Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Nice run of cattle offered today. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $498.93/cwt on 86 head, down $12.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −3.06 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$498.93

▼ 12.78 vs prior sale

86 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.26

vs NE average

+30.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	499.50	2,862	79
Medium and Large 1-2	521	492.50	2,566	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $296 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

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 sale86 hd

498.93

—

NE average5 barns · 228 hd

492.67

+6.26

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

+30.02

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−3.06

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

36 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	625	402.39/cwt	401.00–403.00	2,515	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,874	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	565	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,415	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,537	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	700	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	3,031	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	773	389.54/cwt	374.00–399.00	3,011	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	617	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,715	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	676	403.40/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,727	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	647	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,912	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	773	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	3,370	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	846	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	3,409	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	702	468.50/cwt	468.50–468.50	3,289	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	379.93/cwt	368.00–386.00	3,150	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	412.21/cwt	400.00–420.00	3,059	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	394.59/cwt	394.00–396.50	3,030	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	3,050	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	499.50/cwt	484.00–505.00	2,862	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	457.54/cwt	454.00–473.00	2,924	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	356.14/cwt	355.50–356.50	3,113	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	331.82/cwt	328.50–335.00	3,225	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	407.30/cwt	406.00–408.00	2,709	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	343.74/cwt	341.00–346.00	3,180	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	439.89/cwt	433.00–443.00	3,031	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,514	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	331.68/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,740	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,934	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,731	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,889	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,390	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	720	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	3,197	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	686	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,984	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	849	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,022	22
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,145	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	3,338	56

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 Jul 2, 2026

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Receipts 2,573Last week 8,629Year ago 0

No comparison. Nice run of cattle offered today. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	625	401.00–403.00	402.39
10	650–700	652	378.00	378.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	565	427.50	427.50
61	600–650	617	440.00	440.00
51	650–700	676	385.00–415.00	403.40
142	700–750	700	433.00	433.00
123	750–800	773	374.00–399.00	389.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	502	476.00	476.00
11	550–600	578	439.00	439.00
44	600–650	615	444.00	444.00
17	650–700	665	406.00–408.00	407.30
7	700–750	732	355.00	355.00
67	800–850	826	330.00–342.00	331.68
28	850–900	882	327.50	327.50
63	900–950	924	317.50	317.50
57	1000–1050	1,015	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	650–700	686	435.00	435.00
22	800–850	849	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	492.50	492.50
15	650–700	686	419.00	419.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	647	450.00	450.00
86	700–750	702	468.50	468.50
139	750–800	773	436.00	436.00
122	800–850	846	403.00	403.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	449	560.00	560.00
79	550–600	573	484.00–505.00	499.50
46	600–650	639	454.00–473.00	457.54
32	650–700	689	433.00–443.00	439.89
123	700–750	742	400.00–420.00	412.21
94	750–800	768	394.00–396.50	394.59
276	800–850	829	368.00–386.00	379.93
40	850–900	874	355.50–356.50	356.14
33	900–950	925	341.00–346.00	343.74
37	950–1000	972	328.50–335.00	331.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	700–750	720	444.00	444.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1100–1150	1,145	291.50	291.50

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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