Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-06-06

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jun 6
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
6,285 head
▲ 3,054 vs last sale 3,231▲ 485 vs year ago 5,800 · +8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A mark market trend is not applicable as the last reported sale was almost a month ago. Demand was moderate to good throughout the sale with buyers bidding on yearlings and fall calves. Ogallala Livestock celebrating 73 years in business on Thursday with their annual customer appreciation BBQ cattle auction brought a good size crowd of buyers and spectators to the seats.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.71/cwt on 737 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −115.30 against this barn's trailing median of $428.02.
Average price
$312.71
737 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.58
vs NE average
+39.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548316.341,733652
Medium and Large 1-2546284.881,55585
One grade step is worth $31.46/cwt here — about $178 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 sale737 hd
312.71
—
NE average3 barns · 761 hd
312.14
+0.58
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
+39.68
This barn, trailing median14 sales
428.02
−115.30
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

14 sales
484446409371median 428.0203/1204/2308/2010/0810/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.11, low $385.00, median $428.02 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

65 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1396367.31/cwt365.00–370.001,45513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5199
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1NHTC448367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,64610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned452381.50/cwt381.50–381.501,72428
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed458370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6958
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned476355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,69012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484349.56/cwt339.00–352.501,69273
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy511379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,93737
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515347.51/cwt340.00–354.001,790136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,935123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,77912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572311.84/cwt295.00–317.501,78451
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC576343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,97645
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned587293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,72014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589341.43/cwt333.00–343.002,011186
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1592339.45/cwt339.00–341.002,01044
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642302.99/cwt290.00–311.001,94558
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680293.93/cwt289.50–302.001,99967
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned691292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,01873
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708286.74/cwt281.00–290.502,03025
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,89215
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788270.25/cwt263.50–280.002,130221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2794260.50/cwt260.50–260.502,06824
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839255.56/cwt253.50–258.502,144171
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868258.16/cwt250.00–261.002,241126
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882241.65/cwt240.00–244.502,13151
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed900246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,21930
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932236.83/cwt231.00–238.002,207236
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968232.95/cwt227.50–235.502,255178
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,019227.86/cwt224.50–229.002,322236
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,054229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,41459
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,147210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,40953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,32013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426334.39/cwt322.50–342.501,425110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,55036
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,41014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed446347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5509
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1NHTC449344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,54513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,50854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489337.06/cwt327.00–347.501,64850
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed513341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,7496
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,792102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,57217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1NHTC529321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,69841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531316.54/cwt310.00–326.001,681124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533294.97/cwt292.50–305.001,57239
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560300.32/cwt294.00–312.001,682223
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571316.22/cwt315.00–317.501,806156
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,55917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,44012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed601294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,76711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617276.79/cwt268.50–284.001,708111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,69621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned651280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,82367
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed655273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,78867
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC663270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,79012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692248.33/cwt239.00–254.001,718118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729250.22/cwt243.50–257.001,824228
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767248.69/cwt241.00–258.751,907325
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824235.18/cwt223.50–244.001,938183
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy874235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,05464
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874226.31/cwt225.00–227.501,97879
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1924227.96/cwt220.00–232.002,106178
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970208.99/cwt207.50–211.502,02767
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,058200.50/cwt200.50–200.502,12152

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.