Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago , calves were 9.00 - 15.00 higher and feeders were 5.00 - 14.00 higher. Nice offering today both calves and feeders. Demand was good to moderate on everything offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.70/cwt on 20 head, up $29.70 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −45.54 against this barn's trailing median of $460.24.

Average price

$414.70

▲ 29.70 vs prior sale

20 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.64

vs NE average

+61.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	414.70	2,231	20

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.49, low $385.00, median $460.24 across 13 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 sale20 hd

414.70

—

NE average5 barns · 432 hd

412.07

+2.64

National average179 barns · 12,503 hd

352.96

+61.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

460.24

−45.54

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

36 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 1Fancy	400–450	421	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,400	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,301	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,049	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,302	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,267	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,120	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	512.92/cwt	502.50–515.00	1,990	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,237	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	510.32/cwt	505.00–517.50	1,735	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,446	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,408	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	345.55/cwt	344.50–348.00	2,547	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	290.89/cwt	286.00–294.00	3,069	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	496.26/cwt	485.00–501.00	2,119	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	450.42/cwt	443.00–463.00	2,185	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	337.26/cwt	327.50–341.50	2,631	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	306	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,988	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	553.78/cwt	542.50–565.00	1,833	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	302.21/cwt	301.50–305.00	2,898	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	335.02/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,774	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	540.12/cwt	535.00–547.50	1,988	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	504.69/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,443	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	454.84/cwt	444.00–466.00	2,597	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	541.79/cwt	540.00–547.50	2,205	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	401.91/cwt	392.50–408.00	2,681	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	322.28/cwt	311.00–328.00	2,843	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	601.96/cwt	596.00–610.00	2,203	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	358.59/cwt	358.00–359.50	2,826	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	472.35/cwt	466.50–478.00	2,480	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,925	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	417.84/cwt	410.00–426.00	2,206	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	623.08/cwt	622.50–625.00	2,112	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	415.99/cwt	393.50–438.00	2,583	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,723	28

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 Oct 1, 2026

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

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Compared to two weeks ago , calves were 9.00 - 15.00 higher and feeders were 5.00 - 14.00 higher. Nice offering today both calves and feeders. Demand was good to moderate on everything offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	400–450	421	570.00	570.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	582.50	582.50
10	600–650	610	401.00	401.00
12	700–750	723	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	665.00	665.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	339	622.50–625.00	623.08
42	350–400	366	596.00–610.00	601.96
26	400–450	407	540.00–547.50	541.79
103	450–500	484	490.00–515.00	504.69
58	500–550	525	466.50–478.00	472.35
128	550–600	571	444.00–466.00	454.84
38	600–650	621	393.50–438.00	415.99
26	650–700	667	392.50–408.00	401.91
28	700–750	731	372.50	372.50
56	750–800	788	358.00–359.50	358.59
65	800–850	843	347.00	347.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	383	535.00	535.00
7	500–550	517	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	331	542.50–565.00	553.78
47	350–400	368	535.00–547.50	540.12
77	400–450	427	485.00–501.00	496.26
119	450–500	485	443.00–463.00	450.42
12	500–550	528	410.00–426.00	417.84
8	550–600	553	410.00	410.00
6	600–650	618	372.50	372.50
61	700–750	737	344.50–348.00	345.55
136	750–800	780	327.50–341.50	337.26
90	800–850	828	325.00–337.50	335.02
243	850–900	882	311.00–328.00	322.28
10	900–950	920	312.00	312.00
79	950–1000	959	301.50–305.00	302.21
26	1000–1050	1,006	297.00	297.00
64	1050–1100	1,055	286.00–294.00	290.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	340	505.00–517.50	510.32
38	350–400	388	502.50–515.00	512.92
6	450–500	496	427.50	427.50

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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