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Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 22

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Oct 15Oct 22Oct 29 →

Receipts

5,087 head

▲ 301 vs last sale 4,786▲ 969 vs year ago 4,118 · +23.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 4.00 - 20.00 higher and heifers under 550 lbs were 2.00 - 5.00 lower and over 550 was 8.00 - 12.00 higher. Nice selection of calves and yearlings offered today. Demand was good to moderate with buyers being selective on shots and conditioning.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.98/cwt on 656 head, up $10.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −32.51 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$462.98

▲ 10.09 vs prior sale

656 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$23.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.19

vs NE average

+23.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	468.80	2,529	493
Medium and Large 1-2	561	445.37	2,500	163

One grade step is worth $23.43/cwt here — about $30 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale656 hd

462.98

—

NE average9 barns · 5,123 hd

460.78

+2.19

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+23.71

This barn, trailing median14 sales

495.48

−32.51

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 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.00, low $445.49, median $495.48 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	1,763	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,886	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	333	692.50/cwt	692.50–692.50	2,306	36
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,226	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,129	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	602.47/cwt	598.00–604.00	2,434	67
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	566.81/cwt	550.00–577.00	2,335	185
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	451	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,458	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	502.23/cwt	490.00–512.00	2,381	402
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	485.10/cwt	477.50–491.00	2,324	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,525	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	478.18/cwt	470.50–490.00	2,501	232
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	462.67/cwt	451.00–466.00	2,517	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	448.70/cwt	443.00–463.00	2,553	200
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	431.68/cwt	418.00–437.50	2,482	91
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	427.67/cwt	413.00–434.00	2,652	249
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	403.74/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,588	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	399.97/cwt	389.00–403.00	2,672	103
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	389.64/cwt	378.50–394.00	2,805	148
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	359.57/cwt	357.00–361.00	2,794	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,981	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	355.93/cwt	353.25–359.00	3,111	143
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,894	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	339.38/cwt	336.00–340.50	3,180	75
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,911	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,149	52
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,017	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,224	71
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	521.08/cwt	512.50–525.00	1,709	54
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,838	61
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,856	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	504.83/cwt	502.50–507.50	2,120	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	485.64/cwt	467.50–510.00	2,074	119
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	429.18/cwt	416.00–433.00	2,107	106
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,133	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	446.90/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,257	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	511	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,402	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,095	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	417.93/cwt	410.00–429.00	2,173	129
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	567	419.72/cwt	415.00–422.50	2,380	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	388.19/cwt	372.00–399.50	2,286	131
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,327	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	626	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,598	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	360.58/cwt	342.50–366.00	2,387	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,666	152
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,514	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	365.81/cwt	357.00–368.00	2,776	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,546	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	335.65/cwt	328.50–347.50	2,779	302
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	329.06/cwt	320.50–330.50	2,886	87
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,936	19
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	310.32/cwt	310.00–312.50	3,044	38
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	284.40/cwt	265.00–289.50	2,929	24

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 22, 2026

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Receipts 5,087Last week 4,786Year ago 4,118

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	420	502.50–507.50	504.83
51	500–550	505	440.00–450.00	446.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	417	445.00	445.00
14	450–500	495	431.00	431.00
18	500–550	511	410.00	410.00
8	700–750	746	337.00	337.00
23	750–800	760	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	300–350	328	512.50–525.00	521.08
61	350–400	381	482.50	482.50
119	400–450	427	467.50–510.00	485.64
106	450–500	491	416.00–433.00	429.18
129	500–550	520	410.00–429.00	417.93
131	550–600	589	372.00–399.50	388.19
21	600–650	614	379.00	379.00
48	650–700	662	342.50–366.00	360.58
152	700–750	711	375.00	375.00
77	750–800	759	357.00–368.00	365.81
302	800–850	828	328.50–347.50	335.65
87	850–900	877	320.50–330.50	329.06
19	900–950	902	325.50	325.50
38	950–1000	981	310.00–312.50	310.32
24	1000–1050	1,030	265.00–289.50	284.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	511	470.00	470.00
30	550–600	567	415.00–422.50	419.72
23	600–650	626	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	333	692.50	692.50
67	400–450	404	598.00–604.00	602.47
62	450–500	451	545.00	545.00
61	500–550	506	499.00	499.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	300	587.50	587.50
17	350–400	367	580.00	580.00
52	450–500	479	477.50–491.00	485.10
72	500–550	544	451.00–466.00	462.67
91	550–600	575	418.00–437.50	431.68
67	600–650	641	400.00–407.50	403.74
5	850–900	885	327.00	327.00
10	950–1000	980	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	303	622.50	622.50
16	350–400	362	615.00	615.00
185	400–450	412	550.00–577.00	566.81
402	450–500	474	490.00–512.00	502.23
232	500–550	523	470.50–490.00	478.18
200	550–600	569	443.00–463.00	448.70
249	600–650	620	413.00–434.00	427.67
103	650–700	668	389.00–403.00	399.97
148	700–750	720	378.50–394.00	389.64
19	750–800	777	357.00–361.00	359.57
70	800–850	842	354.00	354.00
143	850–900	874	353.25–359.00	355.93
75	900–950	937	336.00–340.50	339.38
52	950–1000	981	321.00	321.00
71	1000–1050	1,017	317.00	317.00

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.