Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2025-03-13

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 13
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
6,122 head
▼ 584 vs last sale 6,706▲ 691 vs year ago 5,431 · +12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good. Nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.85/cwt on 560 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −104.61 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.
Average price
$389.85
560 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,130
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.60
vs NE average
+31.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546389.852,130560
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 sale560 hd
389.85
—
NE average8 barns · 2,298 hd
382.25
+7.60
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
+31.18
This barn, trailing median13 sales
494.47
−104.61
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
531498465431median 494.4703/1204/2307/0210/0810/29
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

54 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4199
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366436.82/cwt430.00–450.001,59930
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426425.96/cwt421.00–430.001,815133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed468412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,92812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1NHTC476412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,96112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495391.65/cwt384.00–394.001,93992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy519406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,107103
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520395.26/cwt383.00–400.002,055156
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1NHTC535390.50/cwt390.50–390.502,08925
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy570389.41/cwt389.00–390.002,220136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572364.20/cwt354.00–367.502,08383
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1NHTC580384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,22757
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622343.62/cwt330.50–348.502,137175
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy634355.17/cwt353.00–355.502,252103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy654350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,28982
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674315.61/cwt302.00–326.002,12774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC681327.89/cwt324.50–332.502,233118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy722319.87/cwt316.00–328.002,30979
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC728295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1489
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731296.20/cwt289.50–306.002,165120
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy767287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,20136
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1NHTC774293.50/cwt293.50–293.502,27236
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778298.17/cwt293.00–311.502,320351
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827283.13/cwt277.50–291.502,341160
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1NHTC860273.14/cwt265.00–275.002,34986
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869272.79/cwt262.50–279.002,371422
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932266.49/cwt258.00–267.752,484215
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1NHTC966262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,53164
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1996256.50/cwt256.50–256.502,55543
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,008252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,54014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,45914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382421.40/cwt421.00–422.501,61035
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,59016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478337.07/cwt328.00–347.001,61132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528336.15/cwt324.00–346.501,775163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,70930
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,7318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1597318.00/cwt310.00–320.001,898120
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627307.91/cwt295.00–315.001,931285
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement675316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,13350
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684290.09/cwt281.50–297.501,984256
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686269.75/cwt269.00–271.001,85038
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722273.48/cwt268.00–281.001,975226
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement740301.50/cwt301.50–301.502,23147
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement778285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,21712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780269.87/cwt262.00–277.502,105344
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814259.53/cwt255.00–264.002,113174
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement820281.50/cwt281.50–281.502,30872
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887249.71/cwt249.50–251.002,21578
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1902242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1836
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,009231.01/cwt227.50–232.002,33150
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,9936
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1833266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,2169
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1882240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1175

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.