Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. A high demand for Sandhill replacement quality heifers should be noted. Cooler weather and snow in the area today. Next Auction Dates March 14th and 21st

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.37/cwt on 385 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −165.54 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$295.37

385 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$15.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.74

vs NE average

+23.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	298.64	1,622	306
Medium and Large 1-2	573	282.74	1,620	79

One grade step is worth $15.90/cwt here — about $2 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $488.17, low $412.50, median $460.91 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale385 hd

295.37

—

NE average5 barns · 1,480 hd

293.63

+1.74

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+23.46

This barn, trailing median12 sales

460.91

−165.54

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

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,792	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,012	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,055	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,280	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,422	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	267.67/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	250.70/cwt	247.50–253.00	1,697	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	298.48/cwt	235.00–321.00	1,710	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,019	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	233.76/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,725	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	241.05/cwt	237.00–242.50	1,875	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	719	259.56/cwt	257.25–264.50	1,866	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	276.76/cwt	275.00–278.50	1,636	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	293.14/cwt	289.50–302.00	1,809	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,448	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	262.37/cwt	249.00–269.00	1,603	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	383.77/cwt	362.50–387.50	1,581	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	335.88/cwt	326.00–337.50	1,982	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,591	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,565	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	307.26/cwt	299.00–318.00	1,601	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	811	240.89/cwt	238.50–250.00	1,954	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	299.26/cwt	290.00–306.50	1,999	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	345.61/cwt	336.00–356.00	1,825	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	277.07/cwt	272.75–289.00	1,981	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	242.20/cwt	233.00–246.50	2,032	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	283.27/cwt	280.00–286.50	1,651	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	278.75/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,725	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	327.60/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,425	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	268.22/cwt	258.50–273.50	1,762	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	246.10/cwt	240.00–254.25	1,782	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,833	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	273.14/cwt	270.50–277.50	2,076	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,047	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	316.16/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,960	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,884	21

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Mar 7, 2024

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

Receipts 3,945Last week 0Year ago 3,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	600–650	618	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	388	330.00	330.00
22	400–450	435	325.00–332.50	327.60
196	500–550	521	299.00–318.00	307.26
110	550–600	583	280.00–286.50	283.27
135	600–650	619	270.00–283.00	278.75
288	650–700	657	258.50–273.50	268.22
87	700–750	724	240.00–254.25	246.10
21	800–850	821	229.50	229.50
13	850–900	883	161.00	161.00
6	900–950	914	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	495	292.50	292.50
31	500–550	545	292.00	292.00
48	550–600	591	275.00–278.50	276.76
45	600–650	611	249.00–269.00	262.37
80	650–700	677	247.50–253.00	250.70
45	700–750	738	227.00–239.00	233.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
238	700–750	719	257.25–264.50	259.56
233	750–800	778	237.00–242.50	241.05
116	800–850	811	238.50–250.00	240.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	605	332.50	332.50
87	650–700	663	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	513	305.00	305.00
76	550–600	573	235.00–321.00	298.48
27	600–650	617	289.50–302.00	293.14
12	650–700	684	261.00–277.00	267.67
8	700–750	731	269.00	269.00
10	750–800	778	259.50	259.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	397.50	397.50
41	400–450	412	362.50–387.50	383.77
195	450–500	490	374.00	374.00
250	500–550	528	336.00–356.00	345.61
227	550–600	590	326.00–337.50	335.88
175	600–650	620	310.00–321.00	316.16
174	650–700	668	290.00–306.50	299.26
99	700–750	715	272.75–289.00	277.07
218	750–800	760	270.50–277.50	273.14
31	800–850	839	233.00–246.50	242.20
27	900–950	914	224.00	224.00
6	950–1000	976	218.00	218.00

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.

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