Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. The market had a higher undertone, with a nice selection of grass and feeders offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $517.00/cwt on 186 head, up $15.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 15 comparable sales and sits +15.01 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$517.00

▲ 15.34 vs prior sale

186 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$80.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs NE average

+29.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	524.34	2,814	169
Medium and Large 1-2	597	444.00	2,651	17thin

One grade step is worth $80.34/cwt here — about $163 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 sale186 hd

517.00

—

NE average5 barns · 1,800 hd

518.00

−1.00

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+29.45

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

+15.01

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

32 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	600–650	626	404.09/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,530	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	400.08/cwt	396.00–402.50	2,881	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,340	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	389.48/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,964	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	591.00/cwt	591.00–591.00	2,677	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	340.32/cwt	340.00–341.00	3,134	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	364.06/cwt	356.00–364.50	3,233	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	329.12/cwt	327.50–330.00	3,324	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,400	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	382.62/cwt	372.00–387.00	3,160	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	535.44/cwt	520.00–543.00	2,592	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,857	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	509.35/cwt	508.00–512.00	2,857	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	550.68/cwt	550.00–552.00	2,428	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,651	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	403.91/cwt	388.00–410.00	2,706	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	395.29/cwt	387.50–398.50	2,779	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	434.24/cwt	422.50–438.00	2,962	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	527.84/cwt	523.00–529.00	2,803	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	754	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,941	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	337.67/cwt	332.50–339.00	3,242	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	454.73/cwt	447.50–459.00	2,651	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	485.84/cwt	472.50–491.00	2,492	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	475.39/cwt	467.50–478.00	3,071	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	406.56/cwt	401.00–418.00	3,090	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	452.45/cwt	444.00–457.50	2,439	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	523.96/cwt	521.00–532.50	2,300	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,119	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,751	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,890	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	442.81/cwt	437.50–448.00	2,732	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,952	5

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 May 7, 2026

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

Receipts 2,681Last week 3,144Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. The market had a higher undertone, with a nice selection of grass and feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	539	444.00–457.50	452.45
22	600–650	626	400.00–412.50	404.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	339	625.00	625.00
67	400–450	439	521.00–532.50	523.96
69	500–550	513	472.50–491.00	485.84
206	550–600	583	447.50–459.00	454.73
60	600–650	617	437.50–448.00	442.81
141	650–700	670	388.00–410.00	403.91
94	700–750	703	387.50–398.50	395.29
17	750–800	761	361.50	361.50
53	800–850	840	344.00	344.00
5	950–1000	968	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	640.00	640.00
15	400–450	441	550.00–552.00	550.68
46	450–500	453	591.00	591.00
137	500–550	531	523.00–529.00	527.84
32	550–600	561	508.00–512.00	509.35
93	600–650	646	467.50–478.00	475.39
85	650–700	682	422.50–438.00	434.24
30	700–750	720	396.00–402.50	400.08
167	750–800	760	401.00–418.00	406.56
185	800–850	826	372.00–387.00	382.62
131	850–900	888	356.00–364.50	364.06
19	900–950	921	340.00–341.00	340.32
190	950–1000	960	332.50–339.00	337.67
86	1000–1050	1,010	327.50–330.00	329.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	400	585.00	585.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	484	520.00–543.00	535.44
17	550–600	597	444.00	444.00
10	750–800	761	387.00–392.00	389.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	613	466.00	466.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	750–800	754	390.00	390.00

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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