Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 700 lbs steers traded 2.00 lower, 850 and 950 lbs steers traded steady and 900 lbs steers traded 7.00 higher. Demand was good. Next Auction Date Sept 12th starting at 11:00 am expecting 4000 head

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.64/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −209.96 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$300.64

84 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.64

vs NE average

+31.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	300.64	1,744	84

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

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 sale84 hd

300.64

—

NE average4 barns · 198 hd

298.99

+1.64

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+31.24

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−209.96

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	950–1000	989	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,146	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,208	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,685	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	229.19/cwt	224.50–233.00	2,021	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	233.98/cwt	225.25–238.00	2,279	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	250.99/cwt	247.00–257.50	1,702	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,897	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,530	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	215.58/cwt	205.00–223.50	2,126	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	270.41/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,723	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	832	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,955	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	260.36/cwt	252.00–266.50	2,041	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	226.74/cwt	225.50–227.00	2,356	347
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	248.34/cwt	232.50–252.25	2,272	575
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	252.04/cwt	249.00–254.00	1,842	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	232.30/cwt	228.00–233.50	1,896	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,785	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	250.46/cwt	236.00–254.50	2,189	651
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	229.12/cwt	224.50–231.00	2,110	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	292.57/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,852	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	768	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,882	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	251.10/cwt	242.00–258.00	2,084	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	275.42/cwt	269.75–280.00	1,983	155

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 Sep 5, 2024

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

Receipts 3,630Last week 3,905Year ago 3,195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	514	284.50	284.50
14	600–650	647	260.50	260.50
92	650–700	678	247.00–257.50	250.99
160	700–750	731	249.00–254.00	252.04
80	800–850	816	228.00–233.50	232.30
22	850–900	882	224.50–233.00	229.19
68	900–950	921	224.50–231.00	229.12
9	950–1000	989	217.00	217.00
12	1000–1050	1,015	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	750–800	768	245.00	245.00
73	800–850	832	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	537	285.00	285.00
71	550–600	588	303.50	303.50
39	600–650	633	287.50–300.00	292.57
79	650–700	652	291.00	291.00
155	700–750	720	269.75–280.00	275.42
309	750–800	784	252.00–266.50	260.36
141	800–850	830	242.00–258.00	251.10
651	850–900	874	236.00–254.50	250.46
575	900–950	915	232.50–252.25	248.34
340	950–1000	974	225.25–238.00	233.98
347	1000–1050	1,039	225.50–227.00	226.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	637	270.00–272.00	270.41
6	650–700	680	269.00	269.00
14	950–1000	986	205.00–223.50	215.58

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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