Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.52/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −212.47 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$289.52

27 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$0.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.03

vs NE average

−8.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	290.00	1,476	7thin
Medium and Large 1	562	289.35	1,625	20

One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about −$149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 1000–1100 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 sale27 hd

289.52

—

NE average3 barns · 174 hd

331.55

−42.03

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

−8.30

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−212.47

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

26 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 1	850–900	884	256.25/cwt	251.00–257.50	2,265	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,215	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,356	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	247.30/cwt	241.50–250.50	2,364	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	272.16/cwt	265.50–273.50	2,202	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,596	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,000	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	247.74/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,915	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,476	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,791	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,300	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,447	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	307.70/cwt	302.50–313.00	1,643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,972	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	238.35/cwt	236.00–253.50	2,050	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	262.88/cwt	260.50–265.50	1,998	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	289.19/cwt	287.50–290.50	1,802	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,777	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,081	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,288	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	270.10/cwt	257.00–278.00	1,529	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	249.09/cwt	242.00–254.00	2,062	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	256.07/cwt	250.50–263.50	2,351	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,465	53

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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,555Last week 6,285Year ago 5,800

No comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	326.00	326.00
10	500–550	534	302.50–313.00	307.70
10	550–600	589	271.00	271.00
30	600–650	623	287.50–290.50	289.19
23	650–700	691	289.50	289.50
28	750–800	760	260.50–265.50	262.88
122	800–850	809	265.50–273.50	272.16
91	850–900	884	251.00–257.50	256.25
237	900–950	918	250.50–263.50	256.07
98	950–1000	956	241.50–250.50	247.30
53	1000–1050	1,000	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	509	290.00	290.00
12	900–950	923	240.00	240.00
34	1000–1050	1,020	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	773	244.00–251.00	247.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	512	272.00	272.00
17	550–600	566	257.00–278.00	270.10
18	600–650	649	276.00	276.00
5	650–700	694	248.00	248.00
86	750–800	754	261.50	261.50
173	800–850	828	242.00–254.00	249.09
151	850–900	860	236.00–253.50	238.35
34	900–950	933	246.50	246.50
6	1000–1050	1,019	224.50	224.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	753	236.00	236.00
17	900–950	946	220.00	220.00

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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