Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold unevenly steady on yearlings with no trend for cattle less than 800 lbs. Demand was moderate to good, Quite a few preg checked open heifers off ranchers replacement heifers at the auction.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $437.50/cwt on 7 head, up $52.50 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −21.36 against this barn's trailing median of $458.86.

Average price

$437.50

▲ 52.50 vs prior sale

7 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,214

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+56.19

vs NE average

+105.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	437.50	2,214	7thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $486.49, low $385.00, median $458.86 across 14 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 sale7 hd

437.50

—

NE average2 barns · 86 hd

381.31

+56.19

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+105.98

This barn, trailing median14 sales

458.86

−21.36

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

30 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	750–800	777	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,611	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,707	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,986	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,389	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,103	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	283.68/cwt	273.00–285.50	2,950	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,430	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	337.91/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,960	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,628	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	338.57/cwt	330.50–345.25	3,081	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	321.75/cwt	310.00–328.00	3,147	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	351.29/cwt	340.00–359.50	2,877	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	503.30/cwt	503.00–505.00	2,421	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	347.30/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,664	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,217	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	322.72/cwt	318.00–326.00	2,824	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	362.20/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,778	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,535	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,934	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,572	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,200	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	346.28/cwt	331.00–352.00	2,867	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	303.72/cwt	290.00–310.50	2,819	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	291.04/cwt	288.00–294.00	3,068	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	299.40/cwt	294.50–304.00	2,895	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,294	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	526.53/cwt	522.50–532.50	2,238	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,157	8
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,141	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,984	29

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 Sep 3, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	777	336.00	336.00
8	850–900	895	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	350	552.50	552.50
23	400–450	425	522.50–532.50	526.53
33	450–500	478	480.00	480.00
7	500–550	506	437.50	437.50
11	600–650	611	360.00	360.00
15	650–700	699	368.00	368.00
113	750–800	767	355.00–367.00	362.20
163	800–850	828	331.00–352.00	346.28
187	850–900	875	318.00–326.00	322.72
195	900–950	928	290.00–310.50	303.72
50	950–1000	967	294.50–304.00	299.40
79	1000–1050	1,040	273.00–285.50	283.68
65	1050–1100	1,054	288.00–294.00	291.04
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	1100–1150	1,141	261.50	261.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	525	455.00	455.00
10	900–950	948	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	389	570.00	570.00
59	450–500	481	503.00–505.00	503.30
15	600–650	623	390.00	390.00
11	650–700	676	375.00	375.00
14	700–750	728	361.00	361.00
38	750–800	767	341.00–356.00	347.30
156	800–850	819	340.00–359.50	351.29
153	850–900	876	329.00–347.50	337.91
339	900–950	910	330.50–345.25	338.57
158	950–1000	978	310.00–328.00	321.75
15	1000–1050	1,031	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	409	527.50	527.50

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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