Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 15.00 higher and heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on a nice selection offered today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.39/cwt on 898 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −173.60 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$328.39

898 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$40.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.11

vs NE average

+22.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	330.57	1,785	850
Medium and Large 1-2	546	289.77	1,581	48

One grade step is worth $40.80/cwt here — about $204 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 sale898 hd

328.39

—

NE average10 barns · 4,068 hd

319.28

+9.11

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+22.95

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−173.60

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

43 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 1-2	550–600	558	285.52/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,593	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	285.21/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,398	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,776	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,540	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,688	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,300	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	344.50/cwt	332.50–358.00	1,319	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,722	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	318.15/cwt	317.00–326.50	1,782	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,828	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	388.55/cwt	386.50–389.50	1,791	316
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,411	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,071	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,371	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,397	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	283.45/cwt	277.00–292.50	1,888	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	411.81/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,367	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,188	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,680	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	275.43/cwt	265.50–287.50	1,551	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	268.52/cwt	265.50–277.00	1,450	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,037	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	347.85/cwt	341.00–363.00	1,677	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,046	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	397.93/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,508	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	314.05/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,376	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,124	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	370.04/cwt	363.00–378.00	1,624	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,657	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,896	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	336.90/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,738	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	298.24/cwt	288.00–306.00	1,831	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	208.01/cwt	207.00–209.00	2,128	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,615	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	312.47/cwt	307.00–316.00	1,478	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,303	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	262.10/cwt	258.50–264.00	1,649	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,043	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	264.41/cwt	263.50–265.00	1,616	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	300.11/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,549	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	269.32/cwt	265.50–270.00	1,915	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	306.01/cwt	293.50–316.50	1,781	242

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 Nov 14, 2024

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

Receipts 4,078Last week 4,360Year ago 3,905

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 15.00 higher and heifers were steady - 6.00 higher. Demand was good on a nice selection offered today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	336	387.00	387.00
57	350–400	385	356.00	356.00
27	400–450	420	332.50	332.50
15	450–500	498	339.00	339.00
12	500–550	509	302.50	302.50
36	550–600	558	285.00–286.00	285.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	648	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	400–450	412	418.00	418.00
316	450–500	461	386.50–389.50	388.55
197	500–550	505	362.00	362.00
152	550–600	560	317.00–326.50	318.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
290	600–650	614	288.00–306.00	298.24
31	650–700	666	277.00–292.50	283.45
83	700–750	711	265.50–270.00	269.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	332	411.00–415.00	411.81
61	350–400	379	392.50–400.00	397.93
132	400–450	439	363.00–378.00	370.04
151	450–500	482	341.00–363.00	347.85
259	500–550	516	325.00–346.00	336.90
242	550–600	582	293.50–316.50	306.01
27	600–650	634	299.00	299.00
6	750–800	753	270.50	270.50
12	800–850	848	250.50	250.50
54	850–900	893	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	490	285.00–286.00	285.21
30	500–550	540	265.50–277.00	268.52
11	700–750	718	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	377.50	377.50
94	350–400	383	332.50–358.00	344.50
86	400–450	438	310.00–317.50	314.05
144	450–500	473	307.00–316.00	312.47
118	500–550	516	291.00–309.00	300.11
136	550–600	563	265.50–287.50	275.43
26	600–650	611	263.50–265.00	264.41
9	650–700	682	243.00	243.00
19	800–850	832	245.50	245.50
5	850–900	885	234.00	234.00
16	900–950	947	216.00	216.00
100	950–1000	984	234.00	234.00
10	1000–1050	1,023	207.00–209.00	208.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
75	600–650	629	258.50–264.00	262.10
26	650–700	654	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	369	382.50	382.50

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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