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Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 16

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

5,286 head

▲ 648 vs last sale 4,638▲ 1,594 vs year ago 3,692 · +43.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 5.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers were 5.00 - 25.00 higher. Lighter feeders were going south to wheat pasture . Replacement kind of heifers were in demand. Buyers like to have all the shots given. Big crowd today with a active internet also. Demand was good on a nice selection calves coming off the cows.

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 $494.24/cwt on 805 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −0.22 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$494.24

805 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$21.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

vs NE average

+25.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	495.05	2,712	774
Medium and Large 1-2	555	474.00	2,631	31

One grade step is worth $21.05/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale805 hd

494.24

—

NE average10 barns · 4,989 hd

493.09

+1.16

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+25.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−0.22

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

56 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	632.50/cwt	632.50–632.50	2,169	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	619.17/cwt	607.50–625.00	2,384	126
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	403	611.37/cwt	607.50–617.50	2,464	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	585.48/cwt	575.00–597.00	2,523	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	2,615	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	554.72/cwt	540.00–566.00	2,607	344
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	481	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,309	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,630	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,580	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	506.09/cwt	482.00–532.50	2,703	492
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	566	484.57/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,743	109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	470.27/cwt	459.00–478.00	2,709	173
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,710	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,440	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	445.62/cwt	432.00–456.00	2,763	209
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	628	426.47/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,678	115
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	655	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,895	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	421.09/cwt	412.00–427.00	2,804	108
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	399.40/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,764	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	393.02/cwt	388.00–407.00	2,783	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	719	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,804	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	727	409.54/cwt	394.50–414.50	2,977	246
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	391.89/cwt	389.50–400.00	3,108	71
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	3,207	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,052	37
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,316	86
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,044	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,414	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	581.44/cwt	577.50–585.00	1,913	26
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	333	615.37/cwt	612.50–630.00	2,049	34
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,778	36
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	355	571.00/cwt	571.00–571.00	2,027	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	536.31/cwt	527.50–550.00	2,113	113
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	521.74/cwt	517.50–528.00	2,113	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	414	501.53/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,076	88
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,050	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	482.52/cwt	475.00–497.00	2,123	122
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	478	483.21/cwt	478.00–485.00	2,310	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	459.79/cwt	450.00–466.00	2,221	136
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	447.95/cwt	439.00–453.00	2,199	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,299	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	433.19/cwt	421.00–442.50	2,266	91
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,195	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	419.69/cwt	408.00–430.00	2,384	131
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,517	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	586	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,300	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	614	373.29/cwt	371.00–378.00	2,292	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	429.13/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,652	129
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,451	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,497	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	685	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,966	77
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	728	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,708	44
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,822	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	331.12/cwt	329.00–332.00	3,093	31
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,201	47
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,638	14

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 Oct 16, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 5,286Last week 4,638Year ago 3,692

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	403	607.50–617.50	611.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	343	632.50	632.50
126	350–400	385	607.50–625.00	619.17
68	400–450	431	575.00–597.00	585.48
344	450–500	470	540.00–566.00	554.72
492	500–550	534	482.00–532.50	506.09
173	550–600	576	459.00–478.00	470.27
42	600–650	607	402.00	402.00
30	650–700	692	399.00–400.00	399.40
93	700–750	708	388.00–407.00	393.02
71	750–800	793	389.50–400.00	391.89
15	800–850	812	395.00	395.00
37	850–900	867	352.00	352.00
86	950–1000	953	348.00	348.00
58	1000–1050	1,044	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	450	581.00	581.00
109	550–600	566	480.00–490.00	484.57
83	650–700	655	442.00	442.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	499	527.00	527.00
20	500–550	532	485.00	485.00
11	550–600	597	454.00	454.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
115	600–650	628	420.00–435.00	426.47
9	700–750	719	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
209	600–650	620	432.00–456.00	445.62
108	650–700	666	412.00–427.00	421.09
246	700–750	727	394.50–414.50	409.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	481	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	650–700	685	433.00	433.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	329	577.50–585.00	581.44
113	350–400	394	527.50–550.00	536.31
122	400–450	440	475.00–497.00	482.52
136	450–500	483	450.00–466.00	459.79
91	500–550	523	421.00–442.50	433.19
131	550–600	568	408.00–430.00	419.69
12	650–700	673	371.00	371.00
8	800–850	811	348.00	348.00
31	900–950	934	329.00–332.00	331.12
47	950–1000	976	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	405	517.50–528.00	521.74
53	450–500	478	478.00–485.00	483.21
28	500–550	512	449.00	449.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	347	512.50	512.50
12	350–400	395	515.00	515.00
11	400–450	437	469.00	469.00
38	450–500	491	439.00–453.00	447.95
43	500–550	542	405.00	405.00
25	550–600	584	431.00	431.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
129	600–650	618	411.00–435.00	429.13
9	650–700	650	377.00	377.00
44	700–750	728	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	586	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	333	612.50–630.00	615.37
8	350–400	355	571.00	571.00
88	400–450	414	500.00–505.00	501.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	614	371.00–378.00	373.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	743	355.00	355.00

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.