Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-11-07

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 7

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Oct 31Nov 7Nov 14 →

Receipts

4,360 head

▼ 953 vs last sale 5,313▼ 659 vs year ago 5,019 · −13.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 12.00 - 17.00 higher under 500 lbs and over were 2.00 - 10.00 higher. Heifers were 8.00 - 14.00 lower except 550 lbs was 2.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on feeders offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.72/cwt on 977 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −176.75 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$317.72

977 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$23.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs NE average

+15.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	319.08	1,756	921
Medium and Large 1-2	557	295.26	1,646	56

One grade step is worth $23.82/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale977 hd

317.72

—

NE average12 barns · 6,242 hd

309.94

+7.77

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+15.87

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−176.75

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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.00, low $445.49, median $494.47 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	261	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	21
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	427.58/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,428	155
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,367	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	386.36/cwt	381.00–397.50	1,495	108
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	366.52/cwt	352.00–374.00	1,547	525
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	423	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,641	106
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,478	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	348.37/cwt	339.00–357.00	1,662	548
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	318.44/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,544	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	519	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,809	158
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	319.09/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,662	267
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	305.89/cwt	304.00–309.00	1,618	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	576	322.66/cwt	322.00–323.00	1,859	180
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	302.33/cwt	294.50–310.00	1,741	316
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,670	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	636	281.87/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,793	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	274.87/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,803	57
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,966	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	30
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	350.85/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,158	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	347.83/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,277	140
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,280	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,145	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	313.71/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,362	138
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	435	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,449	87
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	475	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,449	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	290.58/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,392	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,178	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,418	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	274.86/cwt	257.50–281.00	1,528	108
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,251	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	255.96/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,574	44
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,943	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,999	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	241.57/cwt	239.00–244.50	1,978	24
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,269	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,006	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,231	23
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,390	39
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,549	30
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,809	19

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 Nov 7, 2024

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

Receipts 4,360Last week 5,313Year ago 5,019

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	475	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	382	335.00	335.00
15	400–450	432	265.00	265.00
51	450–500	491	240.00	240.00
9	550–600	556	225.00	225.00
13	700–750	725	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	250–300	268	975.00	975.00
34	300–350	330	350.00–352.00	350.85
140	350–400	367	340.00–359.00	347.83
138	400–450	434	305.00–320.00	313.71
65	450–500	479	281.00–295.00	290.58
19	500–550	537	264.00	264.00
108	550–600	556	257.50–281.00	274.86
54	700–750	732	265.50	265.50
7	750–800	787	254.00	254.00
24	800–850	819	239.00–244.50	241.57
17	900–950	930	244.00	244.00
6	950–1000	955	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	615	250.00–262.50	255.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	400–450	435	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	400–450	423	388.00	388.00
158	500–550	519	348.50	348.50
180	550–600	576	322.00–323.00	322.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	377	362.50	362.50
11	400–450	426	347.00	347.00
50	450–500	485	302.50–330.00	318.44
30	500–550	529	304.00–309.00	305.89
26	550–600	590	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
21	250–300	261	1,125.00	1,125.00
155	300–350	334	415.00–435.00	427.58
108	350–400	387	381.00–397.50	386.36
525	400–450	422	352.00–374.00	366.52
548	450–500	477	339.00–357.00	348.37
267	500–550	521	313.00–324.00	319.09
316	550–600	576	294.50–310.00	302.33
16	750–800	759	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
56	600–650	636	270.00–290.00	281.87
57	650–700	656	266.00–280.00	274.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	350	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	470	262.00	262.00
39	500–550	543	256.00	256.00
30	650–700	659	235.00	235.00
19	750–800	760	238.00	238.00

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.