Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good today on nice selection of feeders offered, very few calves offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $425.74/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −35.40 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.

Average price

$425.74

13 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.22

vs NE average

+57.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	425.74	2,261	13thin

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 sale13 hd

425.74

—

NE average5 barns · 365 hd

406.52

+19.22

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

+57.40

This barn, trailing median15 sales

461.14

−35.40

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

38 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	450–500	480	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,292	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	768	374.15/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,873	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	813	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,935	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	327.49/cwt	320.50–329.00	3,367	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	324.17/cwt	323.50–325.00	3,170	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	957	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,110	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	702	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,724	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	647	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,504	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	914	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,971	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	789	377.82/cwt	367.00–381.50	2,981	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	354.61/cwt	353.00–361.50	2,975	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,968	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	3,406	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	377.21/cwt	374.00–385.00	2,539	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	398.11/cwt	397.00–400.00	2,484	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,298	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	395.49/cwt	393.00–400.00	2,527	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,735	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,606	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	352.41/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,862	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	367.15/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,849	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	338.64/cwt	335.50–349.00	3,129	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	879	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,129	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,306	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	336.76/cwt	332.50–346.00	2,977	298
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,063	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,146	110
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	942	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,076	149
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	835	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,885	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	425.74/cwt	417.50–431.00	2,261	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	374.98/cwt	367.00–381.00	2,674	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,660	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	333.07/cwt	332.50–334.50	3,124	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	354.24/cwt	350.00–358.00	3,029	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	381.52/cwt	371.50–390.50	2,797	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	360.76/cwt	357.00–369.00	2,843	179

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

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No comparison. Demand was good today on nice selection of feeders offered, very few calves offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	480	477.50	477.50
7	550–600	595	387.50	387.50
27	600–650	646	420.00	420.00
5	650–700	665	400.00	400.00
113	700–750	733	371.50–390.50	381.52
145	750–800	776	362.50–375.00	367.15
109	800–850	839	353.00–361.50	354.61
45	850–900	855	350.00–358.00	354.24
151	900–950	924	335.50–349.00	338.64
22	950–1000	978	323.50–325.00	324.17
61	1000–1050	1,028	320.50–329.00	327.49
20	1100–1150	1,115	305.50	305.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
54	750–800	768	374.00–375.00	374.15
6	950–1000	957	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	850–900	886	335.00	335.00
13	900–950	914	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	639	393.00–400.00	395.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	647	387.00	387.00
74	700–750	702	388.00	388.00
190	750–800	789	367.00–381.50	377.82
28	800–850	813	361.00	361.00
65	850–900	879	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	512.00	512.00
5	400–450	434	467.50	467.50
13	500–550	531	417.50–431.00	425.74
35	600–650	624	397.00–400.00	398.11
27	650–700	673	374.00–385.00	377.21
229	700–750	713	367.00–381.00	374.98
179	750–800	788	357.00–369.00	360.76
286	800–850	812	340.00–360.00	352.41
298	850–900	884	332.50–346.00	336.76
60	900–950	938	332.50–334.50	333.07
48	1000–1050	1,021	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	732	356.00	356.00
27	800–850	814	336.00	336.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	800–850	835	345.50	345.50
149	900–950	942	326.50	326.50
110	1050–1100	1,063	296.00	296.00

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.

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