Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-09-12

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 12

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Sep 5Sep 12Oct 10 →

Receipts

4,380 head

▲ 750 vs last sale 3,630▲ 1,680 vs year ago 2,700 · +62.2%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 700 to 1000 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 10.00 higher with the exception of 900 lbs steers trading steady. Demand was good with several buyers today. Very strong winds in the area and high concern for prairie fire. Next Auction Date Oct 3rd & 10th

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 $300.34/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −171.02 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$300.34

40 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.56

vs NE average

+32.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	300.34	1,708	40

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

300.34

—

NE average3 barns · 453 hd

291.78

+8.56

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+32.14

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−171.02

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

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. 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,649	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	299.34/cwt	297.00–300.50	1,718	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,740	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	291.94/cwt	291.50–294.00	1,839	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	288.05/cwt	278.00–292.00	1,907	113
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	279.48/cwt	271.50–289.50	2,009	285
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	254.25/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,996	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	268.44/cwt	262.75–275.00	2,113	257
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	260.00/cwt	247.00–265.00	2,140	483
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	257.44/cwt	248.50–265.75	2,229	310
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,081	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	247.17/cwt	245.75–250.75	2,314	540
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	238.63/cwt	236.00–245.00	2,358	397
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,011	237.48/cwt	220.00–238.35	2,401	174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,505	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,455	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	277.91/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,631	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	270.77/cwt	267.00–271.50	1,635	94
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	260.10/cwt	253.50–268.00	1,724	168
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	723	264.52/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,912	159
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	239.11/cwt	238.50–240.00	1,767	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	234.84/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,825	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	231.04/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,818	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	797	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,957	59
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	804	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,016	198
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	227.56/cwt	221.00–229.50	1,852	45
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	226.90/cwt	223.50–230.00	1,992	46
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	916	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,139	126
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	226.98/cwt	224.00–229.50	2,109	44
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	221.20/cwt	216.00–225.50	2,174	22
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,277	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,075	216.12/cwt	215.00–218.75	2,323	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 Sep 12, 2024

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

Receipts 4,380Last week 3,630Year ago 2,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	528	285.00	285.00
30	550–600	587	275.00–279.00	277.91
94	600–650	604	267.00–271.50	270.77
168	650–700	663	253.50–268.00	260.10
22	700–750	739	238.50–240.00	239.11
23	750–800	777	231.00–239.00	234.84
45	800–850	814	221.00–229.50	227.56
46	850–900	878	223.50–230.00	226.90
44	900–950	929	224.00–229.50	226.98
22	950–1000	983	216.00–225.50	221.20
6	1000–1050	1,035	220.00	220.00
45	1050–1100	1,075	215.00–218.75	216.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
159	700–750	723	264.00–265.00	264.52
59	750–800	797	245.50	245.50
198	800–850	804	250.75	250.75
126	900–950	916	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	273.00	273.00
21	750–800	787	230.00–234.50	231.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	539	306.00	306.00
34	550–600	574	297.00–300.50	299.34
49	600–650	630	291.50–294.00	291.94
113	650–700	662	278.00–292.00	288.05
285	700–750	719	271.50–289.50	279.48
257	750–800	787	262.75–275.00	268.44
483	800–850	823	247.00–265.00	260.00
310	850–900	866	248.50–265.75	257.44
540	900–950	936	245.75–250.75	247.17
397	950–1000	988	236.00–245.00	238.63
174	1000–1050	1,011	220.00–238.35	237.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	615	283.00	283.00
19	750–800	785	254.00–255.00	254.25
6	850–900	878	237.00	237.00

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.