Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Start of the special Thursday sales. Demand was good with a nice run of feeders and preg checked open heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.50/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −98.64 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.

Average price

$362.50

9 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−45.03

vs NE average

+2.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	362.50	1,987	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale9 hd

362.50

—

NE average4 barns · 194 hd

407.53

−45.03

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+2.70

This barn, trailing median15 sales

461.14

−98.64

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

20 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 1Fancy	850–900	896	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,064	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	780	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,863	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	310.32/cwt	305.00–312.00	3,038	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,448	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	304.36/cwt	303.00–305.00	3,111	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	328.44/cwt	318.00–332.00	3,041	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,239	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	334.79/cwt	330.50–344.00	2,722	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	361.65/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,607	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	344.19/cwt	344.00–345.00	3,036	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	349.21/cwt	343.00–352.00	2,727	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	330.27/cwt	329.00–335.50	3,052	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,570	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	3,280	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	363.06/cwt	362.00–367.00	2,730	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	330.79/cwt	320.00–336.50	2,851	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	353.55/cwt	350.50–354.00	2,924	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,858	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,987	9

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 Aug 21, 2025

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

Receipts 2,317Last week 6,664Year ago 2,143

No comparison. Start of the special Thursday sales. Demand was good with a nice run of feeders and preg checked open heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	750–800	780	367.00	367.00
65	850–900	896	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	600–650	626	391.00	391.00
300	700–750	721	350.00–367.00	361.65
336	750–800	781	343.00–352.00	349.21
226	800–850	813	330.50–344.00	334.79
271	850–900	862	320.00–336.50	330.79
160	900–950	926	318.00–332.00	328.44
65	950–1000	979	305.00–312.00	310.32
92	1000–1050	1,022	303.00–305.00	304.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	548	362.50	362.50
53	750–800	792	324.50	324.50
61	900–950	913	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	750–800	752	362.00–367.00	363.06
70	800–850	827	350.50–354.00	353.55
83	850–900	882	344.00–345.00	344.19
59	900–950	924	329.00–335.50	330.27
6	950–1000	985	320.50	320.50
61	1000–1050	1,020	317.50	317.50
10	1050–1100	1,070	306.50	306.50

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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