Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, steers traded sharply lower on the day. Heifers less than 550 lbs sold fully steady on a thin test, 550 to 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower and over 650 sold sharply lower. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Thursday's sale followed the same downward trend that the CME cattle boards have displayed earlier this week. Next Auction Dates for April Thursday, 11th Special Fall and Spring Female Sale, 18th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.33/cwt on 567 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −165.58 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$295.33

567 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$12.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs NE average

+24.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	297.77	1,667	459
Medium and Large 1-2	561	284.95	1,600	108

One grade step is worth $12.82/cwt here — about $67 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 sale567 hd

295.33

—

NE average5 barns · 1,102 hd

294.39

+0.94

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+24.74

This barn, trailing median12 sales

460.91

−165.58

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

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	701	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,096	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	332.87/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,302	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,732	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	218.49/cwt	214.00–222.00	1,807	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	250.47/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,801	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	255.47/cwt	253.00–261.50	1,719	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	331.23/cwt	330.00–333.00	1,749	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	329.74/cwt	317.00–333.00	1,576	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,131	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	298.67/cwt	293.50–309.00	1,879	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	267.98/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,972	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	289.45/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,774	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	284.69/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,865	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	326.55/cwt	326.00–327.50	1,355	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	315.02/cwt	311.00–322.50	1,632	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	348.97/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,710	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	272.08/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,611	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	287.72/cwt	276.50–299.00	1,680	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	295.24/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,585	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	706	261.79/cwt	259.50–264.00	1,848	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	271.72/cwt	264.00–273.00	1,723	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,328	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	303.24/cwt	294.00–312.50	1,480	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	335.29/cwt	333.50–336.00	1,884	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	305.54/cwt	292.50–309.00	1,720	68

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 Apr 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,120Last week 2,410Year ago 1,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	700–750	701	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	425	382.50	382.50
60	450–500	490	347.00–355.00	348.97
14	500–550	528	330.00–333.00	331.23
118	550–600	562	333.50–336.00	335.29
111	600–650	629	293.50–309.00	298.67
90	650–700	655	283.00–285.00	284.69
68	700–750	736	262.00–274.00	267.98
75	750–800	757	281.50	281.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	355.00	355.00
7	400–450	425	355.00	355.00
68	550–600	563	292.50–309.00	305.54
5	650–700	653	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	391	331.00–335.00	332.87
19	400–450	415	326.00–327.50	326.55
109	450–500	478	317.00–333.00	329.74
169	500–550	518	311.00–322.50	315.02
290	550–600	584	276.50–299.00	287.72
59	600–650	613	289.00–290.00	289.45
98	650–700	673	253.00–261.50	255.47
95	700–750	719	246.00–254.00	250.47
16	750–800	753	230.00	230.00
18	800–850	827	214.00–222.00	218.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	488	294.00–312.50	303.24
60	500–550	537	284.00–300.00	295.24
48	550–600	592	271.00–273.00	272.08
100	600–650	634	264.00–273.00	271.72
5	700–750	708	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	700–750	706	259.50–264.00	261.79

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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