Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-10-03

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
2,180 head
▼ 871 vs last sale 3,051▲ 155 vs year ago 2,025 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were mostly steady, and heifers were 1.00 - 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.63/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −164.39 against this barn's trailing median of $428.02.
Average price
$263.63
87 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,453
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.45
vs NE average
+16.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551263.631,45387
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 sale87 hd
263.63
—
NE average6 barns · 701 hd
280.07
−16.45
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
+16.85
This barn, trailing median14 sales
428.02
−164.39
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
484446409371median 428.0203/1204/2308/2010/0810/29
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

35 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,44711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,50223
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477344.08/cwt334.00–348.001,641136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535312.84/cwt310.00–332.501,67490
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy562307.86/cwt305.00–311.001,73040
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577289.13/cwt281.00–296.501,66878
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC582290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,68814
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630282.95/cwt282.00–284.001,78321
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632281.86/cwt277.00–285.001,78130
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,85129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC678276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8719
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7439
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned701254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,7815
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730268.32/cwt267.50–269.001,95922
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773265.46/cwt261.00–268.502,052119
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839255.12/cwt245.50–256.502,140144
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1934228.88/cwt227.00–232.002,13821
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,13117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0085
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425289.30/cwt286.00–290.001,23028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488277.49/cwt274.00–280.501,35444
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505271.64/cwt270.00–274.001,37229
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574259.62/cwt255.00–264.501,49058
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,66230
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681257.57/cwt252.00–262.501,754152
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,76619
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1763248.93/cwt242.00–249.501,899124
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824242.89/cwt238.75–248.002,001215
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873234.28/cwt233.50–235.502,045145
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy879223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,96028
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy924216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,99662
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927228.62/cwt220.50–232.002,11983
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1981217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,13452
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,094210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,29720

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.