Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers today. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers at the auction, with light internet bidding and several viewing the auction from the web. Next Auction Dates for Sept 5th and 12th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.66/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −176.25 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$284.66

34 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.46

vs NE average

+40.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	284.66	1,580	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $488.17, low $412.50, median $460.91 across 12 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 sale34 hd

284.66

—

NE average6 barns · 290 hd

280.20

+4.46

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+40.25

This barn, trailing median12 sales

460.91

−176.25

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

26 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	1050–1100	1,066	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	2,137	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,425	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	225.72/cwt	223.00–226.25	2,101	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	218.30/cwt	214.00–220.00	2,198	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	284.66/cwt	280.50–288.00	1,580	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	256.38/cwt	252.00–258.50	1,731	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	253.70/cwt	251.00–258.50	2,088	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	233.44/cwt	227.25–236.50	2,271	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	706	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,740	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	827	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,869	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	218.94/cwt	217.00–221.50	1,946	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	229.96/cwt	228.75–230.50	1,817	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	754	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	1,781	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	990	221.73/cwt	215.00–223.00	2,195	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	218.19/cwt	214.00–220.00	2,140	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	272.85/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,727	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	255.20/cwt	245.00–259.75	1,840	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	244.25/cwt	234.50–253.00	1,895	394
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	248.73/cwt	244.00–253.50	2,139	407
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	240.39/cwt	235.50–247.50	2,219	583
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	235.43/cwt	231.25–239.50	1,938	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	234.42/cwt	232.25–235.75	2,051	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,963	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,883	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,079	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	226.38/cwt	224.50–226.75	2,284	67

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 3,905Last week 2,700Year ago 2,945

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	483	295.00	295.00
34	550–600	555	280.50–288.00	284.66
113	600–650	633	262.00–275.00	272.85
48	650–700	675	252.00–258.50	256.38
312	700–750	721	245.00–259.75	255.20
394	750–800	776	234.50–253.00	244.25
170	800–850	823	231.25–239.50	235.43
262	850–900	875	232.25–235.75	234.42
26	900–950	931	223.00–226.25	225.72
50	950–1000	981	214.00–220.00	218.19
28	1000–1050	1,007	214.00–220.00	218.30
9	1050–1100	1,066	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	706	246.50	246.50
73	750–800	754	236.25	236.25
65	800–850	827	226.00	226.00
127	950–1000	990	215.00–223.00	221.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	750–800	790	228.75–230.50	229.96
21	850–900	889	217.00–221.50	218.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	670	281.00	281.00
12	700–750	738	266.00	266.00
20	750–800	795	261.50	261.50
233	800–850	823	251.00–258.50	253.70
407	850–900	860	244.00–253.50	248.73
583	900–950	923	235.50–247.50	240.39
301	950–1000	973	227.25–236.50	233.44
67	1000–1050	1,009	224.50–226.75	226.38

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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