Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week's auction 500 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 5.00 higher and a high demand for 700 lb offerings, trading sharply higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 600 lbs traded 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was very good for all offerings with several buyers at the auction. Internet bidding was slower today put several logged in to web to watch the show. Next Auction Dates Jan 23rd Special Bred Female Auction & Regular Sale, Diamond Lazy J Bull Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $368.47/cwt on 1,530 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −142.13 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$368.47

1,530 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$31.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.32

vs NE average

+26.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	369.32	2,046	1,488
Medium and Large 1-2	577	338.14	1,951	42

One grade step is worth $31.18/cwt here — about $95 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 sale1,530 hd

368.47

—

NE average10 barns · 6,268 hd

364.15

+4.32

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+26.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−142.13

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

36 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 1Fancy	500–550	522	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,895	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	619	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,231	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,111	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,256	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,987	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,345	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	310.34/cwt	310.00–311.00	2,104	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	305.94/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,787	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	394.48/cwt	390.00–396.00	1,838	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	323.48/cwt	322.00–328.00	2,080	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	338.14/cwt	327.00–348.00	1,951	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	300.17/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,164	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	639	316.29/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,021	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	343.63/cwt	337.00–354.50	2,141	689
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	359.50/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,071	746
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	329.67/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,784	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	326.75/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,585	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	332.22/cwt	324.00–338.00	1,870	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	340.68/cwt	334.00–356.00	1,792	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,589	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	312.71/cwt	298.00–320.00	2,280	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	655	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,109	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	796	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,185	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	400.88/cwt	399.00–404.00	1,932	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	422.42/cwt	414.00–430.00	1,867	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,290	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,073	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	361.73/cwt	355.00–368.00	1,548	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	306.23/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,883	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,042	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	351.46/cwt	334.00–357.00	1,698	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	480.77/cwt	467.00–490.00	1,798	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	285.78/cwt	280.00–288.50	2,223	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	324.19/cwt	317.00–339.00	2,143	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	379.23/cwt	367.00–395.00	2,002	639

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 Jan 16, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	522	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	410.00	410.00
92	400–450	428	355.00–368.00	361.73
84	450–500	483	334.00–357.00	351.46
312	500–550	526	334.00–356.00	340.68
199	550–600	563	324.00–338.00	332.22
197	600–650	615	290.00–313.00	306.23
48	650–700	682	304.00	304.00
5	700–750	725	274.00	274.00
75	750–800	778	262.50	262.50
23	850–900	891	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	485	325.00–328.00	326.75
24	500–550	541	329.00–330.00	329.67
44	550–600	584	301.00–316.00	305.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
117	600–650	639	315.00–320.00	316.29
44	650–700	655	322.00	322.00
69	700–750	721	291.00–312.00	300.17
47	750–800	796	274.50	274.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	557	379.00	379.00
80	600–650	619	360.50	360.50
166	650–700	654	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	398	435.00	435.00
24	450–500	466	390.00–396.00	394.48
42	550–600	577	327.00–348.00	338.14
40	600–650	643	322.00–328.00	323.48
61	650–700	678	310.00–311.00	310.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	310	512.50	512.50
25	350–400	374	467.00–490.00	480.77
116	400–450	442	414.00–430.00	422.42
59	450–500	482	399.00–404.00	400.88
639	500–550	528	367.00–395.00	379.23
746	550–600	576	350.00–369.00	359.50
689	600–650	623	337.00–354.50	343.63
222	650–700	661	317.00–339.00	324.19
188	700–750	729	298.00–320.00	312.71
32	750–800	778	280.00–288.50	285.78

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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