Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was active on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.16/cwt on 226 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −169.82 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$332.16

226 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$31.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.28

vs NE average

+26.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	334.95	1,798	206
Medium and Large 1-2	550	303.50	1,668	20

One grade step is worth $31.45/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale226 hd

332.16

—

NE average6 barns · 1,406 hd

322.88

+9.28

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+26.69

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−169.82

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

37 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	600–650	613	318.63/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,953	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	471	372.17/cwt	372.00–372.50	1,753	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	665	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,022	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	234.25/cwt	227.50–247.50	1,797	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	314.33/cwt	308.00–317.50	1,688	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	293.73/cwt	278.00–312.00	1,504	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,915	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,871	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	276.98/cwt	270.50–283.00	1,576	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	290.16/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,808	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	320.69/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,498	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,091	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	317.90/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,828	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	234.44/cwt	232.00–236.50	2,136	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	339.50/cwt	327.00–348.00	1,772	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	252.70/cwt	251.00–253.50	2,113	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	594	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,942	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	398.54/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,670	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	367.75/cwt	359.00–380.00	1,405	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,631	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,796	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	342.10/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,457	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	641	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,085	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	252.89/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,745	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	286.28/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,958	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	224.30/cwt	219.00–228.00	2,196	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	333.37/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,600	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	279.72/cwt	268.00–286.50	1,709	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,760	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	711	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,133	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,577	10

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,465Last week 3,160Year ago 3,760

No comparison to last week. Demand was active on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	471	372.00–372.50	372.17
100	600–650	613	314.00–320.00	318.63
84	650–700	665	304.00	304.00
72	700–750	711	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	537	308.00–317.50	314.33
5	550–600	588	271.00	271.00
9	650–700	671	259.00	259.00
11	800–850	840	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
11	250–300	286	1,200.00	1,200.00
29	350–400	394	414.00	414.00
25	400–450	419	395.00–402.50	398.54
24	450–500	480	327.50–337.50	333.37
155	500–550	522	327.00–348.00	339.50
33	550–600	575	304.00–323.00	317.90
52	600–650	623	283.00–300.00	290.16
135	650–700	684	275.00–287.00	286.28
124	750–800	758	275.00	275.00
189	800–850	836	251.00–253.50	252.70
28	850–900	888	235.50	235.50
128	900–950	911	232.00–236.50	234.44
109	950–1000	979	219.00–228.00	224.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	594	327.00	327.00
10	600–650	641	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	302	387.50	387.50
36	350–400	382	359.00–380.00	367.75
37	400–450	426	340.00–342.50	342.10
37	450–500	467	317.50–325.00	320.69
93	500–550	512	278.00–312.00	293.73
72	550–600	569	270.50–283.00	276.98
77	600–650	611	268.00–286.50	279.72
65	650–700	690	248.00–257.00	252.89
23	700–750	744	236.50	236.50
63	750–800	767	227.50–247.50	234.25
35	800–850	811	221.50	221.50
54	850–900	866	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	630	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	305.00	305.00

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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