Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-04-11

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Apr 11

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Mar 28Apr 11May 2 →

Receipts

2,465 head

▼ 695 vs last sale 3,160▼ 1,295 vs year ago 3,760 · −34.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was active on 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 $332.16/cwt on 226 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −162.30 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$332.16

226 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$31.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.28

vs NE average

+26.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	334.95	1,798	206
Medium and Large 1-2	550	303.50	1,668	20

One grade step is worth $31.45/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale226 hd

332.16

—

NE average6 barns · 1,406 hd

322.88

+9.28

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+26.69

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−162.30

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

37 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	286	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,631	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	398.54/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,670	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	471	372.17/cwt	372.00–372.50	1,753	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	333.37/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,600	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	339.50/cwt	327.00–348.00	1,772	155
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	314.33/cwt	308.00–317.50	1,688	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	317.90/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,828	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,593	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	594	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,942	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	613	318.63/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,953	100
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	290.16/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,808	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	641	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,929	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	665	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,022	84
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,738	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	286.28/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,958	135
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	711	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,133	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,085	124
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	252.70/cwt	251.00–253.50	2,113	189
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,915	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,091	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	234.44/cwt	232.00–236.50	2,136	128
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	224.30/cwt	219.00–228.00	2,196	109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,170	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	367.75/cwt	359.00–380.00	1,405	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	342.10/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,457	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	320.69/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,498	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	293.73/cwt	278.00–312.00	1,504	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,577	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	276.98/cwt	270.50–283.00	1,576	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	279.72/cwt	268.00–286.50	1,709	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,644	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	252.89/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,745	65
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,760	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	234.25/cwt	227.50–247.50	1,797	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,796	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,871	54

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,465Last week 3,160Year ago 3,760

No comparison to last week. Demand was active on a nice selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	471	372.00–372.50	372.17
100	600–650	613	314.00–320.00	318.63
84	650–700	665	304.00	304.00
72	700–750	711	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	537	308.00–317.50	314.33
5	550–600	588	271.00	271.00
9	650–700	671	259.00	259.00
11	800–850	840	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
11	250–300	286	1,200.00	1,200.00
29	350–400	394	414.00	414.00
25	400–450	419	395.00–402.50	398.54
24	450–500	480	327.50–337.50	333.37
155	500–550	522	327.00–348.00	339.50
33	550–600	575	304.00–323.00	317.90
52	600–650	623	283.00–300.00	290.16
135	650–700	684	275.00–287.00	286.28
124	750–800	758	275.00	275.00
189	800–850	836	251.00–253.50	252.70
28	850–900	888	235.50	235.50
128	900–950	911	232.00–236.50	234.44
109	950–1000	979	219.00–228.00	224.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	594	327.00	327.00
10	600–650	641	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	302	387.50	387.50
36	350–400	382	359.00–380.00	367.75
37	400–450	426	340.00–342.50	342.10
37	450–500	467	317.50–325.00	320.69
93	500–550	512	278.00–312.00	293.73
72	550–600	569	270.50–283.00	276.98
77	600–650	611	268.00–286.50	279.72
65	650–700	690	248.00–257.00	252.89
23	700–750	744	236.50	236.50
63	750–800	767	227.50–247.50	234.25
35	800–850	811	221.50	221.50
54	850–900	866	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	630	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	305.00	305.00

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.