Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special Spring Calf and Yearling Sale started the day with yearlings, off dry Sandhills grass followed by 40 to 60 day weaned calves, and then non-weaned offerings. Compared with last week 500 to 550 lbs steers traded steady to 2.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active bidding from the internet. Next Auction Date Dec 5th Spring Calf Special & Breedable Heifer Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.57/cwt on 727 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −181.02 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$329.57

727 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$14.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.05

vs NE average

+20.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	332.03	1,851	602
Medium and Large 1-2	564	317.70	1,792	125

One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about $59 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale727 hd

329.57

—

NE average8 barns · 3,181 hd

320.53

+9.05

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+20.31

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−181.02

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

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,001	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	1,743	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,129	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	324.59/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,506	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	324.41/cwt	322.00–332.50	1,736	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	311.71/cwt	307.50–314.00	1,839	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,976	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	287.97/cwt	267.50–298.00	1,808	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	359.58/cwt	347.00–370.00	1,543	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	347.85/cwt	345.00–349.00	1,684	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	343.24/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,174	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,248	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,271	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,209	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	337.28/cwt	330.00–350.50	1,804	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	327.91/cwt	324.50–335.00	1,885	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	289.61/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,668	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	309.11/cwt	302.00–320.50	1,614	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	231.78/cwt	230.25–232.00	2,139	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,327	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,355	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,574	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	311.11/cwt	303.00–319.50	1,963	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	357.22/cwt	350.00–369.50	1,704	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,616	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,017	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,860	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,742	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	271.15/cwt	270.00–273.00	2,104	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	371.15/cwt	365.00–381.00	1,418	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	300.43/cwt	283.00–313.25	2,013	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,304	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	330.71/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,439	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,073	109

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,920Last week 1,525Year ago 3,890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	450–500	463	376.50	376.50
93	600–650	600	333.50	333.50
82	650–700	653	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	358	355.00	355.00
30	400–450	429	347.00–370.00	359.58
34	450–500	484	345.00–349.00	347.85
59	500–550	535	322.00–332.50	324.41
66	550–600	590	307.50–314.00	311.71
21	600–650	628	267.50–298.00	287.97
5	650–700	687	258.00	258.00
7	700–750	742	263.00	263.00
11	750–800	792	249.50	249.50
6	850–900	898	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	382	365.00–381.00	371.15
16	400–450	402	402.00	402.00
238	450–500	477	350.00–369.50	357.22
265	500–550	535	330.00–350.50	337.28
337	550–600	575	324.50–335.00	327.91
220	600–650	631	303.00–319.50	311.11
110	650–700	670	283.00–313.25	300.43
23	700–750	719	280.50	280.50
23	750–800	776	270.00–273.00	271.15
17	850–900	871	264.50	264.50
18	900–950	948	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	340.00–347.50	343.24
17	350–400	387	322.50	322.50
108	400–450	435	320.00–338.00	330.71
63	450–500	464	320.00–332.00	324.59
98	500–550	522	302.00–320.50	309.11
73	550–600	576	284.00–301.00	289.61
19	650–700	674	276.00	276.00
23	700–750	720	242.00	242.00
9	750–800	758	243.00	243.00
109	800–850	831	249.50	249.50
6	850–900	887	232.00	232.00
65	900–950	923	230.25–232.00	231.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	313.00	313.00
6	450–500	478	307.50	307.50
13	500–550	516	305.00	305.00
6	600–650	622	258.00	258.00

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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