Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2026-09-17

Ogallala

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850
Receipts
2,752 head
▲ 394 vs last sale 2,358▲ 2,752 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.00/cwt on 10 head, up $0.00 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −43.02 against this barn's trailing median of $428.02.
Average price
$385.00
▲ 0.00 vs prior sale
10 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−7.01
vs NE average
+30.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505385.001,94410thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
385.00
—
NE average6 barns · 165 hd
392.01
−7.01
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
+30.69
This barn, trailing median14 sales
428.02
−43.02
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

14 sales
484446409371median 428.0203/1204/2308/2010/0810/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $470.11, low $385.00, median $428.02 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,90210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1404532.69/cwt530.00–535.002,15274
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,14711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459511.13/cwt492.50–515.002,346100
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,26222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,2836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528453.28/cwt444.00–458.002,39379
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558441.36/cwt432.00–445.002,46325
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581415.90/cwt412.50–418.002,41616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630406.57/cwt403.00–409.002,56124
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676363.38/cwt353.00–370.002,45629
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,71121
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,83418
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885329.04/cwt325.00–340.502,912176
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913341.77/cwt334.50–348.003,120105
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2949313.50/cwt313.50–313.502,97557
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2954308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,94326
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968326.65/cwt317.50–330.003,162166
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,018296.78/cwt291.00–312.003,021189
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,098278.00/cwt278.00–278.003,0528
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,82914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,97240
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418474.03/cwt465.00–475.001,981345
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467454.46/cwt440.00–458.002,122134
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,94410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622363.19/cwt355.00–373.002,25936
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692354.62/cwt353.00–360.002,454112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1789330.66/cwt325.00–338.002,609106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836328.83/cwt325.25–336.002,749173
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884316.46/cwt311.50–330.002,79898
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926306.79/cwt303.00–311.002,841174
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy952304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,89420
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976277.49/cwt273.00–286.502,70840
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,017282.28/cwt277.50–287.002,87189
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,136264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,99920

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.