Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A mark market trend is not applicable as the last reported sale was almost a month ago. Demand was moderate to good throughout the sale with buyers bidding on yearlings and fall calves. Ogallala Livestock celebrating 73 years in business on Thursday with their annual customer appreciation BBQ cattle auction brought a good size crowd of buyers and spectators to the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.71/cwt on 737 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −148.43 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.

Average price

$312.71

737 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$31.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.58

vs NE average

+39.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	316.34	1,733	652
Medium and Large 1-2	546	284.88	1,555	85

One grade step is worth $31.46/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.49, low $418.09, median $461.14 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 sale737 hd

312.71

—

NE average3 barns · 761 hd

312.14

+0.58

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

+39.68

This barn, trailing median15 sales

461.14

−148.43

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

65 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 1Unweaned	500–550	515	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,792	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	316.54/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,681	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	2,121	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,823	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	663	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,790	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	1,724	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	576	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,976	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	655	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,788	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	524	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,572	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	446	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,720	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	400–450	449	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,545	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,550	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,696	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,018	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,559	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	241.65/cwt	240.00–244.50	2,131	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	294.97/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,572	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,410	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	582	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,440	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,068	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	311.84/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,784	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,892	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,508	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	226.31/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,978	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	208.99/cwt	207.50–211.50	2,027	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	337.06/cwt	327.00–347.50	1,648	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,779	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,937	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	874	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,054	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	236.83/cwt	231.00–238.00	2,207	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	255.56/cwt	253.50–258.50	2,144	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	248.33/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,718	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	258.16/cwt	250.00–261.00	2,241	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	227.86/cwt	224.50–229.00	2,322	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	270.25/cwt	263.50–280.00	2,130	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	302.99/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,945	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	349.56/cwt	339.00–352.50	1,692	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	300.32/cwt	294.00–312.00	1,682	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	293.93/cwt	289.50–302.00	1,999	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,519	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	367.31/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,455	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	601	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,767	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	227.96/cwt	220.00–232.00	2,106	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	276.79/cwt	268.50–284.00	1,708	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,147	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,409	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	250.22/cwt	243.50–257.00	1,824	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	334.39/cwt	322.50–342.50	1,425	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	316.22/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,806	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	339.45/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,010	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	232.95/cwt	227.50–235.50	2,255	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	347.51/cwt	340.00–354.00	1,790	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,320	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,414	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	235.18/cwt	223.50–244.00	1,938	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	341.43/cwt	333.00–343.00	2,011	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	248.69/cwt	241.00–258.75	1,907	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	286.74/cwt	281.00–290.50	2,030	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	400–450	448	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,646	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	900	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,219	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	529	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,698	41

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.

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Receipts 6,285Last week 3,231Year ago 5,800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	439	353.00	353.00
102	500–550	515	348.00	348.00
156	550–600	571	315.00–317.50	316.22
67	650–700	651	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	394	335.00	335.00
110	400–450	426	322.50–342.50	334.39
50	450–500	489	327.00–347.50	337.06
124	500–550	531	310.00–326.00	316.54
223	550–600	560	294.00–312.00	300.32
111	600–650	617	268.50–284.00	276.79
118	650–700	692	239.00–254.00	248.33
228	700–750	729	243.50–257.00	250.22
325	750–800	767	241.00–258.75	248.69
183	800–850	824	223.50–244.00	235.18
79	850–900	874	225.00–227.50	226.31
178	900–950	924	220.00–232.00	227.96
67	950–1000	970	207.50–211.50	208.99
52	1050–1100	1,058	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	449	344.00	344.00
41	500–550	529	321.00	321.00
12	650–700	663	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	347.50	347.50
6	500–550	513	341.00	341.00
11	600–650	601	294.00	294.00
67	650–700	655	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	524	300.00	300.00
12	550–600	582	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	444	317.50	317.50
54	450–500	467	323.00	323.00
39	500–550	533	292.50–305.00	294.97
17	550–600	571	273.00	273.00
21	600–650	645	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	850–900	874	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	452	381.50	381.50
123	500–550	523	370.00	370.00
186	550–600	589	333.00–343.00	341.43
73	650–700	691	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	448	367.50	367.50
45	550–600	576	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	458	370.00	370.00
30	900–950	900	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	476	355.00	355.00
14	550–600	587	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	550–600	572	295.00–317.50	311.84
15	700–750	725	261.00	261.00
24	750–800	794	260.50	260.50
51	850–900	882	240.00–244.50	241.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	511	379.00	379.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	396	365.00–370.00	367.31
9	400–450	428	355.00	355.00
73	450–500	484	339.00–352.50	349.56
136	500–550	515	340.00–354.00	347.51
44	550–600	592	339.00–341.00	339.45
58	600–650	642	290.00–311.00	302.99
67	650–700	680	289.50–302.00	293.93
25	700–750	708	281.00–290.50	286.74
221	750–800	788	263.50–280.00	270.25
171	800–850	839	253.50–258.50	255.56
126	850–900	868	250.00–261.00	258.16
236	900–950	932	231.00–238.00	236.83
178	950–1000	968	227.50–235.50	232.95
236	1000–1050	1,019	224.50–229.00	227.86
59	1050–1100	1,054	229.00	229.00
53	1100–1150	1,147	210.00	210.00

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