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Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 23

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Oct 16Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

4,118 head

▼ 1,168 vs last sale 5,286▲ 325 vs year ago 3,793 · +8.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week a lot has happened. Trend today was lower and the buyers were very selective. Everyone just do not know what they want to do. Buyers are wanting shots and conditioning, Demand was moderate to good with a nice selection offered.

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 $462.64/cwt on 958 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −31.82 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$462.64

958 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$60

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

$3.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.86

vs NE average

+4.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	465.40	2,496	153
Medium and Large 1	553	462.12	2,556	805

One grade step is worth $3.28/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale958 hd

462.64

—

NE average11 barns · 6,701 hd

487.50

−24.86

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+4.50

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

−31.82

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

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	603.00/cwt	603.00–603.00	2,026	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	358	604.00/cwt	604.00–604.00	2,162	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	569.05/cwt	562.50–582.50	2,134	64
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	575.82/cwt	564.00–582.50	2,453	54
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1NHTC	434	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,289	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,442	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	534.64/cwt	529.50–540.00	2,486	96
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	495.56/cwt	484.00–508.00	2,413	176
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	505.55/cwt	503.00–511.00	2,593	125
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	513	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,483	70
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	489.31/cwt	482.00–500.50	2,554	147
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	469.11/cwt	451.00–478.00	2,496	142
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	568	452.86/cwt	451.00–458.00	2,572	75
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	435.67/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,536	388
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,472	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,472	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	414.52/cwt	403.00–429.50	2,566	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	621	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,655	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,450	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	402.29/cwt	394.00–410.00	2,699	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,662	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,783	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	571.51/cwt	552.50–582.00	1,880	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	512.63/cwt	502.50–517.50	1,963	51
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	402	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,050	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1NHTC	407	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,994	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	493.36/cwt	479.00–504.00	2,043	87
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	457.97/cwt	452.00–460.00	2,107	107
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,006	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	436.36/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,095	242
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1NHTC	487	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,143	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	436.53/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,266	140
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	464.59/cwt	456.00–470.00	2,416	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,245	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	417.17/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,336	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	566	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,326	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	392.05/cwt	383.00–398.00	2,403	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	628	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,612	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,409	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	687	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,405	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,556	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,824	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	323.78/cwt	313.00–328.00	2,833	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	318.18/cwt	318.00–319.00	2,940	73
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,038	16
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,105	165
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,093	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,197	18

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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Receipts 4,118Last week 5,286Year ago 3,793

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	336	603.00	603.00
64	350–400	375	562.50–582.50	569.05
54	400–450	426	564.00–582.50	575.82
176	450–500	487	484.00–508.00	495.56
147	500–550	522	482.00–500.50	489.31
388	550–600	582	420.00–447.00	435.67
9	600–650	606	408.00	408.00
9	650–700	696	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	450–500	465	529.50–540.00	534.64
125	500–550	513	503.00–511.00	505.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	358	604.00	604.00
75	550–600	568	451.00–458.00	452.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	619	403.00–429.50	414.52
90	650–700	671	394.00–410.00	402.29
11	750–800	750	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	434	527.50	527.50
70	500–550	513	484.00	484.00
39	600–650	621	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	625	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	444	550.00	550.00
142	500–550	532	451.00–478.00	469.11
11	550–600	592	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	250–300	297	1,550.00	1,550.00
22	300–350	329	552.50–582.00	571.51
51	350–400	383	502.50–517.50	512.63
87	400–450	414	479.00–504.00	493.36
242	450–500	480	430.00–442.50	436.36
140	500–550	519	426.00–440.00	436.53
82	550–600	560	410.00–421.00	417.17
50	600–650	644	374.00	374.00
15	700–750	716	357.00	357.00
20	800–850	827	341.50	341.50
65	850–900	875	313.00–328.00	323.78
73	900–950	924	318.00–319.00	318.18
16	950–1000	980	310.00	310.00
165	1000–1050	1,005	309.00	309.00
18	1050–1100	1,093	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	450–500	460	452.00–460.00	457.97
34	500–550	520	456.00–470.00	464.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	628	416.00	416.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	402	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	613	383.00–398.00	392.05
13	650–700	687	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	407	490.00	490.00
58	450–500	487	440.00	440.00
50	550–600	566	411.00	411.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	472	425.00	425.00
14	500–550	541	415.00	415.00

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.