Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2026-03-12

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 12

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Feb 26Mar 12Mar 26 →

Receipts

5,638 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 5,562▼ 484 vs year ago 6,122 · −7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good showing a downward trend. The market has been effected with the trade on the board this week.

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 $496.50/cwt on 291 head. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +2.03 against this barn's trailing median of $494.47.

Average price

$496.50

291 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$24.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.98

vs NE average

+24.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	500.90	2,730	238
Medium and Large 1-2	569	476.73	2,711	53

One grade step is worth $24.18/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale291 hd

496.50

—

NE average7 barns · 1,920 hd

501.49

−4.98

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+24.30

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.47

+2.03

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

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

54 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	347	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,256	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	597.50/cwt	597.50–597.50	2,253	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,436	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	535.02/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,600	134
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,704	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	509.17/cwt	502.50–517.00	2,612	67
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	539	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,787	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,652	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	493.14/cwt	475.00–499.00	2,796	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	469.66/cwt	469.00–470.00	2,748	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	586	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,748	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	604	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,869	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	455.40/cwt	445.00–466.00	2,828	271
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	429.09/cwt	416.00–435.00	2,888	192
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1NHTC	705	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,982	163
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	399.26/cwt	392.00–410.00	2,907	170
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	731	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	3,125	78
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	381.31/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,951	147
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,863	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1NHTC	797	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	3,045	150
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	806	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	3,043	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	359.99/cwt	353.50–362.00	2,992	216
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,968	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1NHTC	873	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	3,217	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	332.87/cwt	327.00–341.50	3,096	236
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,107	24
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	3,255	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,986	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	544.94/cwt	542.50–547.50	2,098	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1NHTC	415	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,251	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	549.26/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,395	94
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	513.15/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,412	82
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1NHTC	492	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,497	85
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,345	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	483.77/cwt	475.00–492.50	2,530	169
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	457.93/cwt	452.50–469.00	2,468	72
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	540	488.50/cwt	488.50–488.50	2,638	111
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	572	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,666	103
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	447.71/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,574	156
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,325	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	628	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,656	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	630	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,778	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	414.06/cwt	409.00–425.00	2,650	357
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,393	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	407.43/cwt	400.50–417.50	2,754	171
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,707	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	698	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,984	85
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	403.26/cwt	396.00–408.00	2,928	94
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,577	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	350.14/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,710	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	811	406.62/cwt	391.00–415.00	3,298	114
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	340.32/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,777	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	330.10/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,839	40
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	878	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,424	16

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 5,638Last week 5,562Year ago 6,122

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good showing a downward trend. The market has been effected with the trade on the board this week.

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	347	650.00	650.00
7	350–400	377	597.50	597.50
134	450–500	486	520.00–545.00	535.02
67	500–550	513	502.50–517.00	509.17
81	550–600	567	475.00–499.00	493.14
271	600–650	621	445.00–466.00	455.40
192	650–700	673	416.00–435.00	429.09
170	700–750	728	392.00–410.00	399.26
147	750–800	774	365.00–385.00	381.31
216	800–850	831	353.50–362.00	359.99
17	850–900	859	345.50	345.50
236	900–950	930	327.00–341.50	332.87
24	950–1000	968	321.00	321.00
60	1000–1050	1,035	314.50	314.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	503	537.50	537.50
15	800–850	806	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	480	507.50	507.50
21	500–550	544	487.50	487.50
32	550–600	585	469.00–470.00	469.66
31	750–800	776	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	539	517.00	517.00
41	550–600	586	469.00	469.00
163	700–750	705	423.00	423.00
150	750–800	797	382.00	382.00
65	850–900	873	368.50	368.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	600–650	604	475.00	475.00
78	700–750	731	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	582.50	582.50
20	350–400	385	542.50–547.50	544.94
94	400–450	436	540.00–560.00	549.26
82	450–500	470	510.00–515.00	513.15
169	500–550	523	475.00–492.50	483.77
156	550–600	575	440.00–457.50	447.71
357	600–650	640	409.00–425.00	414.06
171	650–700	676	400.50–417.50	407.43
94	700–750	726	396.00–408.00	403.26
61	750–800	774	340.00–358.00	350.14
68	800–850	816	331.00–343.00	340.32
40	850–900	860	326.00–342.00	330.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	499	470.00	470.00
72	500–550	539	452.50–469.00	457.93
7	550–600	577	403.00	403.00
16	600–650	645	371.00	371.00
10	650–700	694	390.00	390.00
25	700–750	749	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	415	542.50	542.50
85	450–500	492	507.50	507.50
111	500–550	540	488.50	488.50
41	600–650	628	423.00	423.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	572	466.00	466.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	630	441.00	441.00
85	650–700	698	427.50	427.50
114	800–850	811	391.00–415.00	406.62
16	850–900	878	390.00	390.00

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.