Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week, but compared to two weeks ago the market still has a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.80/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −101.19 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$400.80

96 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.26

vs NE average

+26.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	415.00	2,399	49
Medium and Large 1-2	563	386.00	2,173	47

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $226 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

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 sale96 hd

400.80

—

NE average2 barns · 537 hd

422.07

−21.26

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+26.66

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−101.19

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

23 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 1-2	550–600	563	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,173	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,069	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	310.35/cwt	304.00–316.00	2,244	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	316.13/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,526	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	724	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,570	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	286.46/cwt	282.00–292.00	2,676	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	787	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,652	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,264	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,556	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,165	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	325.23/cwt	320.50–329.00	2,205	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,672	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,366	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,836	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	346.25/cwt	331.00–354.00	2,005	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	367.08/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,909	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	338.33/cwt	332.50–342.00	2,104	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	283.75/cwt	282.50–284.50	2,361	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	296.02/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,395	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,399	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,379	65

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 May 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,446Last week 3,030Year ago 0

No sale last week, but compared to two weeks ago the market still has a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	397	452.50	452.50
23	450–500	484	427.50	427.50
47	550–600	563	386.00	386.00
72	700–750	723	304.00–316.00	310.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	479	452.00	452.00
49	550–600	578	415.00	415.00
29	600–650	605	391.00	391.00
65	650–700	675	352.50	352.50
21	700–750	706	362.00	362.00
135	750–800	799	314.00–318.00	316.13
69	800–850	809	295.00–300.00	296.02
55	850–900	869	307.50	307.50
124	900–950	934	282.00–292.00	286.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
73	700–750	724	355.00	355.00
66	750–800	787	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	412.50	412.50
7	450–500	482	381.00	381.00
28	500–550	520	362.50–370.00	367.08
21	550–600	579	331.00–354.00	346.25
51	600–650	622	332.50–342.00	338.33
144	650–700	678	320.50–329.00	325.23
65	700–750	741	305.50	305.50
53	800–850	832	282.50–284.50	283.75

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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