Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good. Quite a few cattle were thin fleshed coming of drought stricken pastures. With several load lots of one iron yearlings on hand. Along, with several lots that were certified as NHTC.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.00/cwt on 6 head, down $33.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −36.99 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$465.00

▼ 33.93 vs prior sale

6 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.84

vs NE average

+50.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	465.00	2,358	6thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale6 hd

465.00

—

NE average3 barns · 37 hd

474.84

−9.84

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+50.76

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−36.99

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

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,829	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,614	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,073	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,573	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	329.80/cwt	316.00–331.00	2,727	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,213	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	361.06/cwt	347.00–364.00	3,127	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,038	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	326.87/cwt	326.00–328.00	3,200	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,697	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	364.62/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,702	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	724	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	3,128	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	887	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,326	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	329.03/cwt	312.50–342.50	2,843	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,336	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,070	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,358	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	700–750	715	391.42/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,799	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	800–850	828	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,956	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,649	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	803	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,220	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	346.55/cwt	345.00–347.00	2,568	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	313.16/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,740	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	636	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,449	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	775	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,957	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,224	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	850–900	890	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,959	18

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.

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Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	726	360.00	360.00
7	850–900	873	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	423	490.00	490.00
32	650–700	677	380.00	380.00
121	700–750	741	360.00–370.00	364.62
9	750–800	799	319.00	319.00
63	800–850	827	316.00–331.00	329.80
134	850–900	864	312.50–342.50	329.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	700–750	741	345.00–347.00	346.55
57	850–900	875	310.00–320.00	313.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	600.00	600.00
30	400–450	435	537.00	537.00
6	500–550	507	465.00	465.00
6	650–700	650	407.50	407.50
16	700–750	705	382.50	382.50
132	750–800	789	385.00	385.00
268	850–900	866	347.00–364.00	361.06
224	900–950	921	350.00	350.00
179	950–1000	979	326.00–328.00	326.87
31	1000–1050	1,001	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	636	385.00	385.00
60	700–750	724	432.00	432.00
57	750–800	775	381.50	381.50
203	800–850	803	401.00	401.00
129	850–900	887	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
41	700–750	715	385.00–396.00	391.42
48	800–850	828	357.00	357.00
18	850–900	890	332.50	332.50

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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