Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was good with several buyers in attendance at the 75 annual customer appreciation sale. Bulk of Thursday's receipts would have been placed on summer grass and sold later in the summer on a video sale but due to the very dry conditions in the area they are being sold to save grass for cow/calf pairs on the ranch.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $511.71/cwt on 207 head, down $5.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 15 comparable sales and sits +9.72 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$511.71

▼ 5.29 vs prior sale

207 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$38.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.83

vs NE average

+52.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	522.61	2,886	148
Medium and Large 1-2	568	484.35	2,752	59

One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale207 hd

511.71

—

NE average5 barns · 502 hd

500.87

+10.83

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+52.52

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

+9.72

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

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	334.32/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,899	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	407.57/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,759	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	472.19/cwt	462.00–487.50	2,965	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	539.00/cwt	539.00–539.00	2,485	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,431	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	358.76/cwt	351.00–369.50	3,175	633
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	334.82/cwt	331.00–340.00	3,244	447
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,057	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,233	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	364.54/cwt	335.50–374.00	2,796	416
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	342.87/cwt	334.00–349.00	2,866	393
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	419.51/cwt	412.50–429.00	3,050	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	348.01/cwt	335.00–355.00	3,261	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	452.90/cwt	435.00–463.00	3,021	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	541.68/cwt	530.00–555.00	2,833	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,191	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	708	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,917	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	561	465.59/cwt	437.50–472.50	2,612	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	479.89/cwt	470.00–483.00	2,515	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	515.01/cwt	510.00–517.00	2,905	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,405	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	479	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,335	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	386.03/cwt	372.50–392.00	3,142	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	396.53/cwt	387.00–411.00	3,085	391
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	388.10/cwt	382.00–394.00	2,752	380
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	423.86/cwt	419.00–439.00	2,662	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,096	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	574	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,913	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	644	429.32/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,765	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	343.42/cwt	331.00–352.00	2,991	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,305	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	451.32/cwt	440.00–467.50	2,627	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	657	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,792	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	394.02/cwt	390.50–404.00	2,892	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	368.98/cwt	363.00–370.50	2,738	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	365.64/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,969	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	426.66/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,688	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	710	435.46/cwt	426.00–439.00	3,092	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	804	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	3,103	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	478.54/cwt	468.00–491.00	2,761	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	370.52/cwt	368.00–372.00	2,905	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	422.89/cwt	411.00–432.00	2,914	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,423	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,653	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,958	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	489.55/cwt	487.50–495.00	2,355	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	3,133	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	852	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	3,221	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	656	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,788	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,378	13

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 Jun 4, 2026

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

Receipts 8,629Last week 2,681Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	380	587.50	587.50
56	450–500	481	487.50–495.00	489.55
154	500–550	524	470.00–483.00	479.89
127	550–600	582	440.00–467.50	451.32
113	600–650	628	419.00–439.00	423.86
296	650–700	677	400.00–412.50	407.57
380	700–750	709	382.00–394.00	388.10
416	750–800	767	335.50–374.00	364.54
393	800–850	836	334.00–349.00	342.87
305	850–900	867	326.00–342.00	334.32
77	900–950	900	344.00	344.00
59	950–1000	962	307.50	307.50
10	1000–1050	1,019	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	479	487.50	487.50
70	550–600	561	437.50–472.50	465.59
126	600–650	644	420.00–435.00	429.32
86	650–700	657	425.00	425.00
71	700–750	708	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	597	427.50	427.50
12	600–650	635	363.00	363.00
177	700–750	742	363.00–370.50	368.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	452	526.00	526.00
23	650–700	656	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	600.00	600.00
13	400–450	412	590.00	590.00
15	450–500	461	539.00	539.00
45	500–550	523	530.00–555.00	541.68
93	550–600	564	510.00–517.00	515.01
207	600–650	628	462.00–487.50	472.19
133	650–700	667	435.00–463.00	452.90
334	700–750	727	412.50–429.00	419.51
391	750–800	778	387.00–411.00	396.53
416	800–850	814	372.50–392.00	386.03
633	850–900	885	351.00–369.50	358.76
265	900–950	937	335.00–355.00	348.01
447	950–1000	969	331.00–340.00	334.82
25	1000–1050	1,013	315.00	315.00
53	1050–1100	1,064	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	574	507.50	507.50
96	700–750	710	426.00–439.00	435.46
84	800–850	804	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	492	492.50	492.50
7	500–550	503	527.50	527.50
52	550–600	577	468.00–491.00	478.54
26	600–650	630	415.00–432.50	426.66
89	650–700	689	411.00–432.00	422.89
84	700–750	734	390.50–404.00	394.02
27	750–800	784	368.00–372.00	370.52
54	800–850	812	360.00–370.00	365.64
58	850–900	871	331.00–352.00	343.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	712	440.00	440.00
65	850–900	852	378.00	378.00

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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