Sale reports / Nebraska / Ogallala / 2026-11-12

Ogallala

Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Ogallala, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 12

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1850

← Nov 5Nov 12latest

Receipts

4,062 head

▲ 1,339 vs last sale 2,723▼ 248 vs year ago 4,310 · −5.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 7.00 - 14.00 higher and heifers were 8.00 - 18.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate with a good selection feeders 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 $450.25/cwt on 903 head, down $6.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −17.31 against this barn's trailing median of $467.57.

Average price

$450.25

▼ 6.22 vs prior sale

903 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$44.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.67

vs NE average

+31.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	454.31	2,574	820
Medium and Large 1-2	557	410.22	2,286	83

One grade step is worth $44.08/cwt here — about $288 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale903 hd

450.25

—

NE average9 barns · 4,399 hd

445.59

+4.67

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+31.61

This barn, trailing median15 sales

467.57

−17.31

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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.00, low $445.49, median $467.57 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,980	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	352	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,042	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	545.28/cwt	542.50–550.00	2,072	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	545.22/cwt	538.00–560.00	2,295	86
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	523.54/cwt	522.50–525.00	2,209	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	519.39/cwt	513.00–533.00	2,441	137
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	492	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,396	80
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	438.72/cwt	425.00–451.00	2,163	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	477.33/cwt	456.00–483.00	2,525	177
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	542	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,450	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	410.88/cwt	410.00–414.00	2,227	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	544	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,638	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	409.58/cwt	400.00–413.50	2,343	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	584	447.48/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,613	294
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	430.93/cwt	427.00–437.50	2,534	215
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	378.13/cwt	376.00–380.00	2,325	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	410.99/cwt	392.00–416.00	2,581	204
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,425	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	389.87/cwt	376.00–399.00	2,589	192
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	377.77/cwt	360.00–382.00	2,663	91
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,764	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,979	67
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,978	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,693	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	376	503.58/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,893	49
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	455.92/cwt	443.00–468.00	1,783	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	469.00/cwt	453.00–473.00	2,068	198
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,907	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	429.60/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,088	83
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	402.33/cwt	394.00–418.00	2,128	144
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,098	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	367.94/cwt	365.00–375.50	2,112	135
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	577	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,380	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	355.18/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,202	54
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,379	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	347.18/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,562	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,550	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,746	61
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	311.71/cwt	303.50–327.50	2,681	41
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	319.17/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,927	61
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,966	29
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	991	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,785	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,072	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,910	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,007	12

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 Nov 12, 2026

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

Receipts 4,062Last week 2,723Year ago 4,310

Compared to last week, steers were 7.00 - 14.00 higher and heifers were 8.00 - 18.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate with a good selection feeders offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	330	600.00	600.00
28	350–400	380	542.50–550.00	545.28
86	400–450	421	538.00–560.00	545.22
137	450–500	470	513.00–533.00	519.39
177	500–550	529	456.00–483.00	477.33
215	550–600	588	427.00–437.50	430.93
204	600–650	628	392.00–416.00	410.99
192	650–700	664	376.00–399.00	389.87
91	700–750	705	360.00–382.00	377.77
67	800–850	838	355.50	355.50
22	850–900	872	341.50	341.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	422	522.50–525.00	523.54
19	450–500	493	425.00–451.00	438.72
41	500–550	542	410.00–414.00	410.88
42	550–600	572	400.00–413.50	409.58
19	600–650	615	376.00–380.00	378.13
11	650–700	659	368.00	368.00
16	800–850	830	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	352	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	450–500	492	487.00	487.00
35	500–550	542	452.00	452.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	500–550	544	485.00	485.00
294	550–600	584	445.00–462.50	447.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	312	542.50	542.50
23	350–400	391	443.00–468.00	455.92
198	400–450	441	453.00–473.00	469.00
83	450–500	486	425.00–432.50	429.60
144	500–550	529	394.00–418.00	402.33
135	550–600	574	365.00–375.50	367.94
54	600–650	620	340.00–366.00	355.18
8	650–700	670	355.00	355.00
84	700–750	738	341.00–348.00	347.18
61	750–800	759	336.00	336.00
61	800–850	841	326.50	326.50
41	850–900	860	303.50–327.50	311.71
61	900–950	917	316.00–323.00	319.17
29	950–1000	960	309.00	309.00
7	1050–1100	1,072	271.50	271.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	577	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	446	427.50	427.50
14	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
32	500–550	538	390.00	390.00
17	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
5	950–1000	991	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	376	495.00–510.00	503.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	454	442.00	442.00

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.