Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week ,steers under 550 lbs was 5.00 - 20.00 higher and over were 6.00 - 15.00 lower. Heifers 400 lbs and 500 lbs were 11.00 - 15.00 lower rest of the weights were 5.00 - 12.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good all day long. Buyers and internet were picky on their purchases.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.76/cwt on 970 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −49.23 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$452.76

970 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$37.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.37

vs NE average

+27.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	457.09	2,459	857
Medium and Large 1-2	549	419.92	2,307	113

One grade step is worth $37.16/cwt here — about $152 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 sale970 hd

452.76

—

NE average8 barns · 5,528 hd

440.38

+12.37

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+27.89

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−49.23

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

41 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 1Fancy	500–550	513	493.04/cwt	491.00–545.00	2,529	334
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	438.19/cwt	430.00–439.50	2,449	237
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,272	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,087	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,559	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	509.79/cwt	502.50–520.00	1,601	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,520	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	331.18/cwt	328.50–332.00	2,901	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	458.19/cwt	444.00–469.00	2,383	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	447.72/cwt	446.00–454.00	2,131	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	386.19/cwt	377.00–394.00	2,201	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	405.38/cwt	397.50–419.00	2,124	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	507	431.12/cwt	428.00–433.00	2,186	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	434	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,094	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	287.62/cwt	286.00–289.00	2,807	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	255.96/cwt	251.50–258.50	2,769	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	471.73/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,750	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	638.33/cwt	630.00–645.00	2,311	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	356.13/cwt	347.50–362.50	2,386	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	340.91/cwt	339.00–344.50	2,843	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	557.10/cwt	547.00–564.00	2,351	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,326	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	330.56/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,691	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	461.58/cwt	456.00–476.00	1,929	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,178	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	753	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,462	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,372	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	1,783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	505.81/cwt	490.00–511.00	2,367	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	576.00/cwt	576.00–576.00	2,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,297	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	355.83/cwt	351.00–370.00	2,249	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,054	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	385.26/cwt	371.00–392.00	2,377	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,921	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	528.81/cwt	523.00–537.00	2,311	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	432.75/cwt	431.00–434.00	2,302	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	2,206	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	409.15/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,344	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	372	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,882	29

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 4,310Last week 5,934Year ago 4,078

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
334	500–550	513	491.00–545.00	493.04
237	550–600	559	430.00–439.50	438.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	317	562.50	562.50
104	350–400	362	630.00–645.00	638.33
220	400–450	422	547.00–564.00	557.10
353	450–500	468	490.00–511.00	505.81
126	500–550	520	444.00–469.00	458.19
160	550–600	573	400.00–420.00	409.15
14	600–650	627	371.00	371.00
76	800–850	834	339.00–344.50	340.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
151	600–650	617	371.00–392.00	385.26
82	650–700	670	347.50–362.50	356.13
8	700–750	722	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	457	519.00	519.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	576.00	576.00
24	400–450	437	523.00–537.00	528.81
82	500–550	532	431.00–434.00	432.75
31	550–600	595	386.00	386.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	527	396.00	396.00
5	600–650	631	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	300–350	314	502.50–520.00	509.79
15	350–400	371	460.00–480.00	471.73
83	400–450	418	456.00–476.00	461.58
51	450–500	476	446.00–454.00	447.72
180	500–550	524	397.50–419.00	405.38
138	550–600	570	377.00–394.00	386.19
48	700–750	738	341.50	341.50
29	750–800	764	335.00	335.00
195	800–850	814	325.00–339.00	330.56
79	850–900	876	328.50–332.00	331.18
13	950–1000	976	286.00–289.00	287.62
22	1050–1100	1,082	251.50–258.50	255.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	507	428.00–433.00	431.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	372	506.00	506.00
10	400–450	434	482.50	482.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
71	600–650	632	351.00–370.00	355.83
27	650–700	654	333.00	333.00
6	750–800	753	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	424.00	424.00
29	500–550	520	395.00	395.00
20	550–600	597	369.50	369.50

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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