Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Demand was good all day long with lighter calves going down south to wheat pasture. Buyers were very active today wanting cattle all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.51/cwt on 293 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −36.48 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$465.51

293 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.28

vs NE average

+36.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	465.51	2,562	293

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 sale293 hd

465.51

—

NE average8 barns · 3,866 hd

465.23

+0.28

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+36.36

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−36.48

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

46 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 1	300–350	334	543.94/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,817	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,842	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	421.48/cwt	406.00–429.00	2,238	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,055	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	522.04/cwt	519.00–527.50	2,433	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	977	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	337	671.63/cwt	670.00–672.00	2,263	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	328.61/cwt	322.50–337.00	2,678	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,290	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	348.72/cwt	345.00–351.00	2,765	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,944	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	330.98/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,575	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,651	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	393.51/cwt	384.00–407.50	2,302	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,075	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,416	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	363	642.50/cwt	642.50–642.50	2,332	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	523	491.37/cwt	486.00–499.00	2,570	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	571	467.74/cwt	461.00–490.00	2,671	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,516	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	661	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,627	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	581.48/cwt	577.50–585.00	2,372	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,337	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,112	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,356	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,314	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,104	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,034	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	372.52/cwt	370.00–391.50	2,537	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	707.50/cwt	707.50–707.50	2,123	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,994	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	484.22/cwt	470.00–492.50	2,348	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	620.02/cwt	610.00–637.50	2,034	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	380.82/cwt	367.50–390.50	2,757	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	592.91/cwt	587.50–602.50	2,265	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	423.11/cwt	422.00–427.00	2,467	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,788	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	524.61/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,256	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,857	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	459.00/cwt	444.00–466.00	2,235	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	406.44/cwt	402.00–411.00	2,557	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	513.61/cwt	495.00–521.00	2,203	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	703	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,566	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	462.23/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,515	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	493.08/cwt	487.50–501.00	2,061	64

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 3,310Last week 2,398Year ago 5,065

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	334	535.00–550.00	543.94
36	350–400	393	528.00	528.00
64	400–450	418	487.50–501.00	493.08
39	450–500	487	444.00–466.00	459.00
65	500–550	531	406.00–429.00	421.48
69	550–600	585	384.00–407.50	393.51
19	600–650	609	376.00	376.00
34	650–700	674	358.50	358.50
14	700–750	727	342.00	342.00
14	750–800	778	330.00–332.00	330.98
21	800–850	815	322.50–337.00	328.61
73	850–900	858	309.00	309.00
60	950–1000	999	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	393	455.00	455.00
25	400–450	447	455.00	455.00
29	450–500	481	437.50	437.50
11	500–550	512	412.50	412.50
19	750–800	760	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	641	361.00	361.00
7	650–700	687	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	703	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	300–350	328	610.00–637.50	620.02
158	350–400	382	587.50–602.50	592.91
56	400–450	429	495.00–521.00	513.61
192	450–500	466	519.00–527.50	522.04
49	500–550	544	460.00–470.00	462.23
70	550–600	583	422.00–427.00	423.11
42	600–650	629	402.00–411.00	406.44
86	700–750	724	367.50–390.50	380.82
29	750–800	793	345.00–351.00	348.72
33	850–900	891	319.00	319.00
15	900–950	920	320.00	320.00
44	1000–1050	1,005	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	977	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
172	300–350	337	670.00–672.00	671.63
144	350–400	363	642.50	642.50
254	400–450	408	577.50–585.00	581.48
52	450–500	466	540.00	540.00
116	500–550	523	486.00–499.00	491.37
58	550–600	571	461.00–490.00	467.74
26	650–700	661	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	650–700	681	370.00–391.50	372.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	300	707.50	707.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	565.00	565.00
25	400–450	430	522.50–530.00	524.61
47	450–500	485	470.00–492.50	484.22

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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