Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.00/cwt on 10 head, up $0.00 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −73.86 against this barn's trailing median of $458.86.

Average price

$385.00

▲ 0.00 vs prior sale

10 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.01

vs NE average

+30.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	385.00	1,944	10thin

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 sale10 hd

385.00

—

NE average6 barns · 165 hd

392.01

−7.01

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

+30.69

This barn, trailing median14 sales

458.86

−73.86

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

35 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	850–900	884	316.46/cwt	311.50–330.00	2,798	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,834	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	453.28/cwt	444.00–458.00	2,393	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	363.38/cwt	353.00–370.00	2,456	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	326.65/cwt	317.50–330.00	3,162	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	3,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	306.79/cwt	303.00–311.00	2,841	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	511.13/cwt	492.50–515.00	2,346	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	454.46/cwt	440.00–458.00	2,122	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	328.83/cwt	325.25–336.00	2,749	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	329.04/cwt	325.00–340.50	2,912	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	354.62/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,454	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,902	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	330.66/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,609	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	282.28/cwt	277.50–287.00	2,871	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	441.36/cwt	432.00–445.00	2,463	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	277.49/cwt	273.00–286.50	2,708	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,711	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,943	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	296.78/cwt	291.00–312.00	3,021	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,262	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	341.77/cwt	334.50–348.00	3,120	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	532.69/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,152	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	406.57/cwt	403.00–409.00	2,561	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	474.03/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,981	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	415.90/cwt	412.50–418.00	2,416	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,147	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,283	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	949	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,975	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,972	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	363.19/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,259	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,136	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,999	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,944	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	952	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,894	20

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 2,752Last week 2,358Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	345	530.00	530.00
40	350–400	372	530.00	530.00
345	400–450	418	465.00–475.00	474.03
134	450–500	467	440.00–458.00	454.46
10	500–550	505	385.00	385.00
36	600–650	622	355.00–373.00	363.19
112	650–700	692	353.00–360.00	354.62
106	750–800	789	325.00–338.00	330.66
173	800–850	836	325.25–336.00	328.83
98	850–900	884	311.50–330.00	316.46
174	900–950	926	303.00–311.00	306.79
40	950–1000	976	273.00–286.50	277.49
89	1000–1050	1,017	277.50–287.00	282.28
20	1100–1150	1,136	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	950–1000	952	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	580.00	580.00
74	400–450	404	530.00–535.00	532.69
100	450–500	459	492.50–515.00	511.13
79	500–550	528	444.00–458.00	453.28
25	550–600	558	432.00–445.00	441.36
24	600–650	630	403.00–409.00	406.57
29	650–700	676	353.00–370.00	363.38
21	700–750	719	377.00	377.00
18	800–850	812	349.00	349.00
176	850–900	885	325.00–340.50	329.04
105	900–950	913	334.50–348.00	341.77
166	950–1000	968	317.50–330.00	326.65
189	1000–1050	1,018	291.00–312.00	296.78
8	1050–1100	1,098	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	419	512.50	512.50
22	450–500	489	462.50	462.50
6	500–550	520	439.00	439.00
16	550–600	581	412.50–418.00	415.90
57	900–950	949	313.50	313.50
26	950–1000	954	308.50	308.50

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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