Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 6.00 -15.00 lower, except 650 -750 was 6.00 - 19.00 higher. Heifers were 2.00 - 7.00 lower, except 800 lb was 12.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with good attendance and internet activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.77/cwt on 601 head, down $13.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +12.78 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$514.77

▼ 13.79 vs prior sale

601 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$6.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs NE average

+27.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	515.46	2,962	540
Medium and Large 1-2	548	508.63	2,788	61

One grade step is worth $6.83/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale601 hd

514.77

—

NE average4 barns · 1,144 hd

511.06

+3.71

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+27.75

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

+12.78

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

38 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 1Fancy	550–600	554	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,692	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,910	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,590	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	337.86/cwt	337.00–339.50	2,848	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,596	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	365.26/cwt	357.00–374.50	2,783	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	558.48/cwt	551.00–559.00	3,027	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	472.05/cwt	460.00–482.00	2,884	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	357.65/cwt	354.00–362.50	3,101	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	333.71/cwt	333.00–335.50	3,134	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	442.36/cwt	433.00–452.00	2,973	527
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	386.49/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,787	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	522.09/cwt	521.00–527.50	2,783	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,978	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	3,003	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	496.76/cwt	492.50–516.00	2,926	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	484.77/cwt	481.00–487.50	2,787	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	393.85/cwt	385.00–406.00	3,037	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	432.61/cwt	430.00–452.50	2,777	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	432.41/cwt	423.50–443.00	2,720	499
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	776	401.25/cwt	401.00–402.00	3,114	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,786	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	583.00/cwt	583.00–583.00	2,606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	496.35/cwt	492.00–509.00	2,581	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,031	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	518.90/cwt	515.00–536.00	2,532	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	466.78/cwt	456.00–478.00	2,605	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	427.16/cwt	407.50–431.00	3,054	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	377.27/cwt	363.00–386.00	3,109	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	684	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,934	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	404.45/cwt	396.50–414.00	2,746	399
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,463	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	808	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	3,087	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,657	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,548	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	388.91/cwt	376.00–394.50	2,788	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	392.71/cwt	386.00–399.00	2,670	25

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 5,562Last week 5,610Year ago 6,706

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
281	550–600	554	486.00	486.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	416	612.50	612.50
72	450–500	488	515.00–536.00	518.90
56	500–550	520	492.00–509.00	496.35
55	550–600	558	456.00–478.00	466.78
499	600–650	629	423.50–443.00	432.41
399	650–700	679	396.50–414.00	404.45
236	700–750	717	376.00–394.50	388.91
137	750–800	762	357.00–374.50	365.26
99	800–850	843	337.00–339.50	337.86
31	850–900	866	336.00	336.00
56	900–950	937	323.50	323.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	470.00	470.00
40	550–600	590	440.00	440.00
11	600–650	621	417.00	417.00
25	650–700	680	386.00–399.00	392.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	650–700	684	429.00	429.00
122	750–800	776	401.00–402.00	401.25
45	800–850	808	382.00	382.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
93	500–550	515	516.00	516.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	350	685.00	685.00
38	400–450	432	645.00	645.00
103	500–550	542	551.00–559.00	558.48
361	550–600	589	492.50–516.00	496.76
103	600–650	611	460.00–482.00	472.05
527	650–700	672	433.00–452.00	442.36
179	700–750	715	407.50–431.00	427.16
475	750–800	771	385.00–406.00	393.85
228	800–850	824	363.00–386.00	377.27
97	850–900	867	354.00–362.50	357.65
77	900–950	939	333.00–335.50	333.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	583.00	583.00
39	500–550	533	521.00–527.50	522.09
22	550–600	575	481.00–487.50	484.77
93	600–650	642	430.00–452.50	432.61
30	700–750	721	385.00–390.00	386.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	550–600	550	546.00	546.00
123	650–700	653	456.00	456.00

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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