Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of 2025, so no comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered. The stands were full and internet was busy . First of their Stock Show Specials with another sale next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.10/cwt on 691 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −141.89 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$360.10

691 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$28.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

vs NE average

+18.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	365.55	1,990	559
Medium and Large 1-2	552	337.00	1,862	132

One grade step is worth $28.54/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale691 hd

360.10

—

NE average9 barns · 4,744 hd

358.13

+1.96

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+18.02

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−141.89

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 1Fancy	600–650	622	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,090	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	571	343.70/cwt	339.00–355.00	1,963	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,132	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,478	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,311	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	358.11/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,508	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	334.32/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,645	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	315.08/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,638	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	290.31/cwt	281.50–298.00	2,221	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	372.09/cwt	366.00–379.00	1,976	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	280.29/cwt	266.00–282.50	2,304	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	338.79/cwt	332.50–341.00	1,802	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,824	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	292.43/cwt	286.00–299.50	1,807	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	336.11/cwt	327.50–348.00	2,077	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	299.77/cwt	289.00–310.00	2,206	495
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	355.66/cwt	348.00–366.00	1,704	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	310.74/cwt	310.50–311.00	1,827	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,925	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	276.34/cwt	274.00–283.50	2,017	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	719	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,265	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	451	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,849	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	446.68/cwt	446.00–447.00	1,827	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	335.47/cwt	332.50–337.00	1,912	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	314.49/cwt	309.50–319.00	1,931	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,824	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	633	357.24/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,261	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	539	357.85/cwt	351.00–362.00	1,929	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	310.27/cwt	303.00–322.50	1,905	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,665	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,462	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	351.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,015	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	275.86/cwt	269.00–283.00	2,011	390
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	333.66/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,748	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	289.98/cwt	279.50–295.00	1,920	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	261.57/cwt	253.00–263.00	2,085	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,430	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	389.54/cwt	383.00–399.00	1,870	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	309.11/cwt	298.00–318.50	2,086	371
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	663	306.98/cwt	304.00–324.00	2,035	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	255.70/cwt	241.50–258.00	2,053	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	318.78/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,785	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	563	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,111	17

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 6,914Last week 4,773Year ago 6,377

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	571	339.00–355.00	343.70
28	600–650	622	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	332	395.00	395.00
8	350–400	386	383.00	383.00
31	400–450	421	352.50–365.00	358.11
299	450–500	479	348.00–366.00	355.66
220	500–550	524	325.00–347.00	333.66
85	550–600	560	317.00–324.00	318.78
112	600–650	614	303.00–322.50	310.27
257	650–700	662	279.50–295.00	289.98
390	700–750	729	269.00–283.00	275.86
70	750–800	797	253.00–263.00	261.57
81	800–850	803	241.50–258.00	255.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	492	330.00–340.00	334.32
138	500–550	520	310.00–320.00	315.08
27	550–600	588	310.50–311.00	310.74
172	600–650	618	286.00–299.50	292.43
14	650–700	691	264.00	264.00
25	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
158	500–550	539	351.00–362.00	357.85
17	550–600	563	375.00	375.00
102	600–650	633	343.00–365.00	357.24
89	650–700	663	304.00–324.00	306.98
39	700–750	719	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	651	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	346	460.00	460.00
10	350–400	368	452.50	452.50
53	400–450	409	446.00–447.00	446.68
66	450–500	480	383.00–399.00	389.54
380	500–550	531	366.00–379.00	372.09
179	550–600	573	340.00–360.00	351.66
486	600–650	618	327.50–348.00	336.11
371	650–700	675	298.00–318.50	309.11
495	700–750	736	289.00–310.00	299.77
273	750–800	765	281.50–298.00	290.31
401	800–850	822	266.00–282.50	280.29
118	850–900	897	274.50	274.50
51	950–1000	972	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	437	417.50	417.50
61	500–550	532	332.50–341.00	338.79
71	550–600	570	332.50–337.00	335.47
93	600–650	614	309.50–319.00	314.49
17	650–700	657	293.00	293.00
40	700–750	730	274.00–283.50	276.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	451	410.00	410.00

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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