Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-08-22

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Aug 22

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Aug 7Aug 22Sep 5 →

Receipts

2,143 head

▲ 1,387 vs last sale 756▲ 1,198 vs year ago 945 · +126.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $259.63/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −154.53 against this barn's trailing median of $414.16.

Average price

$259.63

55 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.60

vs NE average

+2.04 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	259.63	1,733	55

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale55 hd

259.63

—

NE average8 barns · 438 hd

272.23

−12.60

National average161 barns · 8,093 hd

257.59

+2.04

This barn, trailing median16 sales

414.16

−154.53

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 600–700 lb

16 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $483.96, low $382.94, median $414.16 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,604	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	258.63/cwt	257.00–263.50	1,751	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	255.92/cwt	255.50–257.00	1,891	55
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	243.98/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,923	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	240.69/cwt	240.00–243.00	2,012	46
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	849	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,999	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	235.73/cwt	230.00–240.00	2,058	378
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	229.08/cwt	225.50–234.00	2,098	180
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	227.36/cwt	226.00–230.00	2,174	233
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,209	91
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,556	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	242.52/cwt	238.50–248.00	1,637	135
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	241.99/cwt	235.50–243.00	1,783	123
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	232.67/cwt	231.50–233.00	1,810	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	230.68/cwt	227.50–232.00	1,896	147
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	226.63/cwt	221.50–228.50	1,958	71
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	216.67/cwt	216.00–220.00	2,035	98

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 2,143Last week 756Year ago 945

No comparison. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	602	266.50	266.50
48	650–700	677	257.00–263.50	258.63
55	700–750	739	255.50–257.00	255.92
72	750–800	788	235.00–251.00	243.98
46	800–850	836	240.00–243.00	240.69
378	850–900	873	230.00–240.00	235.73
180	900–950	916	225.50–234.00	229.08
233	950–1000	956	226.00–230.00	227.36
91	1000–1050	1,011	218.50	218.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	849	235.50	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	620	251.00	251.00
135	650–700	675	238.50–248.00	242.52
123	700–750	737	235.50–243.00	241.99
73	750–800	778	231.50–233.00	232.67
147	800–850	822	227.50–232.00	230.68
71	850–900	864	221.50–228.50	226.63
98	900–950	939	216.00–220.00	216.67

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.