Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold sharply lower on the day. Buyers pulled back bids as the CME feeder and live cattle boards traded sharply lower on the day. Demand was moderate to good for light weight cattle suited for grass with moderate demand for feeders heading to the yard. All offerings were longtime weaned with some starting to show a tick of flesh due to the mostly pleasant open winter.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.37/cwt on 424 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −140.62 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$361.37

424 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$26.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.69

vs NE average

+18.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	365.48	2,048	358
Medium and Large 1-2	551	339.03	1,869	66

One grade step is worth $26.45/cwt here — about $179 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 sale424 hd

361.37

—

NE average9 barns · 3,020 hd

367.06

−5.69

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+18.99

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−140.62

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

37 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	500–550	545	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,131	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	584	370.11/cwt	366.00–385.00	2,161	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,532	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,437	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	398.16/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,541	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	232.83/cwt	232.50–233.50	2,272	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	280.74/cwt	275.50–285.00	1,794	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	309.46/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,817	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,916	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,090	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,010	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	297.43/cwt	287.50–304.00	2,150	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	346.59/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,820	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	334.17/cwt	319.00–338.00	1,858	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,144	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	326.88/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,742	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	260.25/cwt	249.00–267.00	1,991	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	341.73/cwt	332.50–354.00	1,606	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	284.82/cwt	278.50–291.00	2,099	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	658	295.50/cwt	290.50–297.00	1,944	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,756	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,511	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	268.75/cwt	264.50–275.00	1,973	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	322.55/cwt	316.50–338.00	2,051	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,814	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	276.99/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,884	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	276.34/cwt	269.50–279.50	2,158	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	296.73/cwt	287.00–308.50	1,869	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	366.97/cwt	361.00–376.00	1,941	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	731	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,050	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	271.57/cwt	268.50–278.00	2,268	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	242.21/cwt	241.50–245.00	2,102	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	309.36/cwt	297.00–318.00	2,057	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	351.66/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,011	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	258.12/cwt	254.50–260.00	2,380	256

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

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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
63	500–550	545	391.00	391.00
70	550–600	584	366.00–385.00	370.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	468	350.00	350.00
34	500–550	525	332.50–352.50	346.59
32	550–600	579	331.00	331.00
12	650–700	685	293.50	293.50
39	700–750	737	278.50–291.00	284.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	332	455.00	455.00
56	350–400	392	448.00	448.00
20	450–500	458	396.00	396.00
77	500–550	529	361.00–376.00	366.97
148	550–600	572	341.00–356.00	351.66
159	600–650	636	316.50–338.00	322.55
172	650–700	665	297.00–318.00	309.36
401	700–750	723	287.50–304.00	297.43
276	750–800	781	269.50–279.50	276.34
370	800–850	835	268.50–278.00	271.57
256	900–950	922	254.50–260.00	258.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	348	413.00	413.00
64	350–400	387	391.00–400.00	398.16
22	400–450	441	347.50	347.50
55	450–500	470	332.50–354.00	341.73
91	500–550	533	315.00–337.50	326.88
66	550–600	556	319.00–338.00	334.17
313	600–650	630	287.00–308.50	296.73
149	650–700	680	268.00–284.00	276.99
256	700–750	734	264.50–275.00	268.75
184	750–800	765	249.00–267.00	260.25
115	800–850	831	258.00	258.00
79	850–900	868	241.50–245.00	242.21
175	950–1000	976	232.50–233.50	232.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	377.50	377.50
44	550–600	587	308.00–311.00	309.46
33	600–650	639	275.50–285.00	280.74
27	900–950	929	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	650–700	658	290.50–297.00	295.50
40	700–750	731	280.50	280.50

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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