Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-02-15

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 15

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Feb 8Feb 15Feb 22 →

Receipts

4,670 head

▲ 4,670 vs last sale 0▲ 4,670 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 500, 600 and 650 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer offerings 450 to 600 lbs traded steady to 6.00 lower. Demand was good with active internet bidding and several buyers at the sale. Snowing again in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date Feb 22nd

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $313.51/cwt on 2,361 head.

Average price

$313.51

2,361 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$22.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.05

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	317.54	1,908	1,930
Medium and Large 1-2	583	295.45	1,723	431

One grade step is worth $22.09/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,361 hd

313.51

—

NE average9 barns · 18,503 hd

281.46

+32.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,436	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,646	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	339.46/cwt	325.00–362.50	1,483	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	327.55/cwt	315.00–344.00	1,572	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	356.62/cwt	350.00–359.00	1,715	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	336.94/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,766	340
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	287.99/cwt	220.00–328.00	1,518	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	290.44/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,685	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	323.81/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,881	455
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	312.63/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,941	522
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	290.27/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,855	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	269.64/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,812	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	292.96/cwt	290.50–295.00	2,004	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	283.25/cwt	278.50–287.50	2,017	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	261.82/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,924	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	262.46/cwt	260.00–263.00	2,018	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,997	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	323.66/cwt	316.00–331.00	1,392	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,322	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	304.94/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,467	247
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,419	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	295.18/cwt	291.00–299.50	1,550	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	307.92/cwt	301.00–311.00	1,641	309
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	296.59/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,708	365
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	285.13/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,679	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,668	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	276.93/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,742	316
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	629	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,711	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	655	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,791	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	260.85/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,763	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	704	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,823	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,800	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,637	5

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 15, 2024

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

Receipts 4,670Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	735	258.00–266.00	261.82
25	—	527	220.00–328.00	287.99
59	—	480	315.00–344.00	327.55
64	—	639	286.00–292.00	290.27
77	—	672	269.00–272.00	269.64
117	—	580	280.00–309.00	290.44
54	—	437	325.00–362.50	339.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	481	350.00–359.00	356.62
17	—	815	245.00	245.00
157	—	712	278.50–287.50	283.25
522	—	621	300.00–317.50	312.63
5	—	373	385.00	385.00
340	—	524	330.00–344.00	336.94
455	—	581	313.00–327.00	323.81
40	—	420	392.00	392.00
88	—	769	260.00–263.00	262.46
168	—	684	290.50–295.00	292.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	717	251.00	251.00
69	—	430	316.00–331.00	323.66
134	—	676	256.00–266.00	260.85
247	—	481	295.00–315.00	304.94
309	—	533	301.00–311.00	307.92
316	—	629	271.00–288.00	276.93
365	—	576	290.00–306.00	296.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	655	273.50	273.50
65	—	704	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	525	291.00–299.50	295.18
57	—	626	266.50	266.50
13	—	486	292.00	292.00
5	—	789	207.50	207.50
12	—	432	306.00	306.00
178	—	589	282.00–288.00	285.13

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.