Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2025-09-25

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
3,508 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 3,397▲ 457 vs year ago 3,051 · +15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Steers were 3.00 - 10.00 higher over 700 lbs and heifers were steady - 8.00 lower over 650 lbs. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $443.44/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −51.03 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.
Average price
$443.44
32 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−20.49
vs NE average
+26.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550443.442,43832
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 sale32 hd
443.44
—
NE average6 barns · 701 hd
463.92
−20.49
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+26.35
This barn, trailing median13 sales
494.47
−51.03
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

35 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441521.23/cwt520.00–522.502,29910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518463.49/cwt457.50–472.502,40115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578425.74/cwt425.00–427.502,46117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,62316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681399.32/cwt385.00–407.002,71972
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,6437
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC736384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,82629
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,87511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,81441
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776379.80/cwt375.00–384.002,947179
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1NHTC783390.00/cwt390.00–390.003,054132
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811370.04/cwt366.00–371.003,00164
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2NHTC844363.00/cwt363.00–363.003,06462
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854362.12/cwt357.50–368.503,093185
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1NHTC856382.96/cwt380.00–386.003,278260
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2NHTC868363.00/cwt363.00–363.003,15126
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869340.09/cwt330.00–346.002,955107
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1931359.50/cwt353.00–363.003,347194
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1NHTC938360.00/cwt360.00–360.003,377111
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1951336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,19521
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2998316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,15464
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,022330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,37353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9075
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3079
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,45523
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669379.61/cwt365.00–384.002,54059
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed711370.50/cwt370.50–370.502,634160
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739352.01/cwt343.00–356.002,60172
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780352.34/cwt347.00–354.002,748103
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815345.72/cwt339.00–352.002,818267
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865337.89/cwt331.00–341.502,923162
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927329.07/cwt321.00–334.003,050269
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1962324.19/cwt320.00–330.003,11968
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,027314.00/cwt314.00–314.003,22526
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,074309.50/cwt309.50–309.503,32431

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.