Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Spring Calf Sale featuring Red Angus today at Valentine Livestock. All offerings today were off the cow, steers traded unevenly steady. Heifer offerings 400 to 450 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good today with several buyers at the barn and active bidding from the internet. Next Auction Dates Oct 28th and Oct 31st

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.38/cwt on 998 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −183.21 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$327.38

998 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$18.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.66

vs NE average

+28.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	329.73	1,767	869
Medium and Large 1-2	549	311.57	1,710	129

One grade step is worth $18.16/cwt here — about $58 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 sale998 hd

327.38

—

NE average11 barns · 7,158 hd

313.71

+13.66

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+28.34

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−183.21

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

30 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 1Fancy	550–600	556	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,721	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	377.70/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,280	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	277.71/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,586	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	331.18/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,275	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	324.76/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,374	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	294.98/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,552	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	350.39/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,356	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	304.07/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,739	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	292.50/cwt	284.00–299.50	1,802	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	316.97/cwt	312.00–319.00	1,686	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	322.90/cwt	295.00–342.50	1,385	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,312	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	294.92/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,994	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	312.32/cwt	305.50–315.00	1,915	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	372.68/cwt	363.00–385.00	1,450	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	370.49/cwt	354.00–400.00	1,541	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	315.99/cwt	310.00–326.50	1,807	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,827	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,834	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	323.75/cwt	323.75–323.75	1,988	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	331.25/cwt	325.00–333.00	1,590	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	333.55/cwt	323.00–344.50	1,731	514
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	349.69/cwt	336.00–365.00	1,640	577
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	312.21/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,202	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	275.35/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,429	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	297.50/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,410	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	311.20/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,478	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,324	5

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 3,795Last week 6,210Year ago 5,340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	556	309.50	309.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	339	370.00–385.00	377.70
75	350–400	385	310.00–345.00	331.18
117	400–450	423	315.00–329.00	324.76
245	450–500	475	301.00–318.00	311.20
128	500–550	526	284.00–301.00	294.98
70	550–600	571	264.00–290.00	277.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	385	307.50–315.00	312.21
5	400–450	427	310.00	310.00
51	450–500	474	294.00–301.00	297.50
28	500–550	519	273.00–277.00	275.35
9	550–600	563	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	387	347.00–360.00	350.39
28	400–450	429	295.00–342.50	322.90
39	450–500	480	325.00–333.00	331.25
75	500–550	532	312.00–319.00	316.97
54	550–600	572	290.00–307.00	304.07
56	600–650	616	284.00–299.50	292.50
10	650–700	660	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	305	430.00	430.00
189	350–400	389	363.00–385.00	372.68
208	400–450	416	354.00–400.00	370.49
577	450–500	469	336.00–365.00	349.69
514	500–550	519	323.00–344.50	333.55
245	550–600	572	310.00–326.50	315.99
152	600–650	613	305.50–315.00	312.32
100	650–700	676	288.00–300.00	294.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	500–550	521	352.00	352.00
50	550–600	552	331.00	331.00
88	600–650	614	323.75	323.75

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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