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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers were 7.00 - 17.00 higher and heifers were 8.00 - 18.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection of spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.62/cwt on 774 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −189.37 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$312.62

774 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$9.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.73

vs NE average

+18.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	313.46	1,708	704
Medium and Large 1-2	537	304.15	1,633	70

One grade step is worth $9.31/cwt here — about $75 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale774 hd

312.62

—

NE average8 barns · 4,495 hd

313.35

−0.73

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+18.31

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−189.37

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,612	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	345.37/cwt	335.00–349.50	1,744	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,882	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,243	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,872	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,424	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,472	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	328.10/cwt	325.00–331.00	1,568	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	319.78/cwt	310.00–331.00	1,679	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	296.60/cwt	279.00–302.00	1,708	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	388.60/cwt	387.50–390.00	1,407	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,341	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,107	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,598	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	333.64/cwt	324.50–343.00	1,575	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,231	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	290.44/cwt	277.00–297.00	1,516	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	304.15/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,633	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	264.96/cwt	262.50–269.00	1,407	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	287.98/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,345	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	218.34/cwt	216.50–220.50	2,118	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	267.28/cwt	261.00–280.50	1,553	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	313.97/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,363	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,266	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,232	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	362.68/cwt	357.50–377.50	1,563	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	289.80/cwt	278.00–295.50	1,811	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	268.48/cwt	264.00–277.50	1,850	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,876	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,290	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,102	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	252.06/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,666	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	270.66/cwt	259.50–274.00	1,662	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	343.93/cwt	336.00–348.00	1,255	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	312.29/cwt	302.00–319.00	1,427	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	282.77/cwt	270.50–283.50	1,994	92

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 10, 2024

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

Receipts 3,731Last week 2,180Year ago 2,531

Compared to last week steers were 7.00 - 17.00 higher and heifers were 8.00 - 18.00 higher. Demand was good on nice selection of spring calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	550–600	556	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	380.00	380.00
24	350–400	365	336.00–348.00	343.93
163	400–450	434	300.00–320.00	313.97
33	450–500	457	302.00–319.00	312.29
296	500–550	522	277.00–297.00	290.44
134	550–600	581	261.00–280.50	267.28
11	750–800	761	246.00	246.00
6	800–850	812	237.50	237.50
16	900–950	912	230.50	230.50
66	950–1000	970	216.50–220.50	218.34
15	1000–1050	1,017	219.50	219.50
11	1050–1100	1,079	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	360	307.50	307.50
43	450–500	467	286.00–290.00	287.98
21	500–550	531	262.50–269.00	264.96
11	550–600	563	253.00	253.00
18	600–650	647	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
179	600–650	614	259.50–274.00	270.66
18	650–700	661	248.00–256.00	252.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	500–550	505	335.00–349.50	345.37
81	650–700	650	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	399	336.00	336.00
11	400–450	433	340.00	340.00
31	450–500	478	325.00–331.00	328.10
70	500–550	537	290.00–306.00	304.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
20	350–400	362	387.50–390.00	388.60
119	400–450	431	357.50–377.50	362.68
147	450–500	472	324.50–343.00	333.64
266	500–550	525	310.00–331.00	319.78
321	550–600	576	279.00–302.00	296.60
26	650–700	686	273.50	273.50
7	750–800	792	253.50	253.50
59	900–950	905	246.50	246.50
113	950–1000	985	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
269	600–650	625	278.00–295.50	289.80
65	650–700	689	264.00–277.50	268.48
92	700–750	705	270.50–283.50	282.77

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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