Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-11-07

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 7

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 31Nov 7Nov 14 →

Receipts

1,685 head

▼ 2,325 vs last sale 4,010▼ 1,840 vs year ago 3,525 · −52.2%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special Spring Calf Sale featuring Hereford and BWF offerings, started the day with calves off dry Sandhill grass, with lighter weights than expected. Steer offerings 450 and 500 lbs traded 6.00 to 8.00 lower and 550 lbs offerings trading strongly higher. Heifer offerings 400 to 500 lbs also traded strongly higher. Demand was good with several buyers at the barn, but not much bidding from the internet. Next Auction Date Nov 11th Weigh ups 1000 head, Nov 14th 12:00 pm Special Spring Calf Sale with weaned & non-weaned calves

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 $316.10/cwt on 380 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −155.26 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$316.10

380 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$19.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.16

vs NE average

+14.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	320.53	1,775	295
Medium and Large 1-2	566	300.76	1,701	85

One grade step is worth $19.77/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale380 hd

316.10

—

NE average12 barns · 6,242 hd

309.94

+6.16

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+14.25

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−155.26

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

25 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,225	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	356.55/cwt	353.00–365.00	1,366	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	384.10/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,498	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	386.22/cwt	385.00–387.00	1,560	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	348.20/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,483	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	358.27/cwt	351.00–362.50	1,673	242
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	328.89/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,602	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	320.59/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,693	106
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	309.40/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,683	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	320.49/cwt	305.50–329.00	1,820	189
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	290.57/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,717	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,669	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	293.27/cwt	293.00–294.50	1,851	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	301.25/cwt	301.25–301.25	1,976	90
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	306	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,071	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,308	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,199	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	308.10/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,322	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	342.97/cwt	323.00–348.50	1,495	121
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	316.06/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,501	105
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	290.03/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,383	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	289.97/cwt	283.00–296.00	1,514	105
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	292.12/cwt	283.50–301.00	1,677	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,581	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,767	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 Nov 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,685Last week 4,010Year ago 3,525

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	366	357.50	357.50
121	400–450	436	323.00–348.50	342.97
105	450–500	475	311.00–318.00	316.06
105	500–550	522	283.00–296.00	289.97
35	550–600	574	283.50–301.00	292.12
7	700–750	730	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	306	350.00	350.00
30	350–400	369	325.00	325.00
25	400–450	429	292.50–315.00	308.10
40	450–500	477	280.00–295.00	290.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	601	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	383	353.00–365.00	356.55
32	400–450	426	330.00–357.00	348.20
43	450–500	487	320.00–340.00	328.89
46	500–550	544	308.00–310.00	309.40
39	550–600	591	280.00–301.00	290.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	618	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	310	395.00	395.00
51	350–400	390	382.00–385.00	384.10
44	400–450	404	385.00–387.00	386.22
242	450–500	467	351.00–362.50	358.27
106	500–550	528	311.00–328.00	320.59
189	550–600	568	305.50–329.00	320.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	631	293.00–294.50	293.27
90	650–700	656	301.25	301.25

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.