Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 700 to 1000 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 10.00 higher with the exception of 900 lbs steers trading steady. Demand was good with several buyers today. Very strong winds in the area and high concern for prairie fire. Next Auction Date Oct 3rd & 10th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.34/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −210.25 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$300.34

40 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.56

vs NE average

+32.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	300.34	1,708	40

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 sale40 hd

300.34

—

NE average3 barns · 453 hd

291.78

+8.56

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+32.14

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−210.25

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

32 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	1000–1050	1,035	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,277	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	239.11/cwt	238.50–240.00	1,767	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	221.20/cwt	216.00–225.50	2,174	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	234.84/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,825	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	277.91/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,631	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,505	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	238.63/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,358	397
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	268.44/cwt	262.75–275.00	2,113	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	279.48/cwt	271.50–289.50	2,009	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	288.05/cwt	278.00–292.00	1,907	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	254.25/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,996	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,081	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	291.94/cwt	291.50–294.00	1,839	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	257.44/cwt	248.50–265.75	2,229	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	227.56/cwt	221.00–229.50	1,852	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	916	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,139	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	260.00/cwt	247.00–265.00	2,140	483
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,740	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	247.17/cwt	245.75–250.75	2,314	540
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	216.12/cwt	215.00–218.75	2,323	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	231.04/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,818	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	237.48/cwt	220.00–238.35	2,401	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	299.34/cwt	297.00–300.50	1,718	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	723	264.52/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,912	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	226.98/cwt	224.00–229.50	2,109	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	260.10/cwt	253.50–268.00	1,724	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	797	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,957	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	804	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,016	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	226.90/cwt	223.50–230.00	1,992	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	270.77/cwt	267.00–271.50	1,635	94

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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 4,380Last week 3,630Year ago 2,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	528	285.00	285.00
30	550–600	587	275.00–279.00	277.91
94	600–650	604	267.00–271.50	270.77
168	650–700	663	253.50–268.00	260.10
22	700–750	739	238.50–240.00	239.11
23	750–800	777	231.00–239.00	234.84
45	800–850	814	221.00–229.50	227.56
46	850–900	878	223.50–230.00	226.90
44	900–950	929	224.00–229.50	226.98
22	950–1000	983	216.00–225.50	221.20
6	1000–1050	1,035	220.00	220.00
45	1050–1100	1,075	215.00–218.75	216.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
159	700–750	723	264.00–265.00	264.52
59	750–800	797	245.50	245.50
198	800–850	804	250.75	250.75
126	900–950	916	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	273.00	273.00
21	750–800	787	230.00–234.50	231.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	539	306.00	306.00
34	550–600	574	297.00–300.50	299.34
49	600–650	630	291.50–294.00	291.94
113	650–700	662	278.00–292.00	288.05
285	700–750	719	271.50–289.50	279.48
257	750–800	787	262.75–275.00	268.44
483	800–850	823	247.00–265.00	260.00
310	850–900	866	248.50–265.75	257.44
540	900–950	936	245.75–250.75	247.17
397	950–1000	988	236.00–245.00	238.63
174	1000–1050	1,011	220.00–238.35	237.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	615	283.00	283.00
19	750–800	785	254.00–255.00	254.25
6	850–900	878	237.00	237.00

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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