Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-09-26

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 26

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3 →

Receipts

3,051 head

▼ 272 vs last sale 3,323▼ 1,049 vs year ago 4,100 · −25.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. steers over 700 lbs was 1.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs was steady - 5.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

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 $267.29/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −146.87 against this barn's trailing median of $414.16.

Average price

$267.29

56 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.98

vs NE average

+11.29 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	267.29	1,788	56

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 sale56 hd

267.29

—

NE average3 barns · 145 hd

285.27

−17.98

National average166 barns · 9,029 hd

256.00

+11.29

This barn, trailing median16 sales

414.16

−146.87

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

30 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,783	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1NHTC	683	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,803	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	257.14/cwt	249.50–261.50	1,854	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1NHTC	747	269.12/cwt	265.50–273.00	2,010	58
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	264.83/cwt	253.00–269.00	2,026	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,863	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	789	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,091	75
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	256.34/cwt	251.00–261.00	2,102	110
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1NHTC	835	265.90/cwt	265.00–266.00	2,220	203
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1NHTC	866	259.30/cwt	246.00–263.50	2,246	279
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	244.32/cwt	236.00–252.00	2,174	177
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1NHTC	929	254.07/cwt	252.50–255.50	2,360	229
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	973	222.73/cwt	222.50–223.00	2,167	58
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	231.20/cwt	229.75–232.50	2,303	110
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,007	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,175	12
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,022	225.63/cwt	225.50–225.75	2,306	93
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,082	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	2,224	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,698	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,702	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	252.74/cwt	239.00–255.50	1,792	89
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	243.36/cwt	240.00–245.50	1,852	83
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,829	48
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	235.03/cwt	227.50–239.00	1,932	304
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	229.98/cwt	224.00–233.50	1,987	133
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,886	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	221.30/cwt	213.50–226.75	2,027	277
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	219.27/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,125	45
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	991	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,007	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,036	209.59/cwt	209.50–210.00	2,171	67
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,110	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,220	12

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 3,051Last week 3,323Year ago 4,100

Compared to last week. steers over 700 lbs was 1.00 - 6.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs was steady - 5.00 higher. Demand was good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	950–1000	973	222.50–223.00	222.73
16	1050–1100	1,082	205.50	205.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	773	241.00	241.00
12	1000–1050	1,007	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	683	264.00	264.00
58	700–750	747	265.50–273.00	269.12
75	750–800	789	265.00	265.00
203	800–850	835	265.00–266.00	265.90
279	850–900	866	246.00–263.50	259.30
229	900–950	929	252.50–255.50	254.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	650–700	664	268.50	268.50
27	700–750	721	249.50–261.50	257.14
34	750–800	765	253.00–269.00	264.83
110	800–850	820	251.00–261.00	256.34
177	850–900	890	236.00–252.00	244.32
110	950–1000	996	229.75–232.50	231.20
93	1000–1050	1,022	225.50–225.75	225.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	662	256.50	256.50
89	700–750	709	239.00–255.50	252.74
83	750–800	761	240.00–245.50	243.36
304	800–850	822	227.50–239.00	235.03
133	850–900	864	224.00–233.50	229.98
277	900–950	916	213.50–226.75	221.30
45	950–1000	969	217.00–220.00	219.27
67	1000–1050	1,036	209.50–210.00	209.59
12	1100–1150	1,110	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	650–700	682	249.50	249.50
48	800–850	802	228.00	228.00
6	850–900	875	215.50	215.50
14	950–1000	991	202.50	202.50

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.