Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted throughout the day. Large crowd of in house and internet buyers bid readily on top quality, ranch raised calves that were fully vaccinated. Sale comprised of packages and load lots of black and red hided steers and heifers with some crossbred cattle thrown in the mix. Also, replacement quality heifers going back to the breeding pastures in the run.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.38/cwt on 475 head, up $1.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −17.61 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$484.38

▲ 1.47 vs prior sale

475 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$32.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.42

vs NE average

+18.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	492.42	2,738	359
Medium and Large 1-2	584	459.49	2,683	116

One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about $55 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 sale475 hd

484.38

—

NE average6 barns · 3,002 hd

493.80

−9.42

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+18.05

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−17.61

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

56 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 1-2	650–700	699	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,768	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,572	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	453.91/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,701	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	486	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,425	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	666	431.37/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,873	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,465	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	525.90/cwt	523.00–528.00	2,714	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	753	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,910	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	424.06/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,722	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	416.98/cwt	407.00–426.50	2,810	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	352.88/cwt	345.50–356.00	3,123	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	478.48/cwt	474.00–484.00	2,775	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	550.58/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,621	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	692	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,682	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	400.13/cwt	386.50–408.00	2,865	611
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	363.24/cwt	360.50–368.00	2,997	566
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	653	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	560.55/cwt	552.50–568.00	2,360	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	381.84/cwt	374.00–390.00	2,780	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	447.31/cwt	436.00–452.50	2,764	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	3,331	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	369.38/cwt	365.00–379.00	2,556	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	379.94/cwt	375.00–383.00	2,416	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	753	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,087	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,914	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	572	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,854	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	3,239	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	503.72/cwt	493.00–512.50	2,665	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	368.27/cwt	361.00–378.00	2,906	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	616	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,726	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	572	450.46/cwt	450.00–451.00	2,577	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	768	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,765	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	422.61/cwt	420.00–426.00	2,472	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	351.70/cwt	345.00–354.00	3,281	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	635.32/cwt	622.50–650.00	2,389	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	711	407.81/cwt	373.00–445.00	2,900	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	813	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,252	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	485.51/cwt	471.00–493.00	2,554	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,904	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	615	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,522	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	619	426.15/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,638	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,036	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	567	476.29/cwt	472.00–487.50	2,701	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	526.35/cwt	515.00–537.50	2,263	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,611	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	544	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,513	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	461.07/cwt	456.00–462.00	2,467	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	401.91/cwt	391.00–407.00	2,673	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,649	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	493.14/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,377	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	400.40/cwt	388.00–408.00	2,531	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	407.38/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,974	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	477.94/cwt	475.00–479.00	2,347	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	352.78/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,522	18

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

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Receipts 7,077Last week 2,570Year ago 6,914

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	416	585.00	585.00
22	450–500	474	520.00	520.00
19	500–550	527	488.00	488.00
97	550–600	595	445.00–460.00	453.91
19	600–650	642	420.00–427.00	424.06
20	650–700	699	396.00	396.00
79	700–750	728	374.00–390.00	381.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	516	523.00–528.00	525.90
30	750–800	753	386.50	386.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	376	622.50–650.00	635.32
16	400–450	421	552.50–568.00	560.55
73	450–500	476	545.00–560.00	550.58
110	500–550	529	493.00–512.50	503.72
202	550–600	580	474.00–484.00	478.48
340	600–650	618	436.00–452.50	447.31
337	650–700	674	407.00–426.50	416.98
611	700–750	716	386.50–408.00	400.13
126	750–800	789	361.00–378.00	368.27
566	800–850	825	360.50–368.00	363.24
212	850–900	885	345.50–356.00	352.88
163	900–950	933	345.00–354.00	351.70
62	950–1000	964	345.50	345.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	692	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	653	436.00	436.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	486	499.00	499.00
53	500–550	544	462.00	462.00
13	600–650	615	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
137	550–600	567	472.00–487.50	476.29
171	600–650	619	417.50–437.50	426.15
135	650–700	666	425.00–432.50	431.37
95	700–750	711	373.00–445.00	407.81
15	750–800	768	360.00	360.00
129	800–850	813	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	450–500	491	475.00–479.00	477.94
82	500–550	535	456.00–462.00	461.07
24	600–650	636	375.00–383.00	379.94
45	650–700	692	365.00–379.00	369.38
18	700–750	715	342.00–360.00	352.78
19	750–800	768	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	550–600	572	499.00	499.00
75	600–650	604	482.50	482.50
50	650–700	651	497.50	497.50
78	750–800	753	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	550–600	572	450.00–451.00	450.46
60	600–650	616	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	348	585.00	585.00
92	400–450	430	515.00–537.50	526.35
55	450–500	482	485.00–510.00	493.14
187	500–550	526	471.00–493.00	485.51
85	550–600	585	420.00–426.00	422.61
91	600–650	632	388.00–408.00	400.40
138	650–700	665	391.00–407.00	401.91
184	700–750	730	392.50–415.00	407.38
44	750–800	770	344.00	344.00
10	950–1000	968	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	648	375.00	375.00

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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