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Ogallala Livestock Auction · Thu, Jan 29

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Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 29

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

6,432 head

▼ 542 vs last sale 6,974▲ 155 vs year ago 6,277 · +2.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 12.00 - 25.00 lower, except 650 - 850 was 4.00 - 15.00 higher. Heifers were 4.00 - 20.00 higher, except 700 - 850 was 4.00 - 14.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with a nice selection offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.74/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +4.25 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$499.74

662 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$43.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.45

vs NE average

+15.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	500.72	2,762	647
Medium and Large 1-2	595	457.50	2,722	15thin

One grade step is worth $43.22/cwt here — about $39 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale662 hd

499.74

—

NE average10 barns · 2,828 hd

494.28

+5.45

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+15.64

This barn, trailing median14 sales

495.48

+4.25

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.00, low $445.49, median $495.48 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

45 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	299	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,973	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	605.15/cwt	592.50–630.00	2,306	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	597.73/cwt	590.00–601.00	2,528	66
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	564.43/cwt	557.50–574.00	2,625	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	543.46/cwt	536.00–545.00	2,826	148
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	504.36/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,673	119
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,796	19

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Jan 29, 2026

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

Receipts 6,432Last week 6,974Year ago 6,277

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	671	390.00	390.00
5	850–900	868	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	511	491.00	491.00
34	700–750	744	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	587.50	587.50
56	350–400	370	567.50–583.00	572.56
31	400–450	422	547.50–567.50	560.37
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Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 29

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

6,432 head

▼ 542 vs last sale 6,974▲ 155 vs year ago 6,277 · +2.5%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.74/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +4.25 against this barn's trailing median of $495.48.

Average price

$499.74

662 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$43.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.45

vs NE average

+15.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	500.72	2,762	647
Medium and Large 1-2	595	457.50	2,722	15thin

One grade step is worth $43.22/cwt here — about $39 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale662 hd

499.74

—

NE average10 barns · 2,828 hd

494.28

+5.45

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+15.64

This barn, trailing median14 sales

495.48

+4.25

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.00, low $445.49, median $495.48 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

45 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	299	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,973	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	605.15/cwt	592.50–630.00	2,306	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	597.73/cwt	590.00–601.00	2,528	66
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	564.43/cwt	557.50–574.00	2,625	99
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	543.46/cwt	536.00–545.00	2,826	148
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	504.36/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,673	119
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	562	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,796	19

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Jan 29, 2026

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

Receipts 6,432Last week 6,974Year ago 6,277

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	671	390.00	390.00
5	850–900	868	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	511	491.00	491.00
34	700–750	744	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	587.50	587.50
56	350–400	370	567.50–583.00	572.56
31	400–450	422	547.50–567.50	560.37
105

Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,003	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	572.56/cwt	567.50–583.00	2,118	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	560.37/cwt	547.50–567.50	2,365	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,392	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	519.48/cwt	514.00–530.00	2,452	105
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,509	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	466.27/cwt	450.00–472.50	2,485	209
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	446.14/cwt	431.00–452.00	2,539	148
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,480	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	422.17/cwt	412.00–427.00	2,592	154
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,588	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,503	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	391.28/cwt	381.00–401.50	2,637	500
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	709	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	3,350	41
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	744	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	3,218	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	355.37/cwt	350.50–362.50	2,651	174
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	344.91/cwt	336.00–348.50	2,663	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	779	376.10/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,930	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	803	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,332	52
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,778	44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	700–750	709	472.50	472.50
52	750–800	779	370.00–377.50	376.10
52	800–850	803	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	299	660.00	660.00
17	350–400	381	592.50–630.00	605.15
66	400–450	423	590.00–601.00	597.73
99	450–500	465	557.50–574.00	564.43
119	500–550	530	490.00–512.50	504.36
361	550–600	571	470.00–490.00	482.16
275	600–650	642	422.00–439.00	429.40
185	650–700	676	415.00–432.50	422.20
313	700–750	734	384.00–400.00	390.12
284	750–800	765	377.00–395.00	386.04
593	800–850	830	355.50–371.50	365.55
211	850–900	875	338.00–357.00	350.90
387	900–950	926	333.00–349.50	342.06
95	950–1000	970	326.00–334.00	330.97
38	1000–1050	1,011	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	500–550	520	536.00–545.00	543.46
171	600–650	621	447.50–460.00	453.08
131	650–700	652	437.00	437.00
153	700–750	720	407.00–409.00	408.37

Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,617	9
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,621	5

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	445	537.50	537.50
17	550–600	587	422.50	422.50
88	600–650	647	400.00	400.00
7	650–700	671	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	595	457.50	457.50
9	600–650	645	421.00	421.00
10	700–750	707	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	562	497.50	497.50

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Feeder Cattle

Ogallala

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Feeder Cattle

How this sale compares