Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-05-09

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, May 9

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← May 2May 9Jun 6 →

Receipts

3,231 head

▼ 571 vs last sale 3,802▼ 1,929 vs year ago 5,160 · −37.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, best tested weight was on yearling feeder steers over 800 lbs, on these weights, most lots sold unevenly steady with steers over 1000 lbs trending 10.00 lower. Not enough light cattle or heifers for a market comparison. Demand was moderate to good with quite a few order buyers on the seats. Bulk of Thursday's cattle came off of wheat pastures south of the Nebraska border.

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 $346.24/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −148.23 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$346.24

68 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.88

vs NE average

+36.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	346.24	1,899	68

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 sale68 hd

346.24

—

NE average8 barns · 673 hd

326.36

+19.88

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+36.53

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−148.23

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

31 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,378	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,460	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,746	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,862	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,977	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	294.14/cwt	288.00–308.00	1,927	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,000	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	255.87/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,850	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,027	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,927	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	253.67/cwt	253.50–253.75	2,093	246
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	240.62/cwt	224.00–243.50	2,086	76
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	238.71/cwt	235.50–250.00	2,074	553
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,216	188
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	951	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,040	58
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	222.10/cwt	216.50–228.00	2,143	458
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,037	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,240	323
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,073	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	2,194	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,245	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,412	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	296.23/cwt	283.00–298.00	1,546	103
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,775	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,549	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,786	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	275.13/cwt	268.50–279.00	1,846	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	256.88/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,868	46
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	228.19/cwt	226.50–232.00	1,864	43
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	881	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,837	17
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,017	186.06/cwt	175.00–194.50	1,892	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,588	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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 3,231Last week 3,802Year ago 5,160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	881	208.50	208.50
14	1000–1050	1,017	175.00–194.50	186.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	361	345.00	345.00
5	400–450	440	321.00	321.00
103	500–550	522	283.00–298.00	296.23
77	550–600	583	304.50	304.50
37	600–650	619	288.50	288.50
73	650–700	671	268.50–279.00	275.13
46	700–750	727	251.00–262.00	256.88
43	800–850	817	226.50–232.00	228.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	605	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	950–1000	951	214.50	214.50
60	1050–1100	1,073	204.50	204.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
76	700–750	723	251.00–257.50	255.87
21	750–800	777	248.00	248.00
76	850–900	867	224.00–243.50	240.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	392.50	392.50
14	400–450	439	332.50	332.50
21	450–500	496	352.00	352.00
46	500–550	543	343.00	343.00
22	550–600	560	353.00	353.00
49	650–700	655	288.00–308.00	294.14
25	700–750	722	277.00	277.00
6	750–800	762	266.00	266.00
246	800–850	825	253.50–253.75	253.67
553	850–900	869	235.50–250.00	238.71
188	900–950	910	243.50	243.50
458	950–1000	965	216.50–228.00	222.10
323	1000–1050	1,037	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	327.50	327.50

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.