Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2026-01-22

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 22

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

6,974 head

▼ 779 vs last sale 7,753▲ 684 vs year ago 6,290 · +10.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 500 -650 were steady - 22.00 higher, and 650 - 900 was 4.00 - 20.00 lower. Heifers were 3.00 - 20.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Nice selection was offered today.

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 $526.60/cwt on 1,034 head. That ranks 14 of 13 comparable sales and sits +32.13 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$526.60

1,034 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$25.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.73

vs NE average

+61.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	533.02	2,906	771
Medium and Large 1-2	540	507.78	2,741	263

One grade step is worth $25.24/cwt here — about $165 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 sale1,034 hd

526.60

—

NE average7 barns · 2,772 hd

506.87

+19.73

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+61.27

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

+32.13

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

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	617.40/cwt	611.00–620.00	2,241	43
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	414	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,505	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	575.99/cwt	567.50–580.00	2,586	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	553.02/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,643	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	585.21/cwt	567.50–588.00	2,809	182
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	515	556.22/cwt	555.00–558.00	2,865	96
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	539.42/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,881	272
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	511.92/cwt	510.00–512.00	2,739	237
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,981	144
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	521.42/cwt	501.00–527.50	2,936	180
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	571	492.81/cwt	492.00–496.00	2,814	79
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,740	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	619	489.76/cwt	482.00–498.00	3,032	173
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	627	468.50/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,937	128
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	430.34/cwt	430.00–431.00	2,703	187
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	446.83/cwt	435.00–457.00	2,828	353
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	406.88/cwt	398.00–411.00	2,799	236
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	711	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,915	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	385.00/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,807	417
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,702	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	372.74/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,896	320
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	361.53/cwt	348.50–368.00	2,993	230
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	351.43/cwt	340.00–358.00	3,096	156
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,013	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,201	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,112	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	557.22/cwt	555.00–557.50	2,067	71
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	424	568.00/cwt	568.00–568.00	2,408	89
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,342	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	477	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,433	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	485.88/cwt	477.50–497.50	2,323	112
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	479	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,486	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	475.21/cwt	472.50–477.00	2,362	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	462.67/cwt	456.00–472.50	2,438	107
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	445.52/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,388	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,537	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	433.56/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,541	183
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	408.62/cwt	408.00–412.00	2,411	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	605	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,644	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	414.61/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,550	266
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	382.76/cwt	382.50–383.00	2,373	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	668	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,689	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	378.40/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,569	328
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	364.16/cwt	363.00–365.50	2,545	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	370.29/cwt	365.00–382.00	2,640	137
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	355.36/cwt	351.00–356.00	2,594	86
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	341.21/cwt	337.00–349.00	2,638	72
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	775	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	3,193	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	333.90/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,761	64
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,816	30

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 Jan 22, 2026

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Receipts 6,974Last week 7,753Year ago 6,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	550–600	571	492.00–496.00	492.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	414	605.00	605.00
96	500–550	515	555.00–558.00	556.22
144	550–600	550	542.00	542.00
173	600–650	619	482.00–498.00	489.76
22	700–750	711	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	350–400	363	611.00–620.00	617.40
28	400–450	449	567.50–580.00	575.99
182	450–500	480	567.50–588.00	585.21
272	500–550	534	530.00–550.00	539.42
180	550–600	563	501.00–527.50	521.42
353	600–650	633	435.00–457.00	446.83
236	650–700	688	398.00–411.00	406.88
417	700–750	729	375.00–394.00	385.00
320	750–800	777	364.00–381.00	372.74
230	800–850	828	348.50–368.00	361.53
156	850–900	881	340.00–358.00	351.43
61	1000–1050	1,013	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	478	550.00–555.00	553.02
237	500–550	535	510.00–512.00	511.92
26	550–600	583	470.00	470.00
187	600–650	628	430.00–431.00	430.34
19	750–800	759	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	600–650	627	465.00–470.00	468.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	497	472.50–477.00	475.21
17	500–550	536	442.50–450.00	445.52
62	550–600	590	408.00–412.00	408.62
55	600–650	620	382.50–383.00	382.76
54	650–700	699	363.00–365.50	364.16
86	700–750	730	351.00–356.00	355.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	330	640.00	640.00
71	350–400	371	555.00–557.50	557.22
46	400–450	446	525.00	525.00
112	450–500	478	477.50–497.50	485.88
107	500–550	527	456.00–472.50	462.67
183	550–600	586	425.00–440.00	433.56
266	600–650	615	400.00–417.00	414.61
328	650–700	679	368.00–390.00	378.40
137	700–750	713	365.00–382.00	370.29
72	750–800	773	337.00–349.00	341.21
64	800–850	827	332.00–337.00	333.90
30	900–950	948	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	450–500	479	519.00	519.00
17	550–600	560	453.00	453.00
50	650–700	668	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	605	437.00	437.00
75	750–800	775	412.00	412.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	400–450	424	568.00	568.00
32	450–500	477	510.00	510.00

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.