Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago most weights of steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.23/cwt on 437 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −109.76 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$392.23

437 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$18.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs NE average

+18.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	393.80	2,201	399
Medium and Large 1-2	567	375.71	2,131	38

One grade step is worth $18.09/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale437 hd

392.23

—

NE average7 barns · 1,743 hd

394.29

−2.06

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+18.21

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−109.76

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

48 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 1	750–800	764	315.01/cwt	314.50–317.00	2,407	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,603	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,429	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,145	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,410	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,329	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	467.69/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,749	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,835	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	340.01/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,159	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	374.57/cwt	371.00–375.50	2,146	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	415.53/cwt	415.00–417.00	2,028	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	362.18/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,753	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,900	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	409.48/cwt	385.00–411.00	1,671	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,996	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	313.45/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,799	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	417.63/cwt	415.00–422.50	1,549	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	283.99/cwt	273.00–291.00	2,065	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	326.87/cwt	315.00–330.50	2,030	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	379.51/cwt	374.00–390.00	1,818	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,497	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	365.06/cwt	358.00–371.00	2,318	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	270.28/cwt	265.50–274.50	2,246	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	379.18/cwt	366.00–386.00	1,968	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	286.76/cwt	276.00–290.00	2,205	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	314.78/cwt	301.00–318.00	2,100	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,323	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,415	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,437.98/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,438	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,798	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	431.02/cwt	418.00–437.50	1,754	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	341.84/cwt	331.00–350.00	2,321	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	265.18/cwt	260.00–269.00	2,532	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,301	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	1,662.91/head	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,663	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	451.28/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,548	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	621	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,403	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	685	366.70/cwt	354.00–370.00	2,512	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,832	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,906	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	563	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,041	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	342.35/cwt	328.00–347.50	1,914	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	386.38/cwt	378.00–398.00	2,229	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	443.81/cwt	442.50–447.00	1,837	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	274.09/cwt	272.00–280.50	2,385	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	403.12/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,128	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	434.14/cwt	420.00–438.00	2,045	101

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 3,828Last week 1,988Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago most weights of steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	250–300	277	1,650.00–1,675.00	1,662.91
24	350–400	374	465.00–470.00	467.69
40	400–450	414	442.50–447.00	443.81
101	450–500	471	420.00–438.00	434.14
98	500–550	528	395.00–415.00	403.12
270	550–600	577	378.00–398.00	386.38
35	600–650	635	358.00–371.00	365.06
158	650–700	679	331.00–350.00	341.84
9	700–750	720	323.50	323.50
34	750–800	764	314.50–317.00	315.01
66	800–850	811	299.50	299.50
90	850–900	870	272.00–280.50	274.09
36	900–950	946	264.00	264.00
133	950–1000	955	260.00–269.00	265.18
40	1000–1050	1,009	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	500	429.00	429.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	437	420.00	420.00
83	450–500	488	415.00–417.00	415.53
8	500–550	545	380.00	380.00
30	550–600	573	371.00–375.50	374.57
22	600–650	635	336.00–346.00	340.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	361	507.50	507.50
162	600–650	621	387.00	387.00
97	650–700	685	354.00–370.00	366.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	300	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	371	415.00–422.50	417.63
131	400–450	408	385.00–411.00	409.48
25	450–500	484	358.00–370.00	362.18
27	500–550	539	352.50	352.50
15	550–600	574	310.00–317.50	313.45
13	650–700	686	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	285	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,437.98
22	300–350	343	445.00–465.00	451.28
43	350–400	393	457.50	457.50
41	400–450	407	418.00–437.50	431.02
149	450–500	479	374.00–390.00	379.51
129	500–550	519	366.00–386.00	379.18
47	550–600	559	328.00–347.50	342.35
177	600–650	621	315.00–330.50	326.87
78	650–700	667	301.00–318.00	314.78
37	700–750	727	273.00–291.00	283.99
114	750–800	769	276.00–290.00	286.76
26	800–850	831	265.50–274.50	270.28
32	850–900	865	266.00	266.00
63	900–950	931	249.50	249.50
50	950–1000	962	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	450–500	473	403.00	403.00
73	550–600	563	362.50	362.50

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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