Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-07-25

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jul 25

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jun 6Jul 25Aug 7 →

Receipts

1,555 head

▼ 4,730 vs last sale 6,285▼ 4,245 vs year ago 5,800 · −73.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good.

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 $289.52/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −204.95 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$289.52

27 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$0.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.03

vs NE average

−8.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	290.00	1,476	7thin
Medium and Large 1	562	289.35	1,625	20

One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about −$149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 1000–1100 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 sale27 hd

289.52

—

NE average3 barns · 174 hd

331.55

−42.03

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

−8.30

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−204.95

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

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,447	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,476	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	307.70/cwt	302.50–313.00	1,643	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,596	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	289.19/cwt	287.50–290.50	1,802	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,000	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	262.88/cwt	260.50–265.50	1,998	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	272.16/cwt	265.50–273.50	2,202	122
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	256.25/cwt	251.00–257.50	2,265	91
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	256.07/cwt	250.50–263.50	2,351	237
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,215	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	247.30/cwt	241.50–250.50	2,364	98
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,465	53
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,356	34
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,393	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	270.10/cwt	257.00–278.00	1,529	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,791	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,721	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,972	86
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	247.74/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,915	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	249.09/cwt	242.00–254.00	2,062	173
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	238.35/cwt	236.00–253.50	2,050	151
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,300	34
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,019	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,288	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,777	14
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,081	17

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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,555Last week 6,285Year ago 5,800

No comparison. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	326.00	326.00
10	500–550	534	302.50–313.00	307.70
10	550–600	589	271.00	271.00
30	600–650	623	287.50–290.50	289.19
23	650–700	691	289.50	289.50
28	750–800	760	260.50–265.50	262.88
122	800–850	809	265.50–273.50	272.16
91	850–900	884	251.00–257.50	256.25
237	900–950	918	250.50–263.50	256.07
98	950–1000	956	241.50–250.50	247.30
53	1000–1050	1,000	246.50	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	509	290.00	290.00
12	900–950	923	240.00	240.00
34	1000–1050	1,020	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	773	244.00–251.00	247.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	512	272.00	272.00
17	550–600	566	257.00–278.00	270.10
18	600–650	649	276.00	276.00
5	650–700	694	248.00	248.00
86	750–800	754	261.50	261.50
173	800–850	828	242.00–254.00	249.09
151	850–900	860	236.00–253.50	238.35
34	900–950	933	246.50	246.50
6	1000–1050	1,019	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	753	236.00	236.00
17	900–950	946	220.00	220.00

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.