Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on a very cold day. Weigh up was in buyers favor most of the day. Demand was moderate to mostly good throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.36/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −129.63 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$372.36

114 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.21

vs NE average

+31.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	377.07	2,066	89
Medium and Large 1-2	511	355.57	1,817	25

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $249 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 sale114 hd

372.36

—

NE average5 barns · 397 hd

362.15

+10.21

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+31.15

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−129.63

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

31 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	750–800	762	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,294	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,724	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	348.20/cwt	341.00–356.00	1,717	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	365.61/cwt	360.00–376.00	1,532	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	335.95/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,730	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	385.43/cwt	379.00–391.00	1,449	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	270.33/cwt	265.50–276.00	1,944	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	355.57/cwt	346.00–363.00	1,817	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	308.27/cwt	292.00–312.00	2,035	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	351	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,481	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,884	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	281.56/cwt	281.56–281.56	2,106	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	367.69/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,092	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,885	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	306.98/cwt	304.00–308.00	2,269	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	268.91/cwt	261.00–277.50	2,364	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,012	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	286.78/cwt	274.50–295.00	2,225	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,337	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	308.40/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,869	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	348.24/cwt	339.00–351.50	2,124	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	250.09/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,966	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	278.83/cwt	275.00–282.50	2,300	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,892	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,854	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	318.33/cwt	306.50–324.00	2,174	161

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 Feb 20, 2025

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

Receipts 2,176Last week 4,466Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on a very cold day. Weigh up was in buyers favor most of the day. Demand was moderate to mostly good throughout the sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	750–800	762	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	416.00	416.00
10	450–500	482	355.00	355.00
25	500–550	511	346.00–363.00	355.57
16	700–750	748	281.56	281.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	311	453.00	453.00
7	350–400	350	423.00	423.00
56	400–450	403	460.00	460.00
62	450–500	470	402.50	402.50
33	500–550	512	393.00	393.00
56	550–600	569	355.00–375.00	367.69
133	600–650	610	339.00–351.50	348.24
161	650–700	683	306.50–324.00	318.33
108	700–750	739	304.00–308.00	306.98
151	750–800	776	274.50–295.00	286.78
183	800–850	825	275.00–282.50	278.83
156	850–900	879	261.00–277.50	268.91
52	900–950	920	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	507	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
58	350–400	376	379.00–391.00	385.43
45	400–450	419	360.00–376.00	365.61
37	450–500	493	341.00–356.00	348.20
56	500–550	515	325.00–340.00	335.95
69	550–600	573	329.00	329.00
70	600–650	606	300.00–314.00	308.40
86	650–700	660	292.00–312.00	308.27
71	700–750	719	265.50–276.00	270.33
76	750–800	786	245.00–256.00	250.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	351	422.00	422.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	746	252.50	252.50

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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