Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Steers under 550 were sharply lower and over 550 was 2.00 - 15.00 higher. Heifers were 3.00 - 15.00 lower . Demand was moderate to good, the board of trade is not helping the market at all.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.81/cwt on 278 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −68.18 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$433.81

278 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$42.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.50

vs NE average

+23.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	436.73	2,397	259
Medium and Large 1-2	593	394.00	2,336	19thin

One grade step is worth $42.73/cwt here — about $61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale278 hd

433.81

—

NE average8 barns · 2,526 hd

435.31

−1.50

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+23.73

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−68.18

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

43 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	400–450	402	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,042	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	462.67/cwt	460.00–463.00	2,406	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	2,267	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,229	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	443.11/cwt	432.00–452.00	2,069	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	458.12/cwt	432.50–477.50	1,984	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,374	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,500	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,725	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	373.61/cwt	364.00–385.00	2,193	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,010	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	473.59/cwt	462.50–485.00	2,197	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	285.38/cwt	284.00–287.00	2,594	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	305.42/cwt	298.00–307.00	2,330	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	503.26/cwt	491.00–511.00	1,958	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	393.50/cwt	388.00–396.00	2,097	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	324.42/cwt	320.50–326.00	2,855	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	502	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,269	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,507	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,336	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,639	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	361.46/cwt	340.00–365.50	2,440	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	313.42/cwt	313.00–313.50	2,915	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	277.34/cwt	275.00–278.00	2,943	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	559	438.25/cwt	401.00–444.00	2,450	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	434.14/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,366	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,095	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,840	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,084	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	494.23/cwt	492.50–501.00	2,155	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	416.90/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,422	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	386.43/cwt	381.00–391.00	2,404	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,932	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	364	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	384.80/cwt	384.00–386.00	2,420	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,471	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	328.92/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,694	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,456	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 Nov 20, 2025

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

Receipts 2,398Last week 4,310Year ago 4,282

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	402	508.00	508.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	500.00	500.00
47	350–400	389	491.00–511.00	503.26
47	400–450	433	432.50–477.50	458.12
131	450–500	467	432.00–452.00	443.11
121	500–550	533	388.00–396.00	393.50
30	550–600	587	364.00–385.00	373.61
6	600–650	635	351.00	351.00
25	650–700	663	358.00	358.00
48	750–800	763	298.00–307.00	305.42
5	800–850	832	300.00	300.00
44	850–900	882	283.50	283.50
56	900–950	909	284.00–287.00	285.38
11	1000–1050	1,036	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	500–550	502	452.00	452.00
59	550–600	559	401.00–444.00	438.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	480	416.00	416.00
5	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	635	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	427	531.00	531.00
70	500–550	520	460.00–463.00	462.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	380	529.00	529.00
75	400–450	436	492.50–501.00	494.23
26	450–500	464	462.50–485.00	473.59
112	500–550	545	422.50–445.00	434.14
77	550–600	581	410.00–421.00	416.90
24	600–650	629	384.00–386.00	384.80
39	650–700	675	340.00–365.50	361.46
9	750–800	762	329.00	329.00
82	800–850	819	328.00–331.00	328.92
89	850–900	880	320.50–326.00	324.42
145	900–950	930	313.00–313.50	313.42
74	950–1000	953	298.00	298.00
8	1000–1050	1,047	280.00	280.00
96	1050–1100	1,061	275.00–278.00	277.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	441	475.00	475.00
9	450–500	471	442.50	442.50
19	550–600	593	394.00	394.00
11	900–950	910	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	600–650	622	381.00–391.00	386.43
10	650–700	666	371.00	371.00
9	700–750	718	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	562.50	562.50

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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