Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Steers were 3.00 - 10.00 higher over 700 lbs and heifers were steady - 8.00 lower over 650 lbs. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.44/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −58.55 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$443.44

32 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.49

vs NE average

+26.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	443.44	2,438	32

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

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 sale32 hd

443.44

—

NE average6 barns · 701 hd

463.92

−20.49

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+26.35

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−58.55

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

35 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	800–850	811	370.04/cwt	366.00–371.00	3,001	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	345.72/cwt	339.00–352.00	2,818	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	379.61/cwt	365.00–384.00	2,540	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,373	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	337.89/cwt	331.00–341.50	2,923	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	399.32/cwt	385.00–407.00	2,719	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	362.12/cwt	357.50–368.50	3,093	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	329.07/cwt	321.00–334.00	3,050	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	324.19/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,119	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	352.01/cwt	343.00–356.00	2,601	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,195	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,623	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	783	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,054	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	425.74/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,461	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,307	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,455	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,225	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,324	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	711	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,634	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	379.80/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,947	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	900–950	938	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,377	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	521.23/cwt	520.00–522.50	2,299	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,875	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	463.49/cwt	457.50–472.50	2,401	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	736	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,826	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	359.50/cwt	353.00–363.00	3,347	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,814	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	352.34/cwt	347.00–354.00	2,748	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,154	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	800–850	844	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	3,064	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	850–900	868	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	3,151	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	340.09/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,955	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	856	382.96/cwt	380.00–386.00	3,278	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,643	7

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 Sep 25, 2025

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

Receipts 3,508Last week 3,397Year ago 3,051

Compared to two weeks ago. Steers were 3.00 - 10.00 higher over 700 lbs and heifers were steady - 8.00 lower over 650 lbs. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	441	520.00–522.50	521.23
15	500–550	518	457.50–472.50	463.49
17	550–600	578	425.00–427.50	425.74
16	600–650	632	415.00	415.00
72	650–700	681	385.00–407.00	399.32
11	700–750	743	387.00	387.00
179	750–800	776	375.00–384.00	379.80
64	800–850	811	366.00–371.00	370.04
185	850–900	854	357.50–368.50	362.12
194	900–950	931	353.00–363.00	359.50
21	950–1000	951	336.00	336.00
53	1000–1050	1,022	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
29	700–750	736	384.00	384.00
132	750–800	783	390.00	390.00
260	850–900	856	380.00–386.00	382.96
111	900–950	938	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	750–800	771	365.00	365.00
107	850–900	869	330.00–346.00	340.09
64	950–1000	998	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
62	800–850	844	363.00	363.00
26	850–900	868	363.00	363.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	700	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	465.00	465.00
9	550–600	584	395.00	395.00
23	600–650	623	394.00	394.00
59	650–700	669	365.00–384.00	379.61
72	700–750	739	343.00–356.00	352.01
103	750–800	780	347.00–354.00	352.34
267	800–850	815	339.00–352.00	345.72
162	850–900	865	331.00–341.50	337.89
269	900–950	927	321.00–334.00	329.07
68	950–1000	962	320.00–330.00	324.19
26	1000–1050	1,027	314.00	314.00
31	1050–1100	1,074	309.50	309.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
160	700–750	711	370.50	370.50

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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