Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 750 lbs steers traded 4.00 to as much as 26.00 higher, heifer offerings 550 to 650 lbs traded 11.00 higher. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates March 28th Regular Sale, April Sale dates 4th, 11th, 18th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.94/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −152.65 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$357.94

187 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$35.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.20

vs NE average

+39.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	362.11	1,971	165
Medium and Large 1-2	590	326.71	1,928	22

One grade step is worth $35.40/cwt here — about $43 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $475.00, median $510.59 across 13 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 sale187 hd

357.94

—

NE average4 barns · 476 hd

332.75

+25.20

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+39.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−152.65

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

37 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 1	750–800	786	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,115	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,800	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	261.48/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,849	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	304.39/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,628	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	248.90/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,795	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	899	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,158	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	352.46/cwt	320.00–382.50	1,681	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,005	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,033	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,523	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	326.71/cwt	324.00–329.00	1,928	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,597	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,846	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	310.69/cwt	302.00–317.50	1,970	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	269.95/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,709	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,219	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	296.51/cwt	291.00–297.50	2,031	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	294.87/cwt	285.00–301.50	1,684	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	806	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,955	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,134	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	388.05/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,719	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	279.54/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,856	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	1,795	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	332.04/cwt	330.50–335.00	2,075	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	360.72/cwt	352.00–362.00	1,894	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	290.58/cwt	284.00–299.50	1,825	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	266.94/cwt	259.50–271.75	2,184	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	719	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,970	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	225.86/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,843	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	389.18/cwt	389.00–390.00	1,919	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	316.49/cwt	306.00–325.00	2,111	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	362.80/cwt	358.00–363.50	2,010	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	291.42/cwt	287.00–298.50	2,133	145

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,410Last week 0Year ago 3,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	317.00	317.00
27	500–550	535	299.00–308.00	304.39
106	550–600	571	285.00–301.50	294.87
237	600–650	628	284.00–299.50	290.58
100	650–700	664	270.00–282.00	279.54
20	700–750	707	254.00–264.00	261.48
5	750–800	786	245.00	245.00
29	800–850	816	222.00–228.00	225.86
13	850–900	857	210.00	210.00
11	950–1000	959	220.50	220.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
13	550–600	579	263.00	263.00
38	600–650	633	267.50–275.00	269.95
14	650–700	687	261.25	261.25
50	700–750	721	248.00–249.00	248.90
11	750–800	783	204.00	204.00
17	900–950	905	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	719	274.00	274.00
28	800–850	806	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	477	320.00–382.50	352.46
22	550–600	590	324.00–329.00	326.71
26	600–650	634	302.00–317.50	310.69
89	650–700	685	291.00–297.50	296.51
27	700–750	734	277.00	277.00
7	750–800	773	267.00	267.00
20	800–850	832	241.00	241.00
9	850–900	899	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	443	385.00–392.50	388.05
45	450–500	493	389.00–390.00	389.18
55	500–550	525	352.00–362.00	360.72
110	550–600	554	358.00–363.50	362.80
129	600–650	625	330.50–335.00	332.04
72	650–700	667	306.00–325.00	316.49
145	700–750	732	287.00–298.50	291.42
147	750–800	769	277.50	277.50
320	800–850	818	259.50–271.75	266.94
47	950–1000	984	225.50	225.50

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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