Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2024-11-21

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 21

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Receipts

4,282 head

▲ 204 vs last sale 4,078▲ 377 vs year ago 3,905 · +9.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week flyweight steers sold 10.00 to 14.00 higher, flat 5 wt steers sold 5.00 lower with 550 lbs steers and weaned 6 weight calves trading 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Then the market slipped backwards on the heavier bawlers trading 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearlings over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. On the heifer market most weights of calves less than 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 9.00 higher and yearling heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Instances 2.00 lower on some 600 to 650 weight heifers. Ample rain showers in the Southern Plains have brought buyers to this sale putting packages of calves together for winter grazing situations. Demand was moderate to good from start to finish with active internet buying.

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 $325.94/cwt on 334 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −168.53 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$325.94

334 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$29.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs NE average

+16.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	327.91	1,791	312
Medium and Large 1-2	574	298.00	1,711	22

One grade step is worth $29.91/cwt here — about $81 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 sale334 hd

325.94

—

NE average8 barns · 3,181 hd

320.53

+5.42

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+16.68

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−168.53

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

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	409.43/cwt	395.00–413.00	1,556	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,372	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	411	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,510	27
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	385.01/cwt	380.00–391.00	1,640	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	454	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,725	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	339.69/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,552	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	358.31/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,713	130
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	512	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,766	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	330.00/cwt	326.00–336.00	1,756	190
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,711	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	320.43/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,858	101
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	322.69/cwt	311.00–326.50	1,959	119
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	617	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,925	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	292.52/cwt	283.00–309.50	1,846	142
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	304.46/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,927	245
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	283.28/cwt	282.00–284.50	1,895	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	293.58/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,973	196
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	284.36/cwt	268.50–288.50	2,033	248
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,912	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	275.59/cwt	275.50–276.00	2,128	174
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	247.84/cwt	245.50–258.50	2,139	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	244.06/cwt	243.00–246.00	2,216	20
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,274	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	308	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,078	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	369	361.10/cwt	352.50–367.00	1,332	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	330.88/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,310	55
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	337.71/cwt	331.00–341.00	1,476	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	322.13/cwt	312.00–335.50	1,517	150
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	296.93/cwt	287.00–311.50	1,565	90
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	283.26/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,623	141
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	261.53/cwt	254.00–266.50	1,629	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	252.72/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,597	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,728	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,665	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	255.96/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,869	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,698	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	239.71/cwt	230.50–249.00	1,870	128
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,867	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	252.90/cwt	243.50–258.00	2,114	229
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,916	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,121	43
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	224.98/cwt	221.00–232.50	2,054	105
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,211	11

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 21, 2024

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Receipts 4,282Last week 4,078Year ago 3,905

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	308	350.00	350.00
11	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
10	700–750	732	232.00	232.00
10	800–850	819	228.00	228.00
15	850–900	885	216.50	216.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
55	350–400	396	322.50–337.50	330.88
39	400–450	437	331.00–341.00	337.71
150	450–500	471	312.00–335.50	322.13
90	500–550	527	287.00–311.50	296.93
141	550–600	573	273.00–292.00	283.26
62	600–650	623	254.00–266.50	261.53
42	650–700	652	265.00	265.00
73	700–750	730	246.00–257.00	255.96
128	750–800	780	230.50–249.00	239.71
229	800–850	836	243.50–258.00	252.90
43	850–900	891	238.00	238.00
105	900–950	913	221.00–232.50	224.98
11	950–1000	976	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	632	246.00–262.00	252.72
6	650–700	666	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	369	352.50–367.00	361.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	392	350.00	350.00
27	400–450	411	367.50	367.50
35	450–500	457	335.00–347.50	339.69
22	550–600	574	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	380	395.00–413.00	409.43
38	400–450	426	380.00–391.00	385.01
130	450–500	478	350.00–368.00	358.31
190	500–550	532	326.00–336.00	330.00
101	550–600	580	304.00–325.00	320.43
245	600–650	633	297.00–311.00	304.46
196	650–700	672	275.00–296.00	293.58
248	700–750	715	268.50–288.50	284.36
174	750–800	772	275.50–276.00	275.59
60	850–900	863	245.50–258.50	247.84
20	900–950	908	243.00–246.00	244.06
7	1000–1050	1,015	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
142	600–650	631	283.00–309.50	292.52
47	650–700	669	282.00–284.50	283.28
11	700–750	720	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	512	345.00	345.00
30	600–650	617	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	454	380.00	380.00
119	600–650	607	311.00–326.50	322.69

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.