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

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Apr 10

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Mar 27Apr 10Apr 24 →

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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 −87.26 against this barn's trailing median of $440.68.

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	356.20	1,901	384
Medium and Large 1-2	579	317.75	1,838	30

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.

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

440.68

−87.26

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.49, low $385.00, median $440.68 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,738	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,824	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	407.64/cwt	399.00–420.00	1,953	106
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,871	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	398.81/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,026	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	383.47/cwt	372.00–395.50	2,147	144
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,073	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	344.31/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,179	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,311	80
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	326.34/cwt	312.00–330.50	2,317	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,157	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	317.24/cwt	300.00–323.00	2,398	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	289.64/cwt	285.50–293.00	2,366	100
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,518	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	444.81/cwt	431.00–452.50	1,672	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	399.98/cwt	387.50–414.00	1,716	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	397.13/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,847	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,817	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	359.27/cwt	352.50–367.00	1,868	279
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	348.06/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,984	105
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,859	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	312.03/cwt	300.50–322.50	1,928	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,995	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	742	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,374	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	288.36/cwt	287.00–288.50	2,145	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,244	81
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	263.87/cwt	263.50–264.50	2,288	109

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 Apr 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,988Last week 4,578Year ago 2,465

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
27	700–750	742	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	347	437.50	437.50
35	350–400	376	431.00–452.50	444.81
104	400–450	429	387.50–414.00	399.98
21	450–500	465	395.00–400.00	397.13
279	500–550	520	352.50–367.00	359.27
105	550–600	570	334.00–350.00	348.06
39	600–650	618	300.50–322.50	312.03
23	650–700	688	290.00	290.00
64	700–750	744	287.00–288.50	288.36
81	750–800	779	288.00	288.00
109	850–900	867	263.50–264.50	263.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	487	373.00	373.00
9	500–550	540	330.00	330.00
21	550–600	595	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	477.50	477.50
14	400–450	408	447.00	447.00
106	450–500	479	399.00–420.00	407.64
47	500–550	508	392.50–405.00	398.81
144	550–600	560	372.00–395.50	383.47
25	600–650	633	340.00–355.00	344.31
80	650–700	651	355.00	355.00
72	700–750	710	312.00–330.50	326.34
24	750–800	756	300.00–323.00	317.24
100	800–850	817	285.50–293.00	289.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	389.00	389.00
7	550–600	589	352.00	352.00
8	700–750	719	300.00	300.00

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.