Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were mostly steady, and heifers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.63/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −197.52 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.

Average price

$263.63

87 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,453

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.45

vs NE average

+16.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	263.63	1,453	87

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

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 sale87 hd

263.63

—

NE average6 barns · 701 hd

280.07

−16.45

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+16.85

This barn, trailing median15 sales

461.14

−197.52

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

35 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 1	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,141	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,766	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	248.93/cwt	242.00–249.50	1,899	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	242.89/cwt	238.75–248.00	2,001	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	271.64/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,372	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	307.86/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,730	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	879	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,960	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	924	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,996	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	234.28/cwt	233.50–235.50	2,045	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	228.88/cwt	227.00–232.00	2,138	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,502	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	678	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	265.46/cwt	261.00–268.50	2,052	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	582	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,688	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	255.12/cwt	245.50–256.50	2,140	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,134	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,297	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,662	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,743	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	277.49/cwt	274.00–280.50	1,354	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	281.86/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,781	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	282.95/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,783	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	259.62/cwt	255.00–264.50	1,490	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,851	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	257.57/cwt	252.00–262.50	1,754	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	312.84/cwt	310.00–332.50	1,674	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	289.30/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,230	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	289.13/cwt	281.00–296.50	1,668	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	344.08/cwt	334.00–348.00	1,641	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,447	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	228.62/cwt	220.50–232.00	2,119	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,131	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	268.32/cwt	267.50–269.00	1,959	22

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,180Last week 3,051Year ago 2,025

Compared to last week, steers were mostly steady, and heifers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	390	292.50	292.50
28	400–450	425	286.00–290.00	289.30
44	450–500	488	274.00–280.50	277.49
29	500–550	505	270.00–274.00	271.64
58	550–600	574	255.00–264.50	259.62
30	600–650	620	268.00	268.00
152	650–700	681	252.00–262.50	257.57
19	700–750	712	248.00	248.00
124	750–800	763	242.00–249.50	248.93
215	800–850	824	238.75–248.00	242.89
145	850–900	873	233.50–235.50	234.28
83	900–950	927	220.50–232.00	228.62
52	950–1000	981	217.50	217.50
20	1050–1100	1,094	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	850–900	879	223.00	223.00
62	900–950	924	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	562	305.00–311.00	307.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	372.00	372.00
23	400–450	445	337.50	337.50
136	450–500	477	334.00–348.00	344.08
90	500–550	535	310.00–332.50	312.84
78	550–600	577	281.00–296.50	289.13
21	600–650	630	282.00–284.00	282.95
29	650–700	666	278.00	278.00
22	700–750	730	267.50–269.00	268.32
119	750–800	773	261.00–268.50	265.46
144	800–850	839	245.50–256.50	255.12
21	900–950	934	227.00–232.00	228.88
17	950–1000	960	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	582	290.00	290.00
9	650–700	678	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	632	277.00–285.00	281.86
9	650–700	681	256.00	256.00
5	700–750	701	254.00	254.00

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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