Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd. Quality and weighing condition was in the buyers favor throughout the auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.12/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −168.47 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$342.12

161 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$46.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.59

vs NE average

+41.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	344.43	1,908	153
Medium and Large 1-2	542	298.00	1,615	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.43/cwt here — about $293 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale161 hd

342.12

—

NE average3 barns · 205 hd

341.53

+0.59

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

+41.46

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−168.47

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

51 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 1	750–800	782	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,225	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	846	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,348	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	681	318.69/cwt	317.50–319.50	2,170	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	908	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,438	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	859	280.82/cwt	278.50–282.00	2,412	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	477	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,832	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	364.60/cwt	363.00–365.00	1,852	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	331.53/cwt	327.00–336.00	1,727	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,863	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	731	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,029	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,909	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	439	407.92/cwt	407.00–413.00	1,791	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	350	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	657	287.81/cwt	286.50–294.50	1,891	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,855	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,744	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	451	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,506	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,813	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	619	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	249.80/cwt	249.00–252.00	2,018	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	320.51/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,051	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	629	327.94/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,063	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	376	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,523	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	393.83/cwt	390.00–397.00	1,690	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,606	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	258.43/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,969	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,877	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	332.31/cwt	331.00–334.00	1,947	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	308.00/cwt	304.50–313.00	2,110	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	342.32/cwt	339.00–345.00	1,852	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	567	341.76/cwt	341.50–342.00	1,938	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	862	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,284	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	500–550	521	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,756	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	968	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,052	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	618	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,523	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	624	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	711	270.86/cwt	268.00–271.50	1,926	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	580	306.38/cwt	300.00–309.50	1,777	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	290.77/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,771	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	724	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,810	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,777	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,686	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	609	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,824	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	319.40/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,642	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,317	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	332.80/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,374	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	521	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,407	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	271.48/cwt	267.00–274.00	1,841	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	764	289.70/cwt	288.00–290.50	2,213	97

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	541	339.00–345.00	342.32
43	550–600	586	331.00–334.00	332.31
40	600–650	640	319.00–323.00	320.51
57	650–700	685	304.50–313.00	308.00
5	750–800	782	284.50	284.50
5	850–900	876	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	439	407.00–413.00	407.92
9	450–500	477	384.00	384.00
35	500–550	508	363.00–365.00	364.60
82	650–700	681	317.50–319.50	318.69
62	800–850	846	277.50	277.50
199	850–900	859	278.50–282.00	280.82
119	900–950	908	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	619	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	405.00	405.00
13	400–450	429	390.00–397.00	393.83
47	550–600	567	341.50–342.00	341.76
68	600–650	629	327.00–330.00	327.94
97	750–800	764	288.00–290.50	289.70
9	850–900	862	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	645	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	624	264.00	264.00
10	700–750	724	250.00	250.00
11	950–1000	968	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	542	298.00	298.00
10	600–650	619	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	350	365.00	365.00
56	500–550	521	327.00–336.00	331.53
37	550–600	562	320.00–325.00	322.55
62	600–650	615	303.00	303.00
47	650–700	663	288.00	288.00
25	700–750	731	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	657	286.50–294.50	287.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	384	343.00	343.00
11	400–450	413	330.00–335.00	332.80
14	450–500	494	325.00	325.00
23	600–650	632	276.00	276.00
14	650–700	678	267.00–274.00	271.48
14	700–750	719	258.00	258.00
16	750–800	762	258.00–259.00	258.43
19	800–850	808	249.00–252.00	249.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	451	334.00	334.00
33	500–550	514	316.00–323.00	319.40
73	550–600	580	300.00–309.50	306.38
39	600–650	609	289.00–294.00	290.77
63	700–750	711	268.00–271.50	270.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	521	337.00	337.00
32	600–650	609	299.50	299.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	270.00	270.00
22	600–650	618	246.50	246.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	598	282.00	282.00

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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