Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Spring Calf Auction consisted of weaned and non-weaned offerings, coming off dry Sandhill grass. Demand was good with several buyers today, 500 lbs steers and heifer traded sharply higher, with 550 lbs steers traded 5.00 higher and 450 lbs heifers traded steady. Next Auction Date Monday Nov 18th Special Bred Female & Regular Sale 10:00 a.m. on weigh-ups; 2:00 p.m. on Bred Females, Nov 21st Special Spring Calf Sale with weaned & non-weaned calves and yearlings

Sale Time: 11:00AM!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.44/cwt on 434 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −179.16 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$331.44

434 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$13.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.15

vs NE average

+26.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	332.09	1,776	413
Medium and Large 1-2	533	318.67	1,699	21

One grade step is worth $13.42/cwt here — about $77 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 sale434 hd

331.44

—

NE average10 barns · 4,068 hd

319.28

+12.15

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+26.00

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−179.16

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

21 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	750–800	778	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	332.72/cwt	329.00–337.50	1,231	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	301.58/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,740	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	335.96/cwt	323.00–345.00	1,421	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	304.63/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,563	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	313.66/cwt	302.00–327.00	1,499	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	784	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,031	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	299.22/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,852	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	335.04/cwt	330.50–340.50	1,756	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,763	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,527	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,364	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	281.98/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,506	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	318.67/cwt	309.00–323.00	1,699	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	382.91/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,428	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	657	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,971	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	541	321.01/cwt	317.50–332.00	1,737	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	326.20/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,814	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	343.53/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,481	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	335.12/cwt	329.00–346.00	1,548	43

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 Nov 14, 2024

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

Receipts 1,525Last week 1,685Year ago 3,890

Sale Time: 11:00AM!

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	370	329.00–337.50	332.72
62	400–450	423	323.00–345.00	335.96
137	450–500	478	302.00–327.00	313.66
113	500–550	513	290.00–313.00	304.63
51	550–600	577	285.00–314.00	301.58
6	750–800	778	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	433	315.00	315.00
14	500–550	534	275.00–289.00	281.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	500–550	541	317.50–332.00	321.01
44	650–700	657	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
172	600–650	619	295.00–307.50	299.22
13	750–800	784	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	373	380.00–390.00	382.91
20	400–450	404	378.00	378.00
25	450–500	453	360.00	360.00
275	500–550	524	330.50–340.50	335.04
138	550–600	556	319.00–330.00	326.20
5	600–650	625	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	431	340.00–350.00	343.53
43	450–500	462	329.00–346.00	335.12
21	500–550	533	309.00–323.00	318.67

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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