Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers had a lower trend on all except 500 -550 lb heifers were 9.00 higher. The market has had a very tough week with the board. Buyers are still buying but things have to be right with quality and all the shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.54/cwt on 1,375 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −61.45 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$440.54

1,375 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$26.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.40

vs NE average

+21.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	444.03	2,404	1,196
Medium and Large 1-2	561	417.26	2,339	179

One grade step is worth $26.76/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,375 hd

440.54

—

NE average12 barns · 6,697 hd

440.14

+0.40

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+21.44

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−61.45

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

47 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	478	491.57/cwt	486.00–493.00	2,350	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	578.88/cwt	570.00–597.50	2,275	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,758	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	490.42/cwt	477.50–496.00	1,682	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	415.73/cwt	406.00–427.50	2,424	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	513.26/cwt	510.00–527.50	2,274	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,843	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	443.28/cwt	431.00–454.00	2,123	417
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,824	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,414	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	473.10/cwt	472.00–478.00	2,001	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	483.64/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,852	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	322.33/cwt	315.50–328.50	2,646	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	381.01/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,157	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	279.82/cwt	278.00–280.50	2,902	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	423.88/cwt	417.00–438.00	2,221	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	481	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,198	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	653	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,481	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	519.89/cwt	517.00–523.00	2,376	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	467.33/cwt	465.00–471.00	2,425	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	416	543.79/cwt	540.00–548.00	2,262	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	401.47/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,136	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	373.08/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,350	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	420.59/cwt	412.00–427.50	2,027	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,869	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,872	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	453.51/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,363	479
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	455.33/cwt	444.00–467.50	2,254	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	509	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,341	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,856	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	390.04/cwt	389.00–392.00	2,301	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,953	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	371.30/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,250	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	433.55/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,354	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,147	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,512	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	402.23/cwt	390.00–414.00	2,486	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,309	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,251	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	637	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,503	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,545	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	361.56/cwt	350.00–371.00	2,441	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	609.49/cwt	602.50–617.50	2,084	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,245	17

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 Nov 6, 2025

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

Receipts 5,934Last week 4,404Year ago 4,360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	342	602.50–617.50	609.49
242	350–400	393	570.00–597.50	578.88
266	400–450	443	510.00–527.50	513.26
381	450–500	478	486.00–493.00	491.57
479	500–550	521	440.00–462.00	453.51
409	550–600	583	406.00–427.50	415.73
12	600–650	634	355.00	355.00
20	650–700	677	371.00	371.00
9	750–800	797	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	481	457.00	457.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	653	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	416	540.00–548.00	543.79
230	450–500	457	517.00–523.00	519.89
288	500–550	519	465.00–471.00	467.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	630	360.00–378.00	373.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	336	552.50	552.50
20	350–400	388	482.50	482.50
18	400–450	436	448.00	448.00
84	450–500	495	444.00–467.50	455.33
112	500–550	543	422.50–435.00	433.55
67	550–600	590	389.00–392.00	390.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	509	460.00	460.00
50	600–650	637	393.00	393.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
145	600–650	618	390.00–414.00	402.23
21	650–700	675	350.00–371.00	361.56
21	700–750	727	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	365	615.00	615.00
22	400–450	405	570.00	570.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	343	477.50–496.00	490.42
69	350–400	383	470.00–490.00	483.64
134	400–450	423	472.00–478.00	473.10
417	450–500	479	431.00–454.00	443.28
113	500–550	524	417.00–438.00	423.88
121	550–600	566	375.00–388.00	381.01
24	700–750	726	332.50	332.50
35	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
146	800–850	821	315.50–328.50	322.33
29	850–900	865	326.50	326.50
11	900–950	936	299.00	299.00
47	950–1000	954	298.00	298.00
18	1000–1050	1,037	278.00–280.50	279.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	413	452.50	452.50
81	450–500	482	412.00–427.50	420.59
43	500–550	532	400.00–403.00	401.47
7	800–850	843	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
87	600–650	606	361.00–376.00	371.30
12	650–700	669	321.00	321.00

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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