Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers less than 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances 20.00 higher on a flat 6 weight steer. Over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold unevenly steady with some weight groups over 650 lbs that may go as replacements sold close to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good, instances very good on various weights. Sharp decline on the CME cattle boards on Thursday did not deter buyers from filling customer orders. Ownership, right now is the name of the game.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.74/cwt on 1,039 head, up $15.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 15 comparable sales and sits +12.75 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$514.74

▲ 15.00 vs prior sale

1,039 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$47.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.56

vs NE average

+31.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	516.12	2,872	1,009
Medium and Large 1-2	586	468.32	2,744	30

One grade step is worth $47.80/cwt here — about $127 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 sale1,039 hd

514.74

—

NE average9 barns · 3,283 hd

500.18

+14.56

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+31.71

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

+12.75

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

53 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	800–850	814	373.59/cwt	367.50–378.00	3,041	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	449.79/cwt	447.00–457.50	2,883	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,662	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	542.29/cwt	532.00–550.00	2,646	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	468.32/cwt	462.50–475.00	2,744	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	399.77/cwt	390.00–408.50	2,894	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	353.01/cwt	340.00–356.00	3,269	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,436	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	515.34/cwt	502.00–521.00	2,803	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	689	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,101	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	563.19/cwt	557.50–572.50	2,444	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	517	546.61/cwt	546.00–547.00	2,826	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	368.71/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,909	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	437.68/cwt	429.00–447.00	2,911	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,467	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	350.30/cwt	350.00–350.50	3,100	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	455	577.94/cwt	573.00–588.00	2,630	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	350–400	384	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,496	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	573	506.33/cwt	505.00–507.00	2,901	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	633	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	3,045	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	328.67/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,896	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	581.65/cwt	577.50–590.00	2,245	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	410.35/cwt	408.00–411.00	2,700	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,612	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	836	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,926	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	624	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,761	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,440	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	475.11/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,347	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,469	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	366.89/cwt	361.00–373.00	2,671	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	547.20/cwt	545.00–557.50	2,380	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	510.63/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,482	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	328.08/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,723	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	346.79/cwt	339.50–358.00	2,688	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	445.84/cwt	437.50–454.00	2,559	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	418.77/cwt	407.00–427.50	2,596	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,321	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	327.71/cwt	317.00–329.50	3,048	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	399.20/cwt	392.00–401.00	2,551	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	729	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,807	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	607	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,914	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	759	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,827	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	663.87/cwt	652.50–672.50	2,184	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	411.25/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,809	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	396.19/cwt	384.00–406.00	2,635	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	515.93/cwt	515.00–518.00	2,858	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	3,008	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	556.36/cwt	549.00–565.00	2,826	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	476.68/cwt	470.00–493.00	2,536	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	388.89/cwt	378.00–394.00	3,029	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,217	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	496.50/cwt	490.50–508.00	2,914	222

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	665.00	665.00
34	400–450	434	557.50–572.50	563.19
115	450–500	488	532.00–550.00	542.29
171	500–550	544	502.00–521.00	515.34
222	550–600	587	490.50–508.00	496.50
167	600–650	641	447.00–457.50	449.79
230	650–700	665	429.00–447.00	437.68
153	700–750	724	390.00–408.50	399.77
145	750–800	779	378.00–394.00	388.89
200	800–850	814	367.50–378.00	373.59
169	850–900	885	350.00–350.50	350.30
120	900–950	926	340.00–356.00	353.01
43	1000–1050	1,024	335.50	335.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	465	572.50	572.50
43	500–550	508	549.00–565.00	556.36
87	550–600	554	515.00–518.00	515.93
82	700–750	712	422.50	422.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	586	462.50–475.00	468.32
43	650–700	683	410.00–412.50	411.25
42	750–800	789	365.00–370.00	368.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
54	350–400	384	650.00	650.00
105	450–500	455	573.00–588.00	577.94
187	500–550	517	546.00–547.00	546.61
299	550–600	573	505.00–507.00	506.33
154	600–650	633	481.00	481.00
76	650–700	689	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	329	652.50–672.50	663.87
23	350–400	386	577.50–590.00	581.65
72	400–450	435	545.00–557.50	547.20
168	450–500	486	500.00–515.00	510.63
197	500–550	532	470.00–493.00	476.68
260	550–600	574	437.50–454.00	445.84
99	600–650	620	407.00–427.50	418.77
258	650–700	665	384.00–406.00	396.19
134	700–750	728	361.00–373.00	366.89
106	750–800	775	339.50–358.00	346.79
42	800–850	830	325.00–336.00	328.08
27	850–900	881	323.00–337.00	328.67
75	900–950	930	317.00–329.50	327.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	550–600	551	474.00	474.00
11	600–650	624	442.50	442.50
125	650–700	658	408.00–411.00	410.35
62	800–850	836	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	530.00	530.00
20	450–500	494	472.50–480.00	475.11
17	500–550	539	458.00	458.00
19	550–600	595	410.00	410.00
49	600–650	639	392.00–401.00	399.20
7	650–700	691	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	607	480.00	480.00
54	700–750	729	385.00	385.00
53	750–800	759	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	365	607.50	607.50

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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