Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First show of Spring calves off the cow today at Valentine Livestock, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Very dry conditions in the area with no moisture predicted for the next week. Next Auction Dates for Oct 14th & 28th, Bred Cow Auction, Oct 17th 24th and 31st Spring calves

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.39/cwt on 868 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −186.20 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$324.39

868 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$19.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.03

vs NE average

+30.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	326.32	1,774	781
Medium and Large 1-2	522	307.07	1,603	87

One grade step is worth $19.24/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale868 hd

324.39

—

NE average8 barns · 4,495 hd

313.35

+11.03

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+30.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−186.20

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

22 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	350–400	368	336.82/cwt	324.00–357.50	1,239	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	291.84/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,515	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	316.23/cwt	308.00–326.00	1,458	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	326.06/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,350	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	397.21/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,482	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	382.69/cwt	375.00–387.00	1,603	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	273.66/cwt	255.50–286.00	1,697	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,562	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,362	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,149	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	279.90/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,433	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	299.24/cwt	293.00–304.00	1,287	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	318.05/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,819	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	332.96/cwt	322.00–339.50	1,735	433
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,702	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	367.44/cwt	327.00–385.00	1,246	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,035	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	306.27/cwt	301.00–311.50	1,880	322
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	352.11/cwt	341.00–363.00	1,680	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	331.51/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,578	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	308.50/cwt	275.00–318.00	1,592	79

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 Oct 10, 2024

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

Receipts 2,900Last week 4,380Year ago 1,790

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	350–400	368	324.00–357.50	336.82
154	400–450	414	312.50–340.00	326.06
139	450–500	461	308.00–326.00	316.23
106	500–550	519	275.00–300.00	291.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	362	317.50	317.50
24	400–450	430	293.00–304.00	299.24
6	450–500	488	279.00	279.00
21	500–550	512	275.00–288.00	279.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	339	327.00–385.00	367.44
75	350–400	373	385.00–405.00	397.21
200	400–450	419	375.00–387.00	382.69
332	450–500	477	341.00–363.00	352.11
433	500–550	521	322.00–339.50	332.96
348	550–600	572	295.00–325.00	318.05
322	600–650	614	301.00–311.50	306.27
30	650–700	650	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
52	400–450	429	364.00	364.00
63	450–500	476	324.00–335.00	331.51
79	500–550	516	275.00–318.00	308.50
8	550–600	581	293.00	293.00
26	600–650	620	255.50–286.00	273.66

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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