Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection of grass and feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.78/cwt on 395 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −153.21 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$348.78

395 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$15.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.80

vs NE average

+40.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	351.70	1,939	319
Medium and Large 1-2	544	336.50	1,831	76

One grade step is worth $15.20/cwt here — about $108 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 sale395 hd

348.78

—

NE average3 barns · 1,006 hd

343.98

+4.80

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+40.17

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−153.21

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

39 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	347	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,319	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	251.66/cwt	245.50–256.25	2,054	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	365.43/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,425	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	334.57/cwt	332.50–338.00	1,639	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,177	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	417.15/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,548	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	331.04/cwt	316.00–333.00	2,062	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	489	343.12/cwt	342.00–351.00	1,678	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	318.46/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,764	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,644	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,946	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	282.37/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,903	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	365.44/cwt	357.50–371.00	1,908	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	362.49/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,671	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	304.60/cwt	304.00–305.00	2,026	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	345.67/cwt	335.00–349.00	1,846	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,284	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,784	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	290.53/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,659	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,065	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	294.25/cwt	284.00–303.00	1,848	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	339.75/cwt	332.50–342.50	1,475	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	232.13/cwt	218.25–236.00	2,189	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,949	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	231.20/cwt	224.00–233.50	1,921	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	274.43/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,861	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,195	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	360.67/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,616	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	334.46/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,947	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	338.78/cwt	336.00–341.00	1,718	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	323.77/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,525	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,914	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,351	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,135	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	224.19/cwt	222.00–224.50	2,186	71

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 May 2, 2024

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

Receipts 3,802Last week 2,465Year ago 4,665

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection of grass and feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	347	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	517	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	371	412.50–420.00	417.15
38	400–450	448	357.50–367.50	360.67
37	450–500	461	347.50–365.00	362.49
159	500–550	522	357.50–371.00	365.44
123	550–600	582	325.00–345.00	334.46
85	600–650	623	316.00–333.00	331.04
73	650–700	665	304.00–305.00	304.60
134	700–750	708	307.50	307.50
73	750–800	784	280.00	280.00
254	800–850	816	245.50–256.25	251.66
252	850–900	884	241.50	241.50
260	900–950	943	218.25–236.00	232.13
71	950–1000	975	222.00–224.50	224.19
220	1000–1050	1,022	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	490	332.50–338.00	334.57
55	500–550	534	335.00–349.00	345.67
21	550–600	571	312.50	312.50
23	600–650	640	304.00	304.00
66	650–700	674	275.00–284.00	282.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	407	404.00	404.00
37	550–600	575	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	357.50	357.50
54	350–400	390	351.00–370.00	365.43
21	400–450	434	332.50–342.50	339.75
50	450–500	471	317.00–330.00	323.77
47	500–550	507	336.00–341.00	338.78
120	550–600	571	282.00–300.00	290.53
152	600–650	628	284.00–303.00	294.25
42	650–700	678	271.00–281.00	274.43
76	700–750	736	260.00	260.00
71	750–800	772	252.50	252.50
260	800–850	831	224.00–233.50	231.20
60	900–950	920	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	450–500	489	342.00–351.00	343.12
114	550–600	554	315.00–320.00	318.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	305.00	305.00
6	450–500	486	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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