Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the New Year. Its been several weeks since a reported sale, a market comparison is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted throughout the day, with several loads of Sandhill raised offerings. Next Auction Date Jan 16th Special Feeder Sale and Breedable Heifers. Jan 23rd Special Bred Female and Regular Sale Diamond Lazy J Bull Sale. Jan 30th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.64/cwt on 1,224 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −146.95 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$363.64

1,224 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$19.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.51

vs NE average

+21.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	366.74	2,044	1,027
Medium and Large 1-2	558	347.49	1,940	197

One grade step is worth $19.25/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale1,224 hd

363.64

—

NE average9 barns · 4,744 hd

358.13

+5.51

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+21.56

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−146.95

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

34 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	650–700	668	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,231	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,182	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	364.47/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,400	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	270.66/cwt	265.00–273.75	1,946	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	273.41/cwt	263.50–287.00	1,826	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	312.84/cwt	309.00–315.00	2,002	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	386.34/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,831	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,883	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	312.31/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,655	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	352.96/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,910	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	342.19/cwt	336.00–348.50	1,968	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	299.00/cwt	273.75–320.00	2,132	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	283.15/cwt	277.50–284.00	2,319	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,068	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	303.61/cwt	301.00–305.00	2,010	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	277.82/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,742	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	322.15/cwt	322.00–322.50	1,556	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	376.31/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,957	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	359.16/cwt	350.00–381.00	2,108	573
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	303.78/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,689	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	371.88/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	298.26/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,882	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	399.35/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,917	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	322.82/cwt	310.00–336.00	1,872	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	293.46/cwt	290.50–295.50	2,260	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	418.33/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,786	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,401	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	338.02/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,096	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	320.94/cwt	311.00–329.50	2,182	640
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,512	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,379	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	332.86/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,754	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	350.85/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,642	133

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 4,445Last week 3,766Year ago 4,440

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	601	363.00	363.00
80	650–700	668	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	443	360.00–385.00	371.88
11	450–500	474	385.00–387.50	386.34
97	500–550	541	348.00–356.00	352.96
100	550–600	575	336.00–348.50	342.19
31	600–650	640	309.00–315.00	312.84
23	650–700	662	301.00–305.00	303.61
5	850–900	858	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	450.00	450.00
98	400–450	427	410.00–430.00	418.33
149	450–500	480	397.00–400.00	399.35
454	500–550	520	360.00–381.00	376.31
573	550–600	587	350.00–381.00	359.16
320	600–650	620	326.00–345.00	338.02
640	650–700	680	311.00–329.50	320.94
152	700–750	713	273.75–320.00	299.00
162	750–800	770	290.50–295.50	293.46
86	800–850	819	277.50–284.00	283.15
54	850–900	859	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	384	360.00–370.00	364.47
6	400–450	423	347.50	347.50
133	450–500	468	345.00–356.00	350.85
101	500–550	527	324.00–339.00	332.86
106	550–600	580	310.00–336.00	322.82
138	600–650	631	285.00–302.50	298.26
92	650–700	668	263.50–287.00	273.41
91	700–750	719	265.00–273.75	270.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	357.50	357.50
23	450–500	483	322.00–322.50	322.15
35	500–550	530	307.00–320.00	312.31
40	550–600	556	302.00–305.00	303.78
19	600–650	627	275.00–281.00	277.82
30	700–750	716	263.00	263.00

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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