Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week flyweight steers sold 10.00 to 14.00 higher, flat 5 wt steers sold 5.00 lower with 550 lbs steers and weaned 6 weight calves trading 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Then the market slipped backwards on the heavier bawlers trading 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearlings over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. On the heifer market most weights of calves less than 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher and yearling heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Instances 2.00 lower on some 600 to 650 weight heifers. Ample rain showers in the Southern Plains have brought buyers to this sale putting packages of calves together for winter grazing situations. Demand was moderate to good from start to finish with active internet buying.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.94/cwt on 334 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −176.05 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$325.94

334 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$29.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs NE average

+16.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	327.91	1,791	312
Medium and Large 1-2	574	298.00	1,711	22

One grade step is worth $29.91/cwt here — about $81 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 sale334 hd

325.94

—

NE average8 barns · 3,181 hd

320.53

+5.42

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+16.68

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−176.05

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

45 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 1-2	300–350	308	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,078	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,916	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	296.93/cwt	287.00–311.50	1,565	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,867	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	322.13/cwt	312.00–335.50	1,517	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,711	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,510	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,274	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	304.46/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,927	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,372	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	275.59/cwt	275.50–276.00	2,128	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	292.52/cwt	283.00–309.50	1,846	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	512	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,766	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	617	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,925	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	385.01/cwt	380.00–391.00	1,640	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	247.84/cwt	245.50–258.50	2,139	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	320.43/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,858	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,912	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	283.28/cwt	282.00–284.50	1,895	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	339.69/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,552	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	239.71/cwt	230.50–249.00	1,870	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	224.98/cwt	221.00–232.50	2,054	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	252.72/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,597	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,211	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,728	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	283.26/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,623	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	255.96/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,869	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	607	322.69/cwt	311.00–326.50	1,959	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	454	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,725	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	261.53/cwt	254.00–266.50	1,629	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	337.71/cwt	331.00–341.00	1,476	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	252.90/cwt	243.50–258.00	2,114	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	293.58/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,973	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	409.43/cwt	395.00–413.00	1,556	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	358.31/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,713	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,121	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	284.36/cwt	268.50–288.50	2,033	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	244.06/cwt	243.00–246.00	2,216	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	330.00/cwt	326.00–336.00	1,756	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	369	361.10/cwt	352.50–367.00	1,332	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	330.88/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,310	55

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 4,282Last week 4,078Year ago 3,905

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	308	350.00	350.00
11	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
10	700–750	732	232.00	232.00
10	800–850	819	228.00	228.00
15	850–900	885	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
55	350–400	396	322.50–337.50	330.88
39	400–450	437	331.00–341.00	337.71
150	450–500	471	312.00–335.50	322.13
90	500–550	527	287.00–311.50	296.93
141	550–600	573	273.00–292.00	283.26
62	600–650	623	254.00–266.50	261.53
42	650–700	652	265.00	265.00
73	700–750	730	246.00–257.00	255.96
128	750–800	780	230.50–249.00	239.71
229	800–850	836	243.50–258.00	252.90
43	850–900	891	238.00	238.00
105	900–950	913	221.00–232.50	224.98
11	950–1000	976	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	632	246.00–262.00	252.72
6	650–700	666	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	369	352.50–367.00	361.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	392	350.00	350.00
27	400–450	411	367.50	367.50
35	450–500	457	335.00–347.50	339.69
22	550–600	574	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	380	395.00–413.00	409.43
38	400–450	426	380.00–391.00	385.01
130	450–500	478	350.00–368.00	358.31
190	500–550	532	326.00–336.00	330.00
101	550–600	580	304.00–325.00	320.43
245	600–650	633	297.00–311.00	304.46
196	650–700	672	275.00–296.00	293.58
248	700–750	715	268.50–288.50	284.36
174	750–800	772	275.50–276.00	275.59
60	850–900	863	245.50–258.50	247.84
20	900–950	908	243.00–246.00	244.06
7	1000–1050	1,015	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
142	600–650	631	283.00–309.50	292.52
47	650–700	669	282.00–284.50	283.28
11	700–750	720	265.50	265.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	512	345.00	345.00
30	600–650	617	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	454	380.00	380.00
119	600–650	607	311.00–326.50	322.69

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