2,556	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	420.06/cwt	412.00–427.50	2,504	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,279	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	770	408.82/cwt	401.00–418.00	3,148	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	417.85/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,816	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,811	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,980	20

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

Thu Apr 23, 2026

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

Receipts 3,144Last week 4,251Year ago 3,828

No comparison to last week. Steers had a lower trend and heifers had a higher trend today, with a nice offering on hand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	305	702.50	702.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	650–700	686	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
124	600–650	607	441.00–450.00	448.63
75	750–800	770	401.00–418.00	408.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	527	432.50	432.50
25	550–600	596	412.00–427.50	420.06
8	600–650	643	389.00	389.00
11	650–700	688	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	330	620.00–647.50	636.13
7	400–450	407	525.00	525.00
90	450–500	473	480.00–502.50	489.04
44	500–550	522	453.00–478.00	463.55
102	550–600	564	450.00–456.00	453.24
101	600–650	636	402.50–424.00	413.65
142	650–700	674	405.00–420.00	417.85
86	700–750	739	370.50–392.00	374.25
106	750–800	779	340.00–359.50	350.34
29	800–850	819	325.00–330.00	327.77
15	850–900	857	328.00	328.00
29	900–950	904	307.50	307.50
20	950–1000	952	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	365	547.50	547.50
46	500–550	536	502.50–507.50	506.97
5	600–650	649	410.00	410.00
9	650–700	692	410.00	410.00
25	900–950	928	326.00	326.00
23	1000–1050	1,002	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	356	607.50	607.50
18	400–450	408	637.50	637.50
68	450–500	474	502.50–525.00	519.01
100	500–550	526	512.50–535.00	530.21
97	550–600	576	463.00–484.00	471.03
190	600–650	633	427.50–445.50	438.64
178	650–700	686	418.00–436.00	434.21
101	700–750	743	391.50–412.00	395.48
143	750–800	772	370.00–392.00	384.42
8	800–850	820	370.00	370.00
78	900–950	910	336.00–341.00	339.35
36	1000–1050	1,009	316.50–326.00	319.16
38	1050–1100	1,072	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	453	555.00	555.00
44	550–600	562	492.00–501.00	498.72
64	600–650	617	456.50–475.50	468.43
88	700–750	710	421.50	421.50

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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