Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Snowy cold day. Compared to two weeks ago steers were 8.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers were 8.00 - 25.00 higher , with lots of replacement heifers offered. Demand was good, with a nice crowd and a busy internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $528.56/cwt on 452 head, up $13.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 15 comparable sales and sits +26.57 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$528.56

▲ 13.82 vs prior sale

452 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$64.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.72

vs NE average

+41.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	539.41	2,936	376
Medium and Large 1-2	588	474.87	2,792	76

One grade step is worth $64.55/cwt here — about $144 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 sale452 hd

528.56

—

NE average9 barns · 1,922 hd

517.85

+10.72

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+41.21

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

+26.57

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

37 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 1-2	550–600	562	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,546	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	518.52/cwt	513.00–532.50	2,520	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	460.05/cwt	456.00–473.00	2,664	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	402.19/cwt	388.50–417.00	2,715	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	727	410.88/cwt	409.00–413.50	2,987	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	386.01/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,799	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	427.21/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,734	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	349.91/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,883	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	779	400.87/cwt	399.00–414.00	3,123	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	471.64/cwt	468.00–480.00	2,797	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	367.36/cwt	366.00–368.50	2,865	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,902	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	503.56/cwt	497.50–510.00	2,890	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	713	428.06/cwt	419.00–439.00	3,052	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	3,021	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	811	371.24/cwt	368.00–376.00	3,011	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,176	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	349.99/cwt	349.50–350.50	3,388	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,868	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	436.17/cwt	429.50–444.00	2,944	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	492.25/cwt	486.00–499.00	3,062	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	343.53/cwt	341.00–345.00	3,233	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	368.84/cwt	360.00–378.50	3,213	579
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	586.30/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,550	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	408.03/cwt	390.50–414.50	3,019	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	402.85/cwt	387.50–410.00	3,146	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	557.92/cwt	556.00–559.00	2,951	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	384.18/cwt	372.00–393.50	3,158	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	855	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	3,270	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	331.46/cwt	329.00–337.00	2,930	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,678	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,217	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	678	434.41/cwt	425.00–436.00	2,945	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,983	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,724	21

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 Feb 19, 2026

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

Receipts 5,610Last week 5,983Year ago 2,176

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	562	453.00	453.00
9	650–700	684	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	403	550.00	550.00
113	450–500	486	513.00–532.50	518.52
23	500–550	524	511.00	511.00
192	550–600	579	456.00–473.00	460.05
107	600–650	640	420.00–435.00	427.21
258	650–700	675	388.50–417.00	402.19
122	700–750	725	380.00–388.00	386.01
58	750–800	780	366.00–368.50	367.36
137	800–850	824	343.00–365.00	349.91
32	850–900	884	329.00–337.00	331.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
196	700–750	727	409.00–413.50	410.88
99	750–800	779	399.00–414.00	400.87
179	800–850	811	368.00–376.00	371.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	602	452.50	452.50
161	650–700	678	425.00–436.00	434.41
77	750–800	760	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	530	512.50	512.50
70	550–600	593	468.00–480.00	471.64
10	600–650	629	456.00	456.00
9	750–800	776	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	400–450	435	580.00–590.00	586.30
248	500–550	529	556.00–559.00	557.92
128	550–600	574	497.50–510.00	503.56
184	600–650	622	486.00–499.00	492.25
308	650–700	675	429.50–444.00	436.17
261	700–750	740	390.50–414.50	408.03
290	750–800	781	387.50–410.00	402.85
246	800–850	822	372.00–393.50	384.18
579	850–900	871	360.00–378.50	368.84
30	900–950	941	341.00–345.00	343.53
102	950–1000	968	349.50–350.50	349.99
58	1000–1050	1,002	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	654	462.00	462.00
139	700–750	713	419.00–439.00	428.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	850–900	855	382.50	382.50

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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