Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 40.00 higher and heifers were 10.00 - 25.00 higher. Demand was good all day long. Buyers and internet stayed all day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.02/cwt on 907 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −9.97 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$492.02

907 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$60.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.68

vs NE average

+61.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	497.88	2,728	819
Medium and Large 1-2	576	437.48	2,520	88

One grade step is worth $60.40/cwt here — about $208 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 sale907 hd

492.02

—

NE average7 barns · 2,981 hd

471.33

+20.68

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+61.39

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−9.97

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 1	700–750	735	373.38/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,744	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	488.89/cwt	481.00–500.00	2,748	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,394	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	758	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,759	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	628	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,487	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	656	389.31/cwt	385.50–399.00	2,554	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	488.96/cwt	487.00–490.00	2,269	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	453.08/cwt	452.50–455.50	2,320	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	518.88/cwt	513.00–522.50	2,216	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	428.93/cwt	426.50–431.00	2,711	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	371.03/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,901	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	602.11/cwt	592.50–607.00	2,360	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	508.36/cwt	502.50–512.00	2,476	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	451.04/cwt	443.00–457.00	2,630	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	416.51/cwt	410.00–423.00	2,661	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,528	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	542.33/cwt	534.00–555.00	2,750	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	384.49/cwt	370.00–396.00	2,649	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	464.62/cwt	457.50–474.00	2,532	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	412.37/cwt	405.00–421.00	2,738	549
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	519.70/cwt	513.00–525.00	2,744	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	387.80/cwt	382.50–393.00	2,424	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	535.31/cwt	528.00–547.00	2,537	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,075	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	347.83/cwt	345.00–353.00	2,856	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	451.56/cwt	442.00–458.50	2,800	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,470	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	385.24/cwt	384.00–386.00	2,238	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	427.87/cwt	423.00–435.00	2,512	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	513.54/cwt	497.50–520.00	1,957	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	487.70/cwt	484.00–505.00	2,141	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	368.58/cwt	360.50–373.00	2,492	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	416.82/cwt	401.00–424.00	2,405	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	469.06/cwt	458.00–475.00	2,209	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	346.53/cwt	332.00–352.00	2,634	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	347.34/cwt	347.00–348.00	2,480	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,266	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	442.45/cwt	441.00–445.00	2,150	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	376.76/cwt	373.00–383.50	2,419	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	441.50/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,340	248

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 6,230Last week 3,310Year ago 6,123

Compared to last week, steers were 10.00 - 40.00 higher and heifers were 10.00 - 25.00 higher. Demand was good all day long. Buyers and internet stayed all day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	615.00	615.00
77	350–400	392	592.50–607.00	602.11
17	400–450	445	555.00	555.00
118	450–500	474	528.00–547.00	535.31
227	500–550	528	513.00–525.00	519.70
188	550–600	583	443.00–457.00	451.04
390	600–650	620	442.00–458.50	451.56
549	650–700	664	405.00–421.00	412.37
244	700–750	735	370.00–386.00	373.38
239	750–800	782	360.00–377.00	371.03
80	800–850	821	345.00–353.00	347.83
57	950–1000	952	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
140	500–550	507	534.00–555.00	542.33
264	550–600	562	481.00–500.00	488.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	427	513.00–522.50	518.88
59	450–500	487	502.50–512.00	508.36
23	500–550	545	457.50–474.00	464.62
65	550–600	587	423.00–435.00	427.87
69	600–650	639	410.00–423.00	416.51
135	650–700	689	370.00–396.00	384.49
18	700–750	748	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
61	600–650	632	426.50–431.00	428.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	450–500	464	487.00–490.00	488.96
216	500–550	512	452.50–455.50	453.08
21	550–600	553	433.00	433.00
25	600–650	628	396.00	396.00
95	650–700	656	385.50–399.00	389.31
23	750–800	758	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	625	382.50–393.00	387.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	486	441.00–445.00	442.45
13	500–550	518	437.50	437.50
32	550–600	581	384.00–386.00	385.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	350–400	381	497.50–520.00	513.54
59	400–450	439	484.00–505.00	487.70
115	450–500	471	458.00–475.00	469.06
248	500–550	530	425.00–448.00	441.50
278	550–600	577	401.00–424.00	416.82
132	600–650	642	373.00–383.50	376.76
203	650–700	676	360.50–373.00	368.58
33	700–750	714	347.00–348.00	347.34
130	750–800	760	332.00–352.00	346.53

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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