Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2025-06-12

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jun 12

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← May 29Jun 12Aug 21 →

Receipts

6,664 head

▲ 5,218 vs last sale 1,446▲ 6,664 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold sharply higher at the annual customer appreciation sale. Bidding was fast paced throughout the day. Offerings included weaned and bawling fall calves and yearlings. Some offerings coming off of grass with others out of grow yards. Bulk of the buyers were order buyers from Nebraska and a few from surrounding states. Buying was active from the internet. Feedlots continue to look for cattle to back fill empty pens as they sell market ready cattle at record levels. Some early feedlot sales took place on Thursday with live sales from 240.00 to 242.00 and dressed sales at 380.00.

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 $382.24/cwt on 592 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −45.78 against this barn's trailing median of $428.02.

Average price

$382.24

592 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$41.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.23

vs NE average

+41.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	395.21	2,189	408
Medium and Large 1-2	579	353.50	2,048	184

One grade step is worth $41.71/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale592 hd

382.24

—

NE average2 barns · 680 hd

381.01

+1.23

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

+41.32

This barn, trailing median14 sales

428.02

−45.78

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

52 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,759	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,975	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	479.78/cwt	472.00–487.50	2,068	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,340	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	440.04/cwt	431.00–447.50	2,156	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	433.12/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,343	298
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	414.84/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,244	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	417.10/cwt	413.00–425.00	2,361	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	598	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,607	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,468	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	394.86/cwt	381.00–398.00	2,424	100
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	411.72/cwt	404.00–423.00	2,544	94
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	668	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,572	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,465	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,412	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	697	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,398	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,614	92
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	335.00/cwt	332.50–337.00	2,603	168
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	322.49/cwt	318.00–327.50	2,651	74
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,517	38
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	309.24/cwt	301.00–323.00	2,675	217
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	312.96/cwt	308.00–315.00	2,901	371
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,976	112
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,017	290.16/cwt	289.50–291.00	2,951	68
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,057	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	3,155	85
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,696	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,877	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,864	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,744	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	422.77/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,067	201
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,955	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	410.59/cwt	409.00–419.00	2,147	107
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,866	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	389.74/cwt	377.50–396.00	2,202	301
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	583	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,134	91
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,022	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	334.23/cwt	329.00–337.50	2,056	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	354.92/cwt	352.50–355.00	2,257	193
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,199	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	662	362.87/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,402	104
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	324.97/cwt	323.00–339.00	2,200	504
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	318.00/cwt	306.50–319.00	2,286	361
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	315.54/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,404	427
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,245	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,263	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	303.61/cwt	297.50–307.00	2,511	477
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	853	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,653	63
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,585	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	953	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,468	33
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2	720	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,117	82
Beef/Dairy Heifers	800–850	Medium 1-2	828	282.26/cwt	281.00–282.50	2,337	165
Beef/Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Medium 1-2	953	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,473	121

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	450–500	490	431.00–447.50	440.04
32	500–550	541	412.50–420.00	414.84
19	600–650	602	410.00	410.00
22	650–700	697	344.00	344.00
38	850–900	859	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	598	436.00	436.00
21	650–700	668	385.00	385.00
85	1050–1100	1,057	298.50	298.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
100	600–650	614	381.00–398.00	394.86
39	650–700	680	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	582.50	582.50
9	350–400	397	497.50	497.50
27	400–450	431	472.00–487.50	479.78
57	450–500	490	477.50	477.50
298	500–550	541	425.00–445.00	433.12
91	550–600	566	413.00–425.00	417.10
94	600–650	618	404.00–423.00	411.72
43	650–700	689	350.00	350.00
92	700–750	726	360.00	360.00
168	750–800	777	332.50–337.00	335.00
74	800–850	822	318.00–327.50	322.49
217	850–900	865	301.00–323.00	309.24
371	900–950	927	308.00–315.00	312.96
112	950–1000	997	298.50	298.50
68	1000–1050	1,017	289.50–291.00	290.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	436	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	498	392.50	392.50
35	500–550	537	347.50	347.50
58	550–600	599	337.50	337.50
49	600–650	615	329.00–337.50	334.23
25	750–800	799	281.00	281.00
14	800–850	820	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	850–900	853	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	950–1000	953	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
91	550–600	583	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	525.00	525.00
7	350–400	393	477.50	477.50
28	400–450	412	452.50	452.50
201	450–500	489	420.00–427.50	422.77
107	500–550	523	409.00–419.00	410.59
301	550–600	565	377.50–396.00	389.74
193	600–650	636	352.50–355.00	354.92
504	650–700	677	323.00–339.00	324.97
361	700–750	719	306.50–319.00	318.00
427	750–800	762	310.00–322.50	315.54
477	800–850	827	297.50–307.00	303.61
9	900–950	940	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	643	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
104	650–700	662	355.00–364.00	362.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	720	294.00	294.00
165	800–850	828	281.00–282.50	282.26
121	950–1000	953	259.50	259.50

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.