Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-03-21

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 21

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Mar 14Mar 21Apr 4 →

Receipts

2,410 head

▲ 2,410 vs last sale 0▼ 815 vs year ago 3,225 · −25.3%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 750 lbs steers traded 4.00 to as much as 26.00 higher, heifer offerings 550 to 650 lbs traded 11.00 higher. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates March 28th Regular Sale, April Sale dates 4th, 11th, 18th

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.94/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −113.42 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$357.94

187 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$35.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.20

vs NE average

+39.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	362.11	1,971	165
Medium and Large 1-2	590	326.71	1,928	22

One grade step is worth $35.40/cwt here — about $43 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale187 hd

357.94

—

NE average4 barns · 476 hd

332.75

+25.20

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+39.65

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−113.42

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $428.87, median $471.36 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	388.05/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,719	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	352.46/cwt	320.00–382.50	1,681	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	389.18/cwt	389.00–390.00	1,919	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	360.72/cwt	352.00–362.00	1,894	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	362.80/cwt	358.00–363.50	2,010	110
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	326.71/cwt	324.00–329.00	1,928	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	332.04/cwt	330.50–335.00	2,075	129
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	310.69/cwt	302.00–317.50	1,970	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	316.49/cwt	306.00–325.00	2,111	72
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	296.51/cwt	291.00–297.50	2,031	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	291.42/cwt	287.00–298.50	2,133	145
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,033	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,134	147
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,064	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	266.94/cwt	259.50–271.75	2,184	320
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,005	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	899	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,158	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,219	47
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,268	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,495	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	304.39/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,628	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	294.87/cwt	285.00–301.50	1,684	106
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,523	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	290.58/cwt	284.00–299.50	1,825	237
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	269.95/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,709	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	279.54/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,856	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	1,795	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	261.48/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,849	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	719	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,970	82
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	248.90/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,795	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,597	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,926	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	806	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,955	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	225.86/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,843	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,800	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,846	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,115	11

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 Mar 21, 2024

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

Receipts 2,410Last week 0Year ago 3,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	317.00	317.00
27	500–550	535	299.00–308.00	304.39
106	550–600	571	285.00–301.50	294.87
237	600–650	628	284.00–299.50	290.58
100	650–700	664	270.00–282.00	279.54
20	700–750	707	254.00–264.00	261.48
5	750–800	786	245.00	245.00
29	800–850	816	222.00–228.00	225.86
13	850–900	857	210.00	210.00
11	950–1000	959	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
13	550–600	579	263.00	263.00
38	600–650	633	267.50–275.00	269.95
14	650–700	687	261.25	261.25
50	700–750	721	248.00–249.00	248.90
11	750–800	783	204.00	204.00
17	900–950	905	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	719	274.00	274.00
28	800–850	806	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	477	320.00–382.50	352.46
22	550–600	590	324.00–329.00	326.71
26	600–650	634	302.00–317.50	310.69
89	650–700	685	291.00–297.50	296.51
27	700–750	734	277.00	277.00
7	750–800	773	267.00	267.00
20	800–850	832	241.00	241.00
9	850–900	899	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	443	385.00–392.50	388.05
45	450–500	493	389.00–390.00	389.18
55	500–550	525	352.00–362.00	360.72
110	550–600	554	358.00–363.50	362.80
129	600–650	625	330.50–335.00	332.04
72	650–700	667	306.00–325.00	316.49
145	700–750	732	287.00–298.50	291.42
147	750–800	769	277.50	277.50
320	800–850	818	259.50–271.75	266.94
47	950–1000	984	225.50	225.50

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.