Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 500 lbs steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Steer offerings 550 to 700 lbs traded steady to 5.00 higher and 550 lbs heifers traded steady. Demand was very good with several buyers at the auction with not much action from the internet. Next Auction Dates for Feb 6th 13th and 20th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.68/cwt on 1,178 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −128.92 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$381.68

1,178 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$22.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.98

vs NE average

+33.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	383.35	2,106	1,091
Medium and Large 1-2	557	360.62	2,010	87

One grade step is worth $22.73/cwt here — about $95 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 sale1,178 hd

381.68

—

NE average10 barns · 4,922 hd

373.69

+7.98

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+33.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−128.92

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

32 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	550–600	564	384.55/cwt	381.00–386.00	2,169	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,225	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,004	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,974	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	310.03/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,959	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	369.33/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,980	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,507	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	322.69/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,156	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	357.49/cwt	350.50–367.00	1,884	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	328.18/cwt	307.00–335.00	2,074	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	428.96/cwt	422.50–450.00	1,840	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,824	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	349.39/cwt	349.00–352.00	2,044	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	427.97/cwt	420.00–434.00	2,007	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	310.89/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,273	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	315.15/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,853	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	392.30/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,875	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	592	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,205	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	461.37/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,716	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	383.14/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,487	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	383.17/cwt	380.00–389.00	1,701	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	378.65/cwt	368.00–389.00	1,821	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,639	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	312.62/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,354	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	396.65/cwt	380.00–413.00	2,067	534
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	333.49/cwt	322.00–347.50	1,921	486
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	471.15/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,993	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	638	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,061	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	344.96/cwt	331.00–355.00	2,149	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	365.28/cwt	359.00–373.50	2,122	403

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 4,300Last week 0Year ago 4,230

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
154	550–600	564	381.00–386.00	384.55
90	600–650	603	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	400–450	429	422.50–450.00	428.96
12	450–500	478	385.00–400.00	392.30
49	500–550	536	367.00–375.00	369.33
38	550–600	585	349.00–352.00	349.39
55	600–650	632	307.00–335.00	328.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	420.00	420.00
81	350–400	372	455.00–475.00	461.37
203	400–450	423	460.00–495.00	471.15
110	450–500	469	420.00–434.00	427.97
534	500–550	521	380.00–413.00	396.65
403	550–600	581	359.00–373.50	365.28
392	600–650	623	331.00–355.00	344.96
96	650–700	668	315.00–324.00	322.69
111	700–750	731	308.00–314.00	310.89
98	750–800	753	312.00–314.00	312.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
50	350–400	388	375.00–395.00	383.14
51	400–450	444	380.00–389.00	383.17
197	450–500	481	368.00–389.00	378.65
140	500–550	527	350.50–367.00	357.49
486	550–600	576	322.00–347.50	333.49
31	600–650	632	308.00–311.00	310.03
19	650–700	668	300.00	300.00
27	700–750	710	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	365.00	365.00
18	450–500	493	332.50	332.50
19	500–550	538	339.00	339.00
65	550–600	588	300.00–318.00	315.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	550–600	592	372.50	372.50
78	600–650	638	323.00	323.00

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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