Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good. Nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.85/cwt on 560 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −112.14 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$389.85

560 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.60

vs NE average

+31.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	389.85	2,130	560

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale560 hd

389.85

—

NE average8 barns · 2,298 hd

382.25

+7.60

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+31.18

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−112.14

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

54 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 1NHTC	500–550	535	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,089	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	476	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	728	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,148	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,709	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	269.75/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,850	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,459	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	681	327.89/cwt	324.50–332.50	2,233	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	860	273.14/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,349	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	767	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,201	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	389.41/cwt	389.00–390.00	2,220	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	634	355.17/cwt	353.00–355.50	2,252	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,107	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,289	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	722	319.87/cwt	316.00–328.00	2,309	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,993	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,117	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	315.61/cwt	302.00–326.00	2,127	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	272.79/cwt	262.50–279.00	2,371	422
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	337.07/cwt	328.00–347.00	1,611	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,590	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	343.62/cwt	330.50–348.50	2,137	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	283.13/cwt	277.50–291.50	2,341	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	395.26/cwt	383.00–400.00	2,055	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	425.96/cwt	421.00–430.00	1,815	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,183	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,216	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	364.20/cwt	354.00–367.50	2,083	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	273.48/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,975	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,555	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	436.82/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,599	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	298.17/cwt	293.00–311.50	2,320	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	266.49/cwt	258.00–267.75	2,484	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	421.40/cwt	421.00–422.50	1,610	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	269.87/cwt	262.00–277.50	2,105	344
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	307.91/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,931	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	290.09/cwt	281.50–297.50	1,984	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	296.20/cwt	289.50–306.00	2,165	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	391.65/cwt	384.00–394.00	1,939	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	336.15/cwt	324.00–346.50	1,775	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	318.00/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,898	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	249.71/cwt	249.50–251.00	2,215	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	231.01/cwt	227.50–232.00	2,331	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,540	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,419	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,928	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	820	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,308	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	675	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,133	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	740	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,231	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,217	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	259.53/cwt	255.00–264.00	2,113	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	966	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,531	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	580	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,227	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	774	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,272	36

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 Mar 13, 2025

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

Receipts 6,122Last week 6,706Year ago 5,431

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good. Nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	476	412.00	412.00
25	500–550	535	390.50	390.50
57	550–600	580	384.00	384.00
118	650–700	681	324.50–332.50	327.89
9	700–750	728	295.00	295.00
36	750–800	774	293.50	293.50
86	850–900	860	265.00–275.00	273.14
64	950–1000	966	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	750–800	767	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	500–550	519	406.00	406.00
136	550–600	570	389.00–390.00	389.41
103	600–650	634	353.00–355.50	355.17
82	650–700	654	350.00	350.00
79	700–750	722	316.00–328.00	319.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	432.50	432.50
30	350–400	366	430.00–450.00	436.82
133	400–450	426	421.00–430.00	425.96
92	450–500	495	384.00–394.00	391.65
156	500–550	520	383.00–400.00	395.26
83	550–600	572	354.00–367.50	364.20
175	600–650	622	330.50–348.50	343.62
74	650–700	674	302.00–326.00	315.61
120	700–750	731	289.50–306.00	296.20
351	750–800	778	293.00–311.50	298.17
160	800–850	827	277.50–291.50	283.13
422	850–900	869	262.50–279.00	272.79
215	900–950	932	258.00–267.75	266.49
43	950–1000	996	256.50	256.50
14	1000–1050	1,008	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	468	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	379	385.00	385.00
30	500–550	546	313.00	313.00
8	550–600	595	291.00	291.00
38	650–700	686	269.00–271.00	269.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	382	421.00–422.50	421.40
16	400–450	425	374.00	374.00
32	450–500	478	328.00–347.00	337.07
163	500–550	528	324.00–346.50	336.15
120	550–600	597	310.00–320.00	318.00
285	600–650	627	295.00–315.00	307.91
256	650–700	684	281.50–297.50	290.09
226	700–750	722	268.00–281.00	273.48
344	750–800	780	262.00–277.50	269.87
174	800–850	814	255.00–264.00	259.53
78	850–900	887	249.50–251.00	249.71
6	900–950	902	242.00	242.00
50	1000–1050	1,009	227.50–232.00	231.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	650–700	675	316.00	316.00
47	700–750	740	301.50	301.50
12	750–800	778	285.00	285.00
72	800–850	820	281.50	281.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	685	291.00	291.00
9	800–850	833	266.00	266.00
5	850–900	882	240.00	240.00

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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