Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2025-05-15

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, May 15

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

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Receipts

3,030 head

▼ 798 vs last sale 3,828▲ 3,030 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.92/cwt on 368 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −74.10 against this barn's trailing median of $428.02.

Average price

$353.92

368 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$2.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.01

vs NE average

+14.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	354.13	1,950	329
Medium and Large 1-2	534	352.11	1,880	39

One grade step is worth $2.02/cwt here — about $70 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 sale368 hd

353.92

—

NE average6 barns · 1,408 hd

366.93

−13.01

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+14.04

This barn, trailing median14 sales

428.02

−74.10

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

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

47 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	560.26/cwt	547.50–570.00	1,826	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	352	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,910	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	514.41/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,939	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	474.00/cwt	470.00–492.50	2,062	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,960	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	457.18/cwt	445.00–467.50	2,121	54
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	434.31/cwt	428.00–437.50	2,067	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	417.65/cwt	410.00–424.00	2,184	92
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	538	429.37/cwt	426.00–430.00	2,310	108
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,137	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	411.98/cwt	405.00–428.50	2,315	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	392.83/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,274	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	370.35/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,330	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,238	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	669	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,415	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	345.36/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,366	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	341.97/cwt	331.50–343.50	2,449	88
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,258	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	309.83/cwt	295.00–317.00	2,457	126
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,505	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,452	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	285.12/cwt	284.50–285.50	2,620	101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,512	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	442.62/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,682	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	384	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,814	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,648	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,707	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	423	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,882	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	426.19/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,833	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	452	424.24/cwt	422.50–432.00	1,918	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	368.95/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,808	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,812	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,997	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	369.24/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,924	158
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	352.11/cwt	348.00–358.00	1,880	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	332.82/cwt	329.00–342.50	1,957	149
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	320.61/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,959	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	312.71/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,105	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	299.73/cwt	292.00–302.00	2,161	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,327	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	784	317.59/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,490	93
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	295.82/cwt	281.50–300.00	2,411	78
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	828	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,708	64
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,318	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	260.20/cwt	260.00–261.00	2,248	42
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	279.82/cwt	266.00–286.00	2,420	179

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

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Receipts 3,030Last week 3,828Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	472.50	472.50
18	350–400	380	440.00–450.00	442.62
48	400–450	430	420.00–435.00	426.19
77	450–500	490	365.00–395.00	368.95
158	500–550	521	365.00–380.00	369.24
149	550–600	588	329.00–342.50	332.82
14	600–650	611	309.00–327.00	320.61
19	650–700	673	300.00–320.00	312.71
77	700–750	721	292.00–302.00	299.73
64	750–800	758	307.00	307.00
78	800–850	815	281.50–300.00	295.82
179	850–900	865	266.00–286.00	279.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
93	750–800	784	315.00–320.00	317.59
64	800–850	828	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	399	413.00	413.00
5	400–450	419	407.50	407.50
7	450–500	493	367.50	367.50
39	500–550	534	348.00–358.00	352.11
5	800–850	831	279.00	279.00
42	850–900	864	260.00–261.00	260.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	472.50	472.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	423	445.00	445.00
33	450–500	452	422.50–432.00	424.24
22	500–550	512	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	326	547.50–570.00	560.26
26	350–400	377	505.00–520.00	514.41
28	400–450	435	470.00–492.50	474.00
54	450–500	464	445.00–467.50	457.18
92	500–550	523	410.00–424.00	417.65
67	550–600	579	385.00–397.50	392.83
103	600–650	629	365.00–376.00	370.35
72	650–700	685	336.00–355.00	345.36
88	700–750	716	331.50–343.50	341.97
126	750–800	793	295.00–317.00	309.83
14	800–850	803	312.00	312.00
11	850–900	859	285.50	285.50
101	900–950	919	284.50–285.50	285.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	542.50	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	634	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	448	437.50	437.50
41	450–500	476	428.00–437.50	434.31
10	500–550	541	395.00	395.00
8	550–600	573	370.00	370.00
12	700–750	733	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	500–550	538	426.00–430.00	429.37
61	550–600	562	405.00–428.50	411.98
40	650–700	669	361.00	361.00

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.