Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison for steer or heifers. Several loads of Sandhill home raised offerings off grass. Cattle entering the ring, showing the past week of high humidity and near 100 degree temperatures. Demand was still good with several buyers today. Next Auction Date Aug 15th Special Fall Bred Female and Regular Sale, Aug 22nd Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.58/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −159.01 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$351.58

53 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

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

$13.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+63.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	355.72	1,892	37
Medium and Large 1-2	576	342.00	1,970	16thin

One grade step is worth $13.72/cwt here — about −$77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale53 hd

351.58

—

NE average1 barns · 53 hd

351.58

+0.00

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+63.79

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−159.01

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

24 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	950–1000	968	216.02/cwt	215.50–217.00	2,091	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	270.59/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,872	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,089	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	307.87/cwt	304.50–315.00	1,736	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	293.02/cwt	290.00–294.50	1,867	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,917	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,653	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,772	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	240.05/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,956	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,970	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,063	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	272.56/cwt	272.00–273.25	2,134	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	325.25/cwt	323.00–328.00	2,007	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	243.92/cwt	236.25–245.75	2,405	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,804	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,438	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,587	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	259.99/cwt	251.00–266.25	2,374	478
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	245.58/cwt	237.25–249.25	2,493	502
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	270.37/cwt	266.50–272.50	2,366	586
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,055	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	296.69/cwt	295.50–297.25	2,127	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	355.72/cwt	351.00–362.00	1,892	37

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 Aug 1, 2024

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

Receipts 2,700Last week 2,067Year ago 3,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	550–600	564	304.50–315.00	307.87
68	600–650	637	290.00–294.50	293.02
45	650–700	692	270.00–274.00	270.59
69	700–750	746	257.00	257.00
45	800–850	839	249.00	249.00
20	950–1000	968	215.50–217.00	216.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	340.00	340.00
8	450–500	454	312.50	312.50
7	500–550	512	310.00	310.00
11	600–650	626	264.00	264.00
13	650–700	699	253.50	253.50
6	750–800	755	239.00	239.00
20	800–850	815	239.00–241.00	240.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	576	342.00	342.00
20	700–750	720	286.50	286.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	532	351.00–362.00	355.72
136	600–650	617	323.00–328.00	325.25
30	650–700	663	310.00	310.00
31	700–750	717	295.50–297.25	296.69
130	750–800	783	272.00–273.25	272.56
586	850–900	875	266.50–272.50	270.37
478	900–950	913	251.00–266.25	259.99
204	950–1000	986	236.25–245.75	243.92
502	1000–1050	1,015	237.25–249.25	245.58

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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