Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2026-05-07

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, May 7

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Apr 23May 7Jun 4 →

Receipts

2,681 head

▼ 463 vs last sale 3,144▲ 2,681 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. The market had a higher undertone, with a nice selection of grass and feeders 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 $517.00/cwt on 186 head, up $15.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 13 comparable sales and sits +22.53 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$517.00

▲ 15.34 vs prior sale

186 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$80.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs NE average

+29.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	524.34	2,814	169
Medium and Large 1-2	597	444.00	2,651	17thin

One grade step is worth $80.34/cwt here — about $163 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 sale186 hd

517.00

—

NE average5 barns · 1,800 hd

518.00

−1.00

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+29.45

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

+22.53

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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.00, low $445.49, median $494.47 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,400	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,340	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	550.68/cwt	550.00–552.00	2,428	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	591.00/cwt	591.00–591.00	2,677	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	535.44/cwt	520.00–543.00	2,592	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	527.84/cwt	523.00–529.00	2,803	137
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	509.35/cwt	508.00–512.00	2,857	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,651	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,857	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	475.39/cwt	467.50–478.00	3,071	93
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	434.24/cwt	422.50–438.00	2,962	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	400.08/cwt	396.00–402.50	2,881	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	754	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,941	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	406.56/cwt	401.00–418.00	3,090	167
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	389.48/cwt	387.00–392.00	2,964	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	382.62/cwt	372.00–387.00	3,160	185
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	364.06/cwt	356.00–364.50	3,233	131
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	340.32/cwt	340.00–341.00	3,134	19
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	337.67/cwt	332.50–339.00	3,242	190
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,010	329.12/cwt	327.50–330.00	3,324	86
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,119	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	523.96/cwt	521.00–532.50	2,300	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	485.84/cwt	472.50–491.00	2,492	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	452.45/cwt	444.00–457.50	2,439	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	454.73/cwt	447.50–459.00	2,651	206
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	442.81/cwt	437.50–448.00	2,732	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	404.09/cwt	400.00–412.50	2,530	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	403.91/cwt	388.00–410.00	2,706	141
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	395.29/cwt	387.50–398.50	2,779	94
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,751	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,890	53
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,952	5

This sale against other markets

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 May 7, 2026

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

Receipts 2,681Last week 3,144Year ago 0

No comparison to last week. The market had a higher undertone, with a nice selection of grass and feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	539	444.00–457.50	452.45
22	600–650	626	400.00–412.50	404.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	339	625.00	625.00
67	400–450	439	521.00–532.50	523.96
69	500–550	513	472.50–491.00	485.84
206	550–600	583	447.50–459.00	454.73
60	600–650	617	437.50–448.00	442.81
141	650–700	670	388.00–410.00	403.91
94	700–750	703	387.50–398.50	395.29
17	750–800	761	361.50	361.50
53	800–850	840	344.00	344.00
5	950–1000	968	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	640.00	640.00
15	400–450	441	550.00–552.00	550.68
46	450–500	453	591.00	591.00
137	500–550	531	523.00–529.00	527.84
32	550–600	561	508.00–512.00	509.35
93	600–650	646	467.50–478.00	475.39
85	650–700	682	422.50–438.00	434.24
30	700–750	720	396.00–402.50	400.08
167	750–800	760	401.00–418.00	406.56
185	800–850	826	372.00–387.00	382.62
131	850–900	888	356.00–364.50	364.06
19	900–950	921	340.00–341.00	340.32
190	950–1000	960	332.50–339.00	337.67
86	1000–1050	1,010	327.50–330.00	329.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	400	585.00	585.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	484	520.00–543.00	535.44
17	550–600	597	444.00	444.00
10	750–800	761	387.00–392.00	389.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	613	466.00	466.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	750–800	754	390.00	390.00

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.