Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-09-19

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 19

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Sep 5Sep 19Sep 26 →

Receipts

3,323 head

▲ 1,671 vs last sale 1,652▲ 1,418 vs year ago 1,905 · +74.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Nice offering of feeders offered today. Demand was good all day .

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.13/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −173.89 against this barn's trailing median of $428.02.

Average price

$254.13

30 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−20.25

vs NE average

+17.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	254.13	1,520	30

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 sale30 hd

254.13

—

NE average9 barns · 483 hd

274.39

−20.25

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

+17.12

This barn, trailing median14 sales

428.02

−173.89

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

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

28 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	627	263.61/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,653	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	252.83/cwt	250.00–254.50	1,752	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	273.59/cwt	269.50–276.50	1,992	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	258.85/cwt	246.50–264.00	1,983	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	777	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,044	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,908	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	250.05/cwt	248.00–255.50	2,060	123
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	243.81/cwt	239.00–249.50	2,136	187
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,109	54
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,118	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	595	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,514	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,521	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	256.34/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,576	88
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1NHTC	678	263.67/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,788	71
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	262.05/cwt	256.50–265.00	1,811	176
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1NHTC	729	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,005	142
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	250.52/cwt	243.50–256.00	1,836	125
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	766	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,942	94
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	240.26/cwt	233.00–249.50	1,852	161
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	779	241.03/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,878	98
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1NHTC	802	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,105	135
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	235.70/cwt	227.50–244.50	1,954	370
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1NHTC	859	246.58/cwt	239.25–251.00	2,118	98
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	224.46/cwt	213.50–229.50	1,980	103
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	219.23/cwt	211.00–225.00	2,019	305
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	215.07/cwt	213.00–220.50	2,090	112
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,044	212.65/cwt	211.50–214.50	2,220	52
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,030	9

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 3,323Last week 1,652Year ago 1,905

No comparison. Nice offering of feeders offered today. Demand was good all day .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	627	258.00–268.00	263.61
24	650–700	693	250.00–254.50	252.83
63	700–750	728	269.50–276.50	273.59
64	750–800	766	246.50–264.00	258.85
123	800–850	824	248.00–255.50	250.05
187	850–900	876	239.00–249.50	243.81
54	900–950	919	229.50	229.50
20	950–1000	952	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	812	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	777	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	595	254.50	254.50
71	650–700	678	263.00–265.00	263.67
142	700–750	729	275.00	275.00
98	750–800	779	239.00–243.00	241.03
135	800–850	802	262.50	262.50
98	850–900	859	239.25–251.00	246.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	599	254.00	254.00
88	600–650	615	251.00–262.00	256.34
176	650–700	691	256.50–265.00	262.05
125	700–750	733	243.50–256.00	250.52
161	750–800	771	233.00–249.50	240.26
370	800–850	829	227.50–244.50	235.70
103	850–900	882	213.50–229.50	224.46
305	900–950	921	211.00–225.00	219.23
112	950–1000	972	213.00–220.50	215.07
52	1000–1050	1,044	211.50–214.50	212.65
9	1050–1100	1,080	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	750–800	766	253.50	253.50

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.