Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2026-08-06

Ogallala

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

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Aug 6

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jul 9Aug 6Aug 20 →

Receipts

2,099 head

▼ 1,996 vs last sale 4,095▲ 2,099 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 — 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 $465.00/cwt on 6 head, down $33.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −29.47 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median13 sales

494.47

−29.47

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

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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,070	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,336	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,358	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	636	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,449	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,649	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,697	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	715	391.42/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,799	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1NHTC	724	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	3,128	60
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	775	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,957	57
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,038	132
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1NHTC	803	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,220	203
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	828	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,956	48
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	361.06/cwt	347.00–364.00	3,127	268
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1NHTC	887	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,326	129
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	890	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,959	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,224	224
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	326.87/cwt	326.00–328.00	3,200	179
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,001	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,213	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,073	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,573	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	364.62/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,702	121
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	346.55/cwt	345.00–347.00	2,568	35
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,549	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	329.80/cwt	316.00–331.00	2,727	63
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	329.03/cwt	312.50–342.50	2,843	134
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	313.16/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,740	57
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,614	10
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,829	7

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 Aug 6, 2026

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

Receipts 2,099Last week 4,095Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

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

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.