Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers less than 450 lbs sold unevenly steady and over 450 lbs sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Most lots of heifer calves sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with 400 to 500 lbs selling sharply higher on the day. Nice crowd of buyers bid readily from start to finish for mostly precondition calves. Most calves were hide, hair and running gear condition as they came out of very dry range conditions. Living off mommas' milk and top-quality genetics. Yearling operators have had a profitable year and are eager to get these light calves bought while they are available. Feedlots traded some of their cash show list 2.00 higher on dressed sales at 298.00 and live sales sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher from 190.00 to 192.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.57/cwt on 754 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −188.42 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$313.57

754 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$13.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.14

vs NE average

+14.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	315.17	1,726	664
Medium and Large 1-2	544	301.77	1,641	90

One grade step is worth $13.40/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale754 hd

313.57

—

NE average11 barns · 7,158 hd

313.71

−0.14

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+14.53

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−188.42

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

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,257	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,530	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,297	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	364.72/cwt	360.00–376.00	1,196	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	327.03/cwt	308.00–336.00	1,393	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	324.23/cwt	316.00–331.50	1,715	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	306.88/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,626	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	330.42/cwt	325.00–333.00	1,424	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,625	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	289.85/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,670	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	456	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,591	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	569	313.27/cwt	311.00–317.00	1,783	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	273.57/cwt	268.00–279.50	1,858	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	506	335.34/cwt	335.00–335.50	1,697	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	312.91/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,511	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,348	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	385.87/cwt	383.00–391.00	1,297	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	306.57/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,450	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	400–450	422	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,405	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	300.55/cwt	292.00–313.50	1,728	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	350–400	379	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,455	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	341.51/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,619	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,139	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,831	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	251.72/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,553	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	286.60/cwt	270.50–294.00	1,771	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	327.49/cwt	314.00–337.50	1,231	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	283.92/cwt	274.50–291.00	1,479	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	272.28/cwt	267.00–274.50	1,397	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	263.51/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,505	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	378.13/cwt	368.00–385.00	1,426	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	356.87/cwt	348.00–372.00	1,527	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	275.58/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,518	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,823	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	345.12/cwt	341.00–355.00	1,329	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	285.57/cwt	263.00–294.00	1,382	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	292.79/cwt	292.50–293.00	1,309	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	503	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,517	39

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 3,793Last week 3,692Year ago 5,465

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	382.00	382.00
5	350–400	396	327.50	327.50
8	400–450	442	308.00	308.00
8	600–650	612	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	300–350	328	360.00–376.00	364.72
66	350–400	385	341.00–355.00	345.12
298	400–450	426	308.00–336.00	327.03
274	450–500	473	299.00–320.00	306.57
156	500–550	521	274.50–291.00	283.92
91	550–600	551	267.00–280.00	275.58
34	600–650	617	251.00–252.50	251.72
54	700–750	732	249.00	249.00
12	750–800	752	243.50	243.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	422	333.00	333.00
39	500–550	503	301.50	301.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	376	314.00–337.50	327.49
17	400–450	447	292.50–293.00	292.79
93	450–500	484	263.00–294.00	285.57
18	500–550	513	267.00–274.50	272.28
26	550–600	571	262.00–265.00	263.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	285	1,100.00	1,100.00
24	300–350	336	383.00–391.00	385.87
137	350–400	377	368.00–385.00	378.13
212	400–450	428	348.00–372.00	356.87
365	450–500	474	330.00–351.00	341.51
324	500–550	529	316.00–331.50	324.23
258	550–600	575	292.00–313.50	300.55
110	600–650	618	270.50–294.00	286.60
57	650–700	679	268.00–279.50	273.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	365.00	365.00
18	350–400	377	357.50	357.50
44	400–450	431	325.00–333.00	330.42
49	450–500	483	308.00–318.00	312.91
63	500–550	530	295.00–317.50	306.88
27	550–600	576	282.00–294.00	289.85
12	600–650	612	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	379	384.00	384.00
45	450–500	456	349.00	349.00
45	500–550	506	335.00–335.50	335.34
37	550–600	569	311.00–317.00	313.27

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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