Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 3.00 lower, except 500, - 550 were 5.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate, buyers being selective on their purchases.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.96/cwt on 1,009 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −193.03 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$308.96

1,009 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$9.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

vs NE average

+8.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	309.48	1,677	953
Medium and Large 1-2	544	300.00	1,632	56

One grade step is worth $9.48/cwt here — about $45 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 sale1,009 hd

308.96

—

NE average10 barns · 7,640 hd

312.28

−3.33

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+8.27

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−193.03

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

42 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	450–500	471	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,474	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,740	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	356.44/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,654	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,211	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,556	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	560	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,574	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	302.66/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,277	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,328	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,131	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	267.46/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,359	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	308.23/cwt	297.00–321.00	1,476	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	300.00/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,632	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	476	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,576	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	387.38/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,561	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	232.73/cwt	231.00–235.00	2,078	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	282.70/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,354	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	350–400	397	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,175	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	273.39/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,556	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	485	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,397	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	336.14/cwt	332.00–352.50	1,603	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	304.12/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,405	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	351.55/cwt	347.50–363.00	1,522	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	291.56/cwt	285.00–301.00	1,659	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	370.13/cwt	362.50–386.00	1,458	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	248.62/cwt	245.50–251.00	2,151	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	567	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,749	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	289.71/cwt	280.50–300.00	1,518	297
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	327.73/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,367	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	369.24/cwt	363.00–382.50	1,237	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,850	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	320.49/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,679	534
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	280.22/cwt	272.50–286.50	1,737	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,845	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,835	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	340.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,306	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	404.73/cwt	392.00–419.00	1,332	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	381	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,535	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	550	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,625	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	618	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,703	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	350–400	386	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,390	23

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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 5,313Last week 3,793Year ago 4,558

Compared to last week, steers were 3.00 - 9.00 lower. Heifers were steady - 3.00 lower, except 500, - 550 were 5.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate, buyers being selective on their purchases.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	450–500	471	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	285	1,100.00	1,100.00
25	300–350	335	363.00–382.50	369.24
111	350–400	384	330.00–350.00	340.20
245	400–450	417	322.50–330.00	327.73
215	450–500	462	291.00–308.00	304.12
297	500–550	524	280.50–300.00	289.71
111	550–600	569	270.00–278.00	273.39
12	600–650	635	245.00	245.00
12	700–750	737	251.00	251.00
85	850–900	865	245.50–251.00	248.62
10	900–950	906	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	397	296.00	296.00
51	450–500	485	288.00	288.00
49	550–600	560	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	358	316.00	316.00
85	400–450	422	300.00–306.00	302.66
79	450–500	479	275.00–290.00	282.70
40	500–550	508	261.00–278.00	267.46
8	550–600	598	250.00	250.00
37	850–900	893	231.00–235.00	232.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	567	308.50	308.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
181	450–500	464	355.00–358.00	356.44
68	550–600	556	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	373	356.00	356.00
53	450–500	479	297.00–321.00	308.23
56	500–550	544	296.00–304.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	386	360.00	360.00
45	450–500	476	331.00	331.00
44	550–600	550	295.50	295.50
29	600–650	618	275.50	275.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	350–400	381	403.00	403.00
31	400–450	403	380.00–390.00	387.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	300–350	329	392.00–419.00	404.73
105	350–400	394	362.50–386.00	370.13
192	400–450	433	347.50–363.00	351.55
337	450–500	477	332.00–352.50	336.14
534	500–550	524	309.00–329.00	320.49
307	550–600	569	285.00–301.00	291.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
237	600–650	620	272.50–286.50	280.22
14	650–700	671	273.50	273.50
26	700–750	722	255.50	255.50

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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