Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, best tested weight was on yearling feeder steers over 800 lbs, on these weights, most lots sold unevenly steady with steers over 1000 lbs trending 10.00 lower. Not enough light cattle or heifers for a market comparison. Demand was moderate to good with quite a few order buyers on the seats. Bulk of Thursday's cattle came off of wheat pastures south of the Nebraska border.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.24/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −155.75 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$346.24

68 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.88

vs NE average

+36.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	346.24	1,899	68

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

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 sale68 hd

346.24

—

NE average8 barns · 673 hd

326.36

+19.88

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+36.53

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−155.75

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

31 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 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,017	186.06/cwt	175.00–194.50	1,892	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,837	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,073	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,194	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	951	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,040	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	256.88/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,868	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,927	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,862	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	255.87/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,850	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	296.23/cwt	283.00–298.00	1,546	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,000	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,216	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	240.62/cwt	224.00–243.50	2,086	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,460	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,977	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	253.67/cwt	253.50–253.75	2,093	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,786	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	275.13/cwt	268.50–279.00	1,846	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	294.14/cwt	288.00–308.00	1,927	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,245	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	222.10/cwt	216.50–228.00	2,143	458
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,775	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,746	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	228.19/cwt	226.50–232.00	1,864	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	238.71/cwt	235.50–250.00	2,074	553
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,240	323

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 3,231Last week 3,802Year ago 5,160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	881	208.50	208.50
14	1000–1050	1,017	175.00–194.50	186.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	361	345.00	345.00
5	400–450	440	321.00	321.00
103	500–550	522	283.00–298.00	296.23
77	550–600	583	304.50	304.50
37	600–650	619	288.50	288.50
73	650–700	671	268.50–279.00	275.13
46	700–750	727	251.00–262.00	256.88
43	800–850	817	226.50–232.00	228.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	605	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	950–1000	951	214.50	214.50
60	1050–1100	1,073	204.50	204.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
76	700–750	723	251.00–257.50	255.87
21	750–800	777	248.00	248.00
76	850–900	867	224.00–243.50	240.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	392.50	392.50
14	400–450	439	332.50	332.50
21	450–500	496	352.00	352.00
46	500–550	543	343.00	343.00
22	550–600	560	353.00	353.00
49	650–700	655	288.00–308.00	294.14
25	700–750	722	277.00	277.00
6	750–800	762	266.00	266.00
246	800–850	825	253.50–253.75	253.67
553	850–900	869	235.50–250.00	238.71
188	900–950	910	243.50	243.50
458	950–1000	965	216.50–228.00	222.10
323	1000–1050	1,037	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	327.50	327.50

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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