Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 15.00 lower, except 650 -750 was 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Heifers 400 - 550 was 10.00 - 13.00 higher, the resr was 3.00 - 13.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.21/cwt on 711 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −146.77 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$355.21

711 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$5.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs NE average

+28.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	355.61	1,909	660
Medium and Large 1-2	536	350.08	1,876	51

One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $33 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 sale711 hd

355.21

—

NE average9 barns · 3,781 hd

346.67

+8.54

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+28.58

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−146.77

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

44 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 1Fancy	400–450	414	439.51/cwt	437.00–446.00	1,820	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	403.94/cwt	402.00–406.00	1,862	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	347.97/cwt	343.00–349.00	1,928	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,077	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,497	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,727	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	380.28/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,673	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	359.96/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,544	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	370.39/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,748	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,706	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,866	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,523	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	422.01/cwt	410.00–434.00	1,646	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	246.51/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,896	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	763	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,087	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	350.57/cwt	347.00–363.00	1,679	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	350.08/cwt	345.50–355.00	1,876	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	295.23/cwt	282.50–300.00	1,695	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	508	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,824	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	302.14/cwt	291.50–311.00	2,009	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	387.32/cwt	377.00–395.00	1,809	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	360.47/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,186	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	390.61/cwt	374.00–398.00	1,605	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,029	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	255.65/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,685	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	332.09/cwt	319.00–342.00	1,724	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	576	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	1,909	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	250.02/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,813	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	284.52/cwt	281.00–289.00	2,046	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,988	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	421.88/cwt	420.00–424.00	1,806	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	832	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,201	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	689	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,060	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	447.95/cwt	432.50–477.50	1,456	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	309.61/cwt	301.00–312.50	1,941	422
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	402.53/cwt	397.50–414.00	1,308	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,143	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	461.75/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,713	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	328.25/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,864	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,314	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	370.24/cwt	359.00–378.00	1,925	348

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	400–450	414	437.00–446.00	439.51
66	450–500	461	402.00–406.00	403.94
95	550–600	554	343.00–349.00	347.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	440.00	440.00
24	350–400	390	410.00–434.00	422.01
81	400–450	440	372.50–390.00	380.28
45	450–500	479	347.00–363.00	350.57
51	500–550	536	345.50–355.00	350.08
11	650–700	676	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	508	359.00	359.00
39	550–600	576	331.50	331.50
85	650–700	689	299.00	299.00
95	750–800	763	273.50	273.50
67	800–850	832	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	300–350	325	432.50–477.50	447.95
68	350–400	371	450.00–475.00	461.75
128	400–450	428	420.00–424.00	421.88
148	450–500	467	377.00–395.00	387.32
348	500–550	520	359.00–378.00	370.24
131	550–600	568	320.00–332.50	328.25
422	600–650	627	301.00–312.50	309.61
93	650–700	665	291.50–311.00	302.14
196	700–750	719	281.00–289.00	284.52
13	750–800	757	268.00	268.00
33	800–850	801	267.50	267.50
5	900–950	914	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	325	397.50–414.00	402.53
13	350–400	382	392.00	392.00
141	400–450	411	374.00–398.00	390.61
193	450–500	472	360.00–380.00	370.39
259	500–550	519	319.00–342.00	332.09
201	550–600	574	282.50–300.00	295.23
14	600–650	607	284.50	284.50
16	650–700	659	245.00–264.00	255.65
38	700–750	725	248.00–251.00	250.02
58	750–800	769	242.50–250.00	246.51
66	800–850	839	237.00	237.00
10	900–950	923	225.00	225.00
20	1050–1100	1,064	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	329	350.00–365.00	360.47
8	350–400	392	366.00	366.00
86	400–450	429	358.00–365.00	359.96
18	450–500	463	329.00	329.00
18	500–550	540	316.00	316.00

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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