Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special Spring Calf Sale featuring Hereford and BWF offerings, started the day with calves off dry Sandhill grass, with lighter weights than expected. Steer offerings 450 and 500 lbs traded 6.00 to 8.00 lower and 550 lbs offerings trading strongly higher. Heifer offerings 400 to 500 lbs also traded strongly higher. Demand was good with several buyers at the barn, but not much bidding from the internet. Next Auction Date Nov 11th Weigh ups 1000 head, Nov 14th 12:00 pm Special Spring Calf Sale with weaned & non-weaned calves

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.10/cwt on 380 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −194.49 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$316.10

380 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$19.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.16

vs NE average

+14.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	320.53	1,775	295
Medium and Large 1-2	566	300.76	1,701	85

One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale380 hd

316.10

—

NE average12 barns · 6,242 hd

309.94

+6.16

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+14.25

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−194.49

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

25 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	700–750	730	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,308	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	292.12/cwt	283.50–301.00	1,677	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	316.06/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,501	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	289.97/cwt	283.00–296.00	1,514	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	342.97/cwt	323.00–348.50	1,495	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	356.55/cwt	353.00–365.00	1,366	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	309.40/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,683	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,199	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	328.89/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,602	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	348.20/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,483	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	308.10/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,322	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	618	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,669	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,225	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	290.57/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,717	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	386.22/cwt	385.00–387.00	1,560	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	301.25/cwt	301.25–301.25	1,976	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	358.27/cwt	351.00–362.50	1,673	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,071	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	293.27/cwt	293.00–294.50	1,851	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	290.03/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,383	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	320.49/cwt	305.50–329.00	1,820	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,581	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	320.59/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,693	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	384.10/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,498	51

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Nov 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,685Last week 4,010Year ago 3,525

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	366	357.50	357.50
121	400–450	436	323.00–348.50	342.97
105	450–500	475	311.00–318.00	316.06
105	500–550	522	283.00–296.00	289.97
35	550–600	574	283.50–301.00	292.12
7	700–750	730	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	306	350.00	350.00
30	350–400	369	325.00	325.00
25	400–450	429	292.50–315.00	308.10
40	450–500	477	280.00–295.00	290.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	601	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	383	353.00–365.00	356.55
32	400–450	426	330.00–357.00	348.20
43	450–500	487	320.00–340.00	328.89
46	500–550	544	308.00–310.00	309.40
39	550–600	591	280.00–301.00	290.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	618	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	310	395.00	395.00
51	350–400	390	382.00–385.00	384.10
44	400–450	404	385.00–387.00	386.22
242	450–500	467	351.00–362.50	358.27
106	500–550	528	311.00–328.00	320.59
189	550–600	568	305.50–329.00	320.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	631	293.00–294.50	293.27
90	650–700	656	301.25	301.25

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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