Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-02-15

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
4,670 head
4,670 vs last sale 0 4,670 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 500, 600 and 650 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer offerings 450 to 600 lbs traded steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was good with active internet bidding and several buyers at the sale. Snowing again in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date Feb 22nd

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $313.51/cwt on 2,361 head.
Average price
$313.51
2,361 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.05
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601317.541,9081,930
Medium and Large 1-2583295.451,723431
One grade step is worth $22.09/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,361 hd
313.51
NE average9 barns · 18,503 hd
281.46
+32.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735261.82/cwt258.00–266.001,92435
HeifersMedium and Large 1717251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,80013
HeifersMedium and Large 1430323.66/cwt316.00–331.001,39269
HeifersMedium and Large 1676260.85/cwt256.00–266.001,763134
HeifersMedium and Large 1481304.94/cwt295.00–315.001,467247
HeifersMedium and Large 1533307.92/cwt301.00–311.001,641309
HeifersMedium 1-2629272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7119
SteersMedium and Large 1481356.62/cwt350.00–359.001,715138
SteersMedium and Large 1815245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,99717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527287.99/cwt220.00–328.001,51825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480327.55/cwt315.00–344.001,57259
SteersMedium and Large 1712283.25/cwt278.50–287.502,017157
SteersMedium and Large 1621312.63/cwt300.00–317.501,941522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639290.27/cwt286.00–292.001,85564
SteersMedium and Large 1373385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4365
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement655273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,79151
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement704259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,82365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525295.18/cwt291.00–299.501,55090
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672269.64/cwt269.00–272.001,81277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580290.44/cwt280.00–309.001,685117
SteersMedium and Large 1524336.94/cwt330.00–344.001,766340
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,66857
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,41913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2789207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,6375
SteersMedium and Large 1581323.81/cwt313.00–327.001,881455
SteersMedium and Large 1420392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,64640
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437339.46/cwt325.00–362.501,48354
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,32212
HeifersMedium and Large 1629276.93/cwt271.00–288.001,742316
HeifersMedium and Large 1576296.59/cwt290.00–306.001,708365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589285.13/cwt282.00–288.001,679178
SteersMedium and Large 1769262.46/cwt260.00–263.002,01888
SteersMedium and Large 1684292.96/cwt290.50–295.002,004168

How this sale compares

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.