Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 400 to 450 lbs steers traded sharply higher, and 500 to 550 lbs offerings traded 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer offerings 400 to 500 lbs traded steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Dates for Nov 7th, 14th & 21st, Nov 18th Special Bred Female

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.35/cwt on 1,391 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −193.25 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$317.35

1,391 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$15.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.06

vs NE average

+16.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	317.78	1,782	1,352
Medium and Large 1-2	567	302.15	1,714	39

One grade step is worth $15.63/cwt here — about $68 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 sale1,391 hd

317.35

—

NE average10 barns · 7,640 hd

312.28

+5.06

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+16.66

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−193.25

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

35 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	400–450	428	322.48/cwt	313.00–332.00	1,380	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	197.62/cwt	196.00–199.00	2,014	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,119	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	403.88/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,244	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	238.32/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,854	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	283.39/cwt	276.00–295.00	1,607	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	397.91/cwt	387.50–402.50	1,361	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	656	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	289.13/cwt	285.50–292.50	1,819	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	276.51/cwt	269.50–291.50	1,883	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	390.48/cwt	380.00–402.00	1,492	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	364.44/cwt	343.00–375.00	1,720	531
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	389.31/cwt	379.00–400.00	1,627	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	370.99/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,391	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	423.21/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,329	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	294.56/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,396	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	289.81/cwt	286.50–294.50	1,788	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	328.90/cwt	313.00–335.00	1,746	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	310.20/cwt	303.00–322.50	1,787	965
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,749	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,544	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	335.34/cwt	323.00–338.00	1,647	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,526	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,697	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	280.63/cwt	268.00–295.00	1,737	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	343.76/cwt	343.50–344.00	1,774	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,017	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	305.34/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,496	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	337.71/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,266	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	275.27/cwt	266.00–284.00	1,481	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	293.89/cwt	286.00–303.00	1,516	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	590	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,823	35

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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 4,010Last week 3,795Year ago 2,670

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	308	400.00–410.00	403.88
216	350–400	375	325.00–355.00	337.71
342	400–450	428	313.00–332.00	322.48
174	450–500	490	304.00–314.00	305.34
208	500–550	516	286.00–303.00	293.89
61	550–600	567	276.00–295.00	283.39
28	750–800	778	235.00–240.00	238.32
10	850–900	859	228.00	228.00
10	900–950	934	216.00	216.00
15	950–1000	990	214.00	214.00
11	1000–1050	1,019	196.00–199.00	197.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	340	365.00	365.00
24	450–500	474	294.00–295.00	294.56
29	500–550	538	266.00–284.00	275.27
20	550–600	596	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	450	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	619	268.00–295.00	280.63
70	650–700	654	259.50	259.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	590	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	342	387.50–402.50	397.91
17	350–400	375	367.50–372.50	370.99
104	450–500	491	323.00–338.00	335.34
22	500–550	543	310.00	310.00
17	550–600	599	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	656	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	600–650	629	285.50–292.50	289.13
146	650–700	681	269.50–291.50	276.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	314	415.00–430.00	423.21
95	350–400	382	380.00–402.00	390.48
194	400–450	418	379.00–400.00	389.31
531	450–500	472	343.00–375.00	364.44
184	500–550	531	313.00–335.00	328.90
965	550–600	576	303.00–322.50	310.20
20	600–650	617	286.50–294.50	289.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
203	500–550	516	343.50–344.00	343.76

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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