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

Ogallala

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

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 5

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Aug 22Sep 5Sep 19 →

Receipts

1,652 head

▼ 491 vs last sale 2,143▲ 519 vs year ago 1,133 · +45.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.,

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $250.26/cwt on 181 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −129.74 against this barn's trailing median of $380.00.

Average price

$250.26

181 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$12.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.31

vs NE average

+14.06 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	251.17	1,682	168
Medium and Large 1-2	691	238.50	1,648	13thin

One grade step is worth $12.67/cwt here — about $33 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale181 hd

250.26

—

NE average5 barns · 536 hd

252.57

−2.31

National average145 barns · 6,896 hd

236.20

+14.06

This barn, trailing median15 sales

380.00

−129.74

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

15 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $425.80, low $356.50, median $380.00 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	281.97/cwt	280.50–285.50	1,621	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,692	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	262.51/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,738	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	262.81/cwt	261.50–263.50	1,855	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,879	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,029	57
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	227.52/cwt	222.00–232.50	1,857	34
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	236.23/cwt	236.00–236.50	2,084	13
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,002	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,179	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	251.24/cwt	249.00–254.50	1,578	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	251.15/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,708	134
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	691	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,648	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	242.59/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,793	253
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	232.76/cwt	223.00–237.00	1,769	43
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	230.72/cwt	228.00–234.50	1,899	239
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	227.36/cwt	218.50–230.50	1,976	237
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	220.10/cwt	213.00–225.50	2,067	196
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	216.96/cwt	216.50–219.00	2,113	55

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 Sep 5, 2024

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

Receipts 1,652Last week 2,143Year ago 1,133

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.,

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	628	249.00–254.50	251.24
134	650–700	680	247.00–253.00	251.15
253	700–750	739	235.00–247.50	242.59
43	750–800	760	223.00–237.00	232.76
239	800–850	823	228.00–234.50	230.72
237	850–900	869	218.50–230.50	227.36
196	900–950	939	213.00–225.50	220.10
55	950–1000	974	216.50–219.00	216.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	691	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	575	280.50–285.50	281.97
9	600–650	628	269.50	269.50
35	650–700	662	258.00–266.00	262.51
43	700–750	706	261.50–263.50	262.81
57	800–850	802	253.00	253.00
13	850–900	882	236.00–236.50	236.23
8	1000–1050	1,002	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	788	238.50	238.50
34	800–850	816	222.00–232.50	227.52

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.