Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-04-18

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Apr 18

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Apr 4Apr 18May 23 →

Receipts

3,028 head

▲ 908 vs last sale 2,120▼ 592 vs year ago 3,620 · −16.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, with a high demand for 600 lbs steers trading 25.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 550 lbs traded 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was good with very active internet bidding. Next Auction Date April 25th Regular Sale, May 9th Special Pair and Fall Bred Female. Rain showers and some snow this past week in the Sandhills.

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 $334.25/cwt on 319 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −137.12 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$334.25

319 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$28.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs NE average

+29.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	340.16	1,848	253
Medium and Large 1-2	578	311.59	1,800	66

One grade step is worth $28.57/cwt here — about $48 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 sale319 hd

334.25

—

NE average3 barns · 663 hd

333.50

+0.74

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+29.86

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−137.12

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

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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	388.11/cwt	360.00–391.00	1,634	175
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,471	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	357.46/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,691	88
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	336.87/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,674	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	509	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,853	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,570	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	335.30/cwt	326.00–338.00	1,801	127
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	330.84/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,919	72
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	313.11/cwt	310.50–316.00	1,819	61
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	325.95/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,985	193
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	302.91/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,869	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	312.45/cwt	306.00–317.50	2,081	198
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	294.37/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,961	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	274.03/cwt	266.00–281.00	1,973	81
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	294.55/cwt	289.00–305.50	2,156	328
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	263.75/cwt	263.50–264.00	2,208	121
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,238	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,231	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,212	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	332.74/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,404	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,429	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	312.92/cwt	307.00–319.00	1,458	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	305.99/cwt	299.00–322.00	1,616	161
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	282.10/cwt	272.00–298.00	1,616	253
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,602	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	624	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,819	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	278.60/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,738	116
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	253.42/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,723	119
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	704	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,915	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	234.03/cwt	228.50–246.00	1,718	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	210.08/cwt	209.00–211.00	1,714	42
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,902	7
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,091	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,986	7

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 Apr 18, 2024

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

Receipts 3,028Last week 2,120Year ago 3,620

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	600–650	624	291.50	291.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	376	327.50	327.50
30	400–450	422	330.00–334.00	332.74
62	450–500	466	307.00–319.00	312.92
161	500–550	528	299.00–322.00	305.99
253	550–600	573	272.00–298.00	282.10
116	600–650	624	275.00–282.00	278.60
119	650–700	680	248.00–268.00	253.42
35	700–750	734	228.50–246.00	234.03
42	800–850	816	209.00–211.00	210.08
7	850–900	893	213.00	213.00
7	1050–1100	1,091	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	310.00	310.00
14	400–450	448	319.00	319.00
11	600–650	607	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	704	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
175	400–450	421	360.00–391.00	388.11
88	450–500	473	347.50–365.00	357.46
127	500–550	537	326.00–338.00	335.30
72	550–600	580	330.00–331.00	330.84
193	600–650	609	316.00–334.00	325.95
198	650–700	666	306.00–317.50	312.45
328	700–750	732	289.00–305.50	294.55
121	800–850	837	263.50–264.00	263.75
60	900–950	906	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	335.00	335.00
47	450–500	497	335.00–341.00	336.87
5	500–550	536	293.00	293.00
61	550–600	581	310.50–316.00	313.11
76	600–650	617	295.00–315.00	302.91
28	650–700	666	281.00–299.00	294.37
81	700–750	720	266.00–281.00	274.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	500–550	509	364.00	364.00

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.