Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2025-04-10

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Apr 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
1,988 head
2,590 vs last sale 4,578 477 vs year ago 2,465 · 19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, fly-weight steers sold fully steady, less than 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower, over 700 bls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers less than 750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Erratic outside market conditions spilling over to Thursday auction. Overall, still a good market. Some cattle may head to summer grass when it greens up, some to the breeding pen and others are heading to the feedlot. Next reported feeder sale will be April 24.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.42/cwt on 414 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 107.73 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.
Average price
$353.42
414 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.32
vs NE average
+36.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534356.201,901384
Medium and Large 1-2579317.751,83830
One grade step is worth $38.45/cwt here — about $63 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
500468436404median 461.1412/1801/2202/2604/2307/02
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 sale414 hd
353.42
NE average4 barns · 831 hd
343.09
+10.32
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
+36.87
This barn, trailing median15 sales
461.14
−107.73
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

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750742320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,37427
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,14546
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429399.98/cwt387.50–414.001,716104
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350347437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,5187
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465397.13/cwt395.00–400.001,84721
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900867263.87/cwt263.50–264.502,288109
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560383.47/cwt372.00–395.502,147144
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633344.31/cwt340.00–355.002,17925
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710326.34/cwt312.00–330.502,31772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750719300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1578
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700651355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,31180
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450408447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,82414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,8715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600589352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0737
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400364477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,73811
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570348.06/cwt334.00–350.001,984105
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800756317.24/cwt300.00–323.002,39824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7829
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750744288.36/cwt287.00–288.502,14564
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479407.64/cwt399.00–420.001,953106
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508398.81/cwt392.50–405.002,02647
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376444.81/cwt431.00–452.501,67235
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850817289.64/cwt285.50–293.002,366100
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618312.03/cwt300.50–322.501,92839
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,85921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,81726
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800779288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,24481
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520359.27/cwt352.50–367.001,868279
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700688290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,99523

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.