Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Auction started out the day with PO/GO heifers, yearling steers and heifers off dry grass, followed by Spring calves. Steer and Heifer offerings traded unevenly steady, demand was good with active internet bidding. Dry and windy weather again this past week, in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date Oct 21st Weigh up Auction, Oct 24th Spring Calves, Oct 28th Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.36/cwt on 610 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −190.24 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$320.36

610 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$28.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.54

vs NE average

+21.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	327.22	1,785	465
Medium and Large 1-2	559	298.35	1,668	145

One grade step is worth $28.86/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale610 hd

320.36

—

NE average11 barns · 6,448 hd

310.82

+9.54

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+21.03

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−190.24

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

43 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	371	336.31/cwt	332.00–347.50	1,248	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	274.59/cwt	259.00–286.00	1,551	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	244.13/cwt	236.50–251.50	1,995	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	318.04/cwt	308.00–330.00	1,368	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	345.83/cwt	344.00–347.00	1,193	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	241.62/cwt	239.50–243.50	2,240	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	262.53/cwt	261.00–266.00	1,867	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	303.53/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,594	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	327.56/cwt	327.00–329.00	1,405	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,855	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	249.22/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,672	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	278.59/cwt	272.50–279.50	1,833	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	280.93/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,486	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	251.56/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,590	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	323.74/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,599	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	281.02/cwt	280.50–288.00	1,383	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	354.94/cwt	330.00–361.00	1,647	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	295.95/cwt	287.00–301.00	1,702	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	313.34/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,611	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	762	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	1,956	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	278.16/cwt	262.00–280.25	1,680	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	382.58/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,416	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	250.22/cwt	249.50–250.75	1,827	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	288.54/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,818	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	261.04/cwt	252.50–266.00	1,783	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	352.56/cwt	343.00–354.00	1,516	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,085	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	332.82/cwt	328.50–335.00	1,854	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	248.45/cwt	240.50–251.50	1,968	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	267.62/cwt	264.50–271.25	2,087	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	296.09/cwt	295.50–299.00	1,928	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	315.83/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,551	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	263.71/cwt	259.00–270.00	2,202	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	256.76/cwt	249.00–258.50	2,288	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	860	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,058	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	246.00/cwt	244.50–246.50	2,288	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	319.32/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,689	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	285.69/cwt	268.00–296.50	2,086	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,309	12

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 6,210Last week 2,900Year ago 3,730

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	345	344.00–347.00	345.83
65	350–400	371	332.00–347.50	336.31
234	400–450	430	308.00–330.00	318.04
162	450–500	491	294.00–325.00	315.83
123	500–550	514	311.00–316.00	313.34
99	550–600	565	259.00–286.00	274.59
91	600–650	604	262.00–280.25	278.16
231	650–700	683	252.50–266.00	261.04
122	700–750	730	249.50–250.75	250.22
269	750–800	792	240.50–251.50	248.45
168	800–850	817	236.50–251.50	244.13
37	850–900	867	240.50	240.50
28	900–950	927	239.50–243.50	241.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	415	300.00	300.00
78	450–500	492	280.50–288.00	281.02
79	500–550	529	270.00–286.00	280.93
18	600–650	632	251.00–252.00	251.56
21	650–700	671	245.00–251.00	249.22
6	700–750	705	237.00	237.00
10	750–800	786	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	750–800	762	256.75	256.75
63	850–900	860	239.25	239.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	400–450	429	327.00–329.00	327.56
200	450–500	494	317.50–325.00	323.74
46	500–550	525	299.00–305.00	303.53
99	550–600	575	287.00–301.00	295.95
5	600–650	632	279.00	279.00
62	650–700	658	272.50–279.50	278.59
29	700–750	711	261.00–266.00	262.53
6	750–800	782	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	308	425.00	425.00
80	350–400	370	362.00–390.00	382.58
61	400–450	430	343.00–354.00	352.56
185	450–500	464	330.00–361.00	354.94
193	500–550	529	313.00–324.00	319.32
272	550–600	557	328.50–335.00	332.82
207	600–650	630	285.00–290.00	288.54
209	650–700	651	295.50–299.00	296.09
308	700–750	730	268.00–296.50	285.69
179	750–800	780	264.50–271.25	267.62
366	800–850	835	259.00–270.00	263.71
77	850–900	891	249.00–258.50	256.76
28	900–950	930	244.50–246.50	246.00

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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