Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of Yearlings and Fall calves, for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers at the auction today. Next Auction Dates for June 6th Special Fall Bred Female and Regular Sale, June 20th Special Feeder Sale, and June 27th Special Fall Bred Female and Regular Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.49/cwt on 563 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −155.11 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$355.49

563 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$31.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs NE average

+41.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	356.44	1,951	546
Medium and Large 1-2	592	325.00	1,924	17thin

One grade step is worth $31.44/cwt here — about $27 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 sale563 hd

355.49

—

NE average4 barns · 635 hd

351.30

+4.19

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+41.39

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−155.11

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

31 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	800–850	818	244.41/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,999	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	372.14/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,582	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	281.37/cwt	278.00–283.50	1,939	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	253.53/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,962	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	273.35/cwt	264.00–282.50	1,941	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	358.02/cwt	350.00–376.00	1,733	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,798	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	337.00/cwt	309.00–347.50	2,079	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	283.75/cwt	283.75–283.75	2,100	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	294.86/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,719	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	342.83/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,625	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,541	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,924	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	294.53/cwt	288.00–306.50	2,156	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	366.78/cwt	357.00–387.00	1,768	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	276.59/cwt	270.75–281.50	2,182	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	297.20/cwt	289.00–299.50	1,866	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,281	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	352.57/cwt	347.00–359.00	1,812	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,305	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,720	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	428.58/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,766	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	403.80/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,910	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	331.29/cwt	306.00–340.50	1,895	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	365.01/cwt	352.00–368.50	1,942	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	582	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,868	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	311.20/cwt	292.00–322.50	2,113	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	432.17/cwt	427.50–445.00	1,672	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	345.34/cwt	330.00–356.50	1,989	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	269.84/cwt	262.00–276.00	2,202	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,455	56

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 May 23, 2024

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

Receipts 3,590Last week 3,028Year ago 3,360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	400–450	425	365.00–385.00	372.14
167	450–500	484	350.00–376.00	358.02
325	500–550	514	347.00–359.00	352.57
267	550–600	572	306.00–340.50	331.29
193	600–650	628	289.00–299.50	297.20
96	650–700	689	278.00–283.50	281.37
114	700–750	710	264.00–282.50	273.35
100	750–800	774	249.00–258.00	253.53
45	800–850	818	236.00–253.00	244.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	434	355.00	355.00
28	450–500	474	342.00–345.00	342.83
52	550–600	583	288.00–298.00	294.86
12	600–650	630	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	405.00	405.00
43	450–500	482	357.00–387.00	366.78
17	550–600	592	325.00	325.00
21	700–750	740	283.75	283.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	387	427.50–445.00	432.17
18	400–450	412	425.00–430.00	428.58
43	450–500	473	400.00–410.00	403.80
360	500–550	532	352.00–368.50	365.01
144	550–600	576	330.00–356.50	345.34
303	600–650	617	309.00–347.50	337.00
202	650–700	679	292.00–322.50	311.20
100	700–750	732	288.00–306.50	294.53
53	750–800	789	270.75–281.50	276.59
135	800–850	816	262.00–276.00	269.84
48	900–950	917	248.75	248.75
56	1000–1050	1,026	239.25	239.25
10	1150–1200	1,164	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	582	321.00	321.00

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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