Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, with a high demand for 600 lbs steers trading 25.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 550 lbs traded 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was good with very active internet bidding. Next Auction Date April 25th Regular Sale, May 9th Special Pair and Fall Bred Female. Rain showers and some snow this past week in the Sandhills.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.25/cwt on 319 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −176.35 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$334.25

319 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$28.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs NE average

+29.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	340.16	1,848	253
Medium and Large 1-2	578	311.59	1,800	66

One grade step is worth $28.57/cwt here — about $48 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 sale319 hd

334.25

—

NE average3 barns · 663 hd

333.50

+0.74

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+29.86

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−176.35

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	624	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,819	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,902	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,986	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,231	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	332.74/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,404	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	234.03/cwt	228.50–246.00	1,718	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	335.30/cwt	326.00–338.00	1,801	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,238	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	312.92/cwt	307.00–319.00	1,458	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	330.84/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,919	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	388.11/cwt	360.00–391.00	1,634	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	336.87/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,674	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	325.95/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,985	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	312.45/cwt	306.00–317.50	2,081	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	305.99/cwt	299.00–322.00	1,616	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,212	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,602	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,471	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	294.55/cwt	289.00–305.50	2,156	328
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	704	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,915	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	509	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,853	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	313.11/cwt	310.50–316.00	1,819	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	302.91/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,869	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	274.03/cwt	266.00–281.00	1,973	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	282.10/cwt	272.00–298.00	1,616	253
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	210.08/cwt	209.00–211.00	1,714	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	263.75/cwt	263.50–264.00	2,208	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,429	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	294.37/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,961	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	278.60/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,738	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	357.46/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,691	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	253.42/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,723	119

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 3,028Last week 2,120Year ago 3,620

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	600–650	624	291.50	291.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	376	327.50	327.50
30	400–450	422	330.00–334.00	332.74
62	450–500	466	307.00–319.00	312.92
161	500–550	528	299.00–322.00	305.99
253	550–600	573	272.00–298.00	282.10
116	600–650	624	275.00–282.00	278.60
119	650–700	680	248.00–268.00	253.42
35	700–750	734	228.50–246.00	234.03
42	800–850	816	209.00–211.00	210.08
7	850–900	893	213.00	213.00
7	1050–1100	1,091	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	310.00	310.00
14	400–450	448	319.00	319.00
11	600–650	607	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	704	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
175	400–450	421	360.00–391.00	388.11
88	450–500	473	347.50–365.00	357.46
127	500–550	537	326.00–338.00	335.30
72	550–600	580	330.00–331.00	330.84
193	600–650	609	316.00–334.00	325.95
198	650–700	666	306.00–317.50	312.45
328	700–750	732	289.00–305.50	294.55
121	800–850	837	263.50–264.00	263.75
60	900–950	906	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	335.00	335.00
47	450–500	497	335.00–341.00	336.87
5	500–550	536	293.00	293.00
61	550–600	581	310.50–316.00	313.11
76	600–650	617	295.00–315.00	302.91
28	650–700	666	281.00–299.00	294.37
81	700–750	720	266.00–281.00	274.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	500–550	509	364.00	364.00

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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