Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers less than 850 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Over 850 lbs sold 2.00 higher. Bulk of the heifers sold steady to weak except a flat 6 wt heifers sold 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Active internet buying on the day. Very large string of one iron heifers came to town due to the "Morrill" range fire in the trade area. The ranch company lost all its winter and summer grazing along with stock piles of hay and made the decision to sell their bangs vaccinated heifers. Rain is needed across the state to help revitalize the burned and non-burned Sandhills grass lands.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $470.11/cwt on 1,721 head, up $1.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 15 comparable sales and sits +8.96 against this barn's trailing median of $461.14.

Average price

$470.11

▲ 1.48 vs prior sale

1,721 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$26.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.07

vs NE average

+44.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	471.58	2,578	1,625
Medium and Large 1-2	521	445.12	2,319	96

One grade step is worth $26.47/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.49, low $418.09, median $461.14 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 sale1,721 hd

470.11

—

NE average3 barns · 1,867 hd

467.03

+3.07

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+44.92

This barn, trailing median15 sales

461.14

+8.96

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

39 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	500–550	502	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,550	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	573	465.99/cwt	465.50–467.50	2,670	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	385.77/cwt	377.50–392.00	2,589	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	341.83/cwt	338.50–346.00	2,646	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	481.88/cwt	468.00–490.50	2,559	934
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	447.86/cwt	444.00–451.00	2,266	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	366.15/cwt	355.50–370.00	2,999	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	517.21/cwt	510.00–519.00	2,689	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,608	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	347.75/cwt	336.00–351.00	2,970	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	565.99/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,405	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	464.56/cwt	462.00–470.00	2,871	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	878	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,082	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	756	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	2,982	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	980	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,303	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	801	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	3,044	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	753	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,696	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	965	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,059	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	420.31/cwt	416.00–422.00	2,900	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	612	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,870	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	900–950	914	349.25/cwt	348.50–350.00	3,192	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,224	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	749	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,730	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,558	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	437.52/cwt	427.50–448.00	2,918	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	403.88/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,936	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	563.00/cwt	563.00–563.00	2,545	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	339.59/cwt	325.00–346.00	2,768	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	448.40/cwt	440.00–457.00	2,574	468
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	501.00/cwt	495.00–511.00	2,405	506
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	378.20/cwt	372.00–384.00	2,916	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	335.55/cwt	329.50–340.00	3,114	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	496.52/cwt	477.50–517.50	2,825	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	361.14/cwt	352.00–364.50	2,680	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	329.61/cwt	322.50–339.00	2,854	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	422.82/cwt	413.00–431.00	2,592	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,526	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,652	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	488.47/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,403	28

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 Mar 26, 2026

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

Receipts 6,637Last week 5,638Year ago 4,578

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	500–550	502	508.00	508.00
164	550–600	573	465.50–467.50	465.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
117	400–450	426	522.00	522.00
506	450–500	480	495.00–511.00	501.00
934	500–550	531	468.00–490.50	481.88
468	550–600	574	440.00–457.00	448.40
386	600–650	613	413.00–431.00	422.82
129	650–700	671	377.50–392.00	385.77
164	700–750	742	352.00–364.50	361.14
90	750–800	774	338.50–346.00	341.83
46	800–850	815	325.00–346.00	339.59
192	850–900	866	322.50–339.00	329.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	492	487.50–490.00	488.47
77	500–550	506	444.00–451.00	447.86
19	550–600	582	434.00	434.00
37	650–700	697	367.00	367.00
20	800–850	821	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	750–800	753	358.00	358.00
32	800–850	801	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	749	364.50	364.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	425	560.00–580.00	565.99
99	450–500	452	563.00	563.00
60	500–550	520	510.00–519.00	517.21
167	550–600	569	477.50–517.50	496.52
53	600–650	618	462.00–470.00	464.56
230	650–700	667	427.50–448.00	437.52
267	700–750	727	390.00–406.00	403.88
137	750–800	771	372.00–384.00	378.20
112	800–850	819	355.50–370.00	366.15
115	850–900	854	336.00–351.00	347.75
148	900–950	928	329.50–340.00	335.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	492	530.00	530.00
61	650–700	690	416.00–422.00	420.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	612	469.00	469.00
51	750–800	756	394.50	394.50
46	850–900	878	351.00	351.00
124	900–950	914	348.50–350.00	349.25
222	950–1000	980	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	950–1000	965	317.00	317.00

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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