Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of yearling market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good and active internet bidding for fall weight calves and yearlings. Next Auction Date July 18th with Special Fall Bred Female sale and Regular Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.64/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −145.95 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$364.64

163 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$27.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.86

vs NE average

+61.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	369.74	1,959	133
Medium and Large 1-2	561	342.00	1,917	30

One grade step is worth $27.74/cwt here — about $41 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 sale163 hd

364.64

—

NE average3 barns · 752 hd

352.78

+11.86

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+61.73

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−145.95

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	300–350	341	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,228	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,181	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,459	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	255.72/cwt	255.00–256.50	1,844	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	343.23/cwt	337.50–347.00	1,627	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	301.95/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,881	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	277.66/cwt	273.00–305.50	2,424	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,080	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	314.82/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,628	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,916	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,679	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,064	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,856	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	329.61/cwt	326.50–335.00	2,030	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,411	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	335.03/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,756	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	253.31/cwt	251.50–254.75	2,115	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,141	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,893	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	288.66/cwt	286.00–290.50	1,920	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	261.63/cwt	256.00–264.50	2,446	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	257.41/cwt	254.00–259.00	2,023	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,071	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	310.30/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,818	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,706	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	379.71/cwt	377.00–396.00	1,963	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	351.51/cwt	343.00–360.00	1,944	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	278.02/cwt	277.00–279.00	2,299	115

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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,067Last week 0Year ago 1,880

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	341	360.00	360.00
18	400–450	408	357.50	357.50
39	450–500	474	337.50–347.00	343.23
89	500–550	524	328.00–339.00	335.03
139	550–600	586	307.00–315.00	310.30
39	600–650	623	298.00–305.00	301.95
44	650–700	665	286.00–290.50	288.66
34	700–750	721	255.00–256.50	255.72
102	750–800	786	254.00–259.00	257.41
146	800–850	835	251.50–254.75	253.31
9	900–950	934	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	517	311.00–320.00	314.82
7	600–650	604	285.00	285.00
14	650–700	690	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	491	342.00	342.00
12	500–550	509	372.00	372.00
18	550–600	595	322.00	322.00
7	600–650	626	314.50	314.50
9	750–800	788	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
18	400–450	416	410.00	410.00
86	500–550	517	377.00–396.00	379.71
47	550–600	553	343.00–360.00	351.51
157	600–650	616	326.50–335.00	329.61
10	650–700	664	322.50	322.50
19	700–750	732	282.00	282.00
7	750–800	767	270.00	270.00
115	800–850	827	277.00–279.00	278.02
434	850–900	873	273.00–305.50	277.66
175	900–950	935	256.00–264.50	261.63
19	950–1000	981	245.75	245.75

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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