Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2025-11-06

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 6
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
5,934 head
▲ 1,530 vs last sale 4,404▲ 1,574 vs year ago 4,360 · +36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers had a lower trend on all except 500 -550 lb heifers were 9.00 higher. The market has had a very tough week with the board. Buyers are still buying but things have to be right with quality and all the shots.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $440.54/cwt on 1,375 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −53.92 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.
Average price
$440.54
1,375 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,397
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs NE average
+21.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542444.032,4041,196
Medium and Large 1-2561417.262,339179
One grade step is worth $26.76/cwt here — about $65 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 sale1,375 hd
440.54
—
NE average12 barns · 6,697 hd
440.14
+0.40
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
+21.44
This barn, trailing median13 sales
494.47
−53.92
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,85612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342609.49/cwt602.50–617.502,08413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed365615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,24517
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,87220
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393578.88/cwt570.00–597.502,275242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,30922
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy416543.79/cwt540.00–548.002,26244
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,95318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443513.26/cwt510.00–527.502,274266
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy457519.89/cwt517.00–523.002,376230
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478491.57/cwt486.00–493.002,350381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full481457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,19842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495455.33/cwt444.00–467.502,25484
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1NHTC509460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,34120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy519467.33/cwt465.00–471.002,425288
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521453.51/cwt440.00–462.002,363479
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543433.55/cwt422.50–435.002,354112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583415.73/cwt406.00–427.502,424409
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590390.04/cwt389.00–392.002,30167
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618402.23/cwt390.00–414.002,486145
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630373.08/cwt360.00–378.002,35084
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,25112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1NHTC637393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,50350
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy653380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,48152
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675361.56/cwt350.00–371.002,44121
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,51220
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned727350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,54521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1797346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,7589
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343490.42/cwt477.50–496.001,68226
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383483.64/cwt470.00–490.001,85269
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,86918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423473.10/cwt472.00–478.002,001134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479443.28/cwt431.00–454.002,123417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482420.59/cwt412.00–427.502,02781
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524423.88/cwt417.00–438.002,221113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532401.47/cwt400.00–403.002,13643
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566381.01/cwt375.00–388.002,157121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned606371.30/cwt361.00–376.002,25087
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned669321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,14712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,41424
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,32535
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821322.33/cwt315.50–328.502,646146
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5717
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865326.50/cwt326.50–326.502,82429
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1936299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,79911
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1954298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,84347
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037279.82/cwt278.00–280.502,90218

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.