Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-05-23

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 23

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Apr 18May 23Jun 6 →

Receipts

3,590 head

▲ 562 vs last sale 3,028▲ 230 vs year ago 3,360 · +6.8%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of Yearlings and Fall calves, for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers at the auction today. Next Auction Dates for June 6th Special Fall Bred Female and Regular Sale, June 20th Special Feeder Sale, and June 27th Special Fall Bred Female and Regular Sale

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 $355.49/cwt on 563 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −115.88 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$355.49

563 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$31.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs NE average

+41.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	356.44	1,951	546
Medium and Large 1-2	592	325.00	1,924	17thin

One grade step is worth $31.44/cwt here — about $27 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 sale563 hd

355.49

—

NE average4 barns · 635 hd

351.30

+4.19

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+41.39

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−115.88

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

31 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	432.17/cwt	427.50–445.00	1,672	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	428.58/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,766	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,798	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	403.80/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,910	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	366.78/cwt	357.00–387.00	1,768	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	365.01/cwt	352.00–368.50	1,942	360
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	345.34/cwt	330.00–356.50	1,989	144
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	582	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,868	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,924	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	337.00/cwt	309.00–347.50	2,079	303
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	311.20/cwt	292.00–322.50	2,113	202
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	294.53/cwt	288.00–306.50	2,156	100
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	283.75/cwt	283.75–283.75	2,100	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	276.59/cwt	270.75–281.50	2,182	53
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	269.84/cwt	262.00–276.00	2,202	135
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,281	48
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,026	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,455	56
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,164	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,305	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	372.14/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,582	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,541	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	342.83/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,625	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	358.02/cwt	350.00–376.00	1,733	167
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	352.57/cwt	347.00–359.00	1,812	325
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	331.29/cwt	306.00–340.50	1,895	267
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	294.86/cwt	288.00–298.00	1,719	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	297.20/cwt	289.00–299.50	1,866	193
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,720	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	281.37/cwt	278.00–283.50	1,939	96
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	273.35/cwt	264.00–282.50	1,941	114
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	253.53/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,962	100
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	244.41/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,999	45

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 May 23, 2024

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

Receipts 3,590Last week 3,028Year ago 3,360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	400–450	425	365.00–385.00	372.14
167	450–500	484	350.00–376.00	358.02
325	500–550	514	347.00–359.00	352.57
267	550–600	572	306.00–340.50	331.29
193	600–650	628	289.00–299.50	297.20
96	650–700	689	278.00–283.50	281.37
114	700–750	710	264.00–282.50	273.35
100	750–800	774	249.00–258.00	253.53
45	800–850	818	236.00–253.00	244.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	434	355.00	355.00
28	450–500	474	342.00–345.00	342.83
52	550–600	583	288.00–298.00	294.86
12	600–650	630	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	405.00	405.00
43	450–500	482	357.00–387.00	366.78
17	550–600	592	325.00	325.00
21	700–750	740	283.75	283.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	387	427.50–445.00	432.17
18	400–450	412	425.00–430.00	428.58
43	450–500	473	400.00–410.00	403.80
360	500–550	532	352.00–368.50	365.01
144	550–600	576	330.00–356.50	345.34
303	600–650	617	309.00–347.50	337.00
202	650–700	679	292.00–322.50	311.20
100	700–750	732	288.00–306.50	294.53
53	750–800	789	270.75–281.50	276.59
135	800–850	816	262.00–276.00	269.84
48	900–950	917	248.75	248.75
56	1000–1050	1,026	239.25	239.25
10	1150–1200	1,164	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	582	321.00	321.00

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.