Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with buyers and the internet all day making a higher trend on all the offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.99/cwt on 680 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −105.16 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.

Average price

$355.99

680 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$22.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.31

vs NE average

+34.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	357.75	1,956	626
Medium and Large 1-2	555	335.55	1,864	54

One grade step is worth $22.20/cwt here — about $92 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.49, low $418.09, median $461.14 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 sale680 hd

355.99

—

NE average6 barns · 1,467 hd

344.68

+11.31

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

+34.25

This barn, trailing median15 sales

461.14

−105.16

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 1	350–400	362	455.28/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,648	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	341.92/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,843	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	359.50/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,135	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	313.07/cwt	306.00–315.00	2,386	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	295.38/cwt	284.00–300.00	2,425	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	385.54/cwt	375.00–393.00	2,244	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	256.82/cwt	256.00–257.00	2,293	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,319	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	401.87/cwt	394.00–408.00	1,748	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	466	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,794	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	333.19/cwt	330.50–336.00	2,052	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,172	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,024	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	309.51/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,873	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,654	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,462	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	331.42/cwt	325.00–346.00	2,254	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	474.36/cwt	466.00–478.00	1,765	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	323.30/cwt	314.00–328.00	1,956	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,129	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	313.70/cwt	307.00–319.00	1,979	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	443.58/cwt	442.00–445.00	2,014	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	344.36/cwt	337.00–348.00	1,984	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	273.41/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,818	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,210	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	398.98/cwt	398.00–405.00	1,835	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,544	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	286.32/cwt	275.50–290.00	2,222	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	409.60/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,179	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	364.38/cwt	357.00–373.00	2,270	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,342	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	376.47/cwt	370.00–384.00	1,803	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	440.14/cwt	437.50–445.00	1,937	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,736	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	293.59/cwt	287.00–296.50	2,143	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	305.63/cwt	298.00–315.00	2,072	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	367.05/cwt	361.00–371.00	1,916	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	585	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,036	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	521	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,048	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	556	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,235	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	661	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,105	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	525	362.47/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,903	115

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 4,578Last week 6,122Year ago 3,160

No comparison to last week. Demand was good with buyers and the internet all day making a higher trend on all the offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	362	445.00–465.00	455.28
69	400–450	435	394.00–408.00	401.87
157	450–500	479	370.00–384.00	376.47
255	500–550	522	361.00–371.00	367.05
115	550–600	576	337.00–348.00	344.36
104	600–650	631	307.00–319.00	313.70
215	650–700	678	298.00–315.00	305.63
186	700–750	730	287.00–296.50	293.59
27	750–800	776	275.50–290.00	286.32
67	800–850	811	286.00	286.00
45	850–900	893	256.00–257.00	256.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	490	337.50	337.50
39	500–550	539	340.00–342.50	341.92
15	550–600	598	319.00	319.00
16	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
20	650–700	665	272.50–275.00	273.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	466	385.00	385.00
115	500–550	525	360.00–363.00	362.47
141	550–600	585	348.00	348.00
54	650–700	661	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
172	600–650	616	330.50–336.00	333.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	406	427.50	427.50
119	450–500	460	398.00–405.00	398.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	550–600	594	350.00–367.00	359.50
30	600–650	605	314.00–328.00	323.30
8	650–700	678	314.00	314.00
27	700–750	743	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	350–400	372	466.00–478.00	474.36
85	400–450	440	437.50–445.00	440.14
65	450–500	454	442.00–445.00	443.58
222	500–550	532	400.00–414.00	409.60
131	550–600	582	375.00–393.00	385.54
224	600–650	623	357.00–373.00	364.38
204	650–700	680	325.00–346.00	331.42
50	700–750	714	328.00	328.00
137	750–800	762	306.00–315.00	313.07
192	800–850	821	284.00–300.00	295.38
63	850–900	864	285.00	285.00
52	900–950	907	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	504	431.00	431.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	521	393.00	393.00
32	550–600	556	402.00	402.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	605	306.00–315.00	309.51
18	700–750	723	280.00	280.00
9	900–950	910	250.00	250.00

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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