Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-12-05

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 5

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

2,900 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 2,920▼ 690 vs year ago 3,590 · −19.2%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Demand was very good for weaned and non-weaned offerings, with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec 12th 16th and 19th

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 $366.65/cwt on 639 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −104.72 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$366.65

639 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$33.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.46

vs NE average

+41.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	370.90	2,014	557
Medium and Large 1-2	538	337.73	1,816	82

One grade step is worth $33.17/cwt here — about $198 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 sale639 hd

366.65

—

NE average10 barns · 5,116 hd

350.19

+16.46

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+41.28

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−104.72

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,463	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	383.89/cwt	360.00–397.50	1,405	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	408.03/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,530	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	405.91/cwt	382.50–410.00	1,741	260
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	353.21/cwt	267.50–380.00	1,547	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	388.59/cwt	372.50–396.00	1,780	103
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	349.25/cwt	347.00–367.00	1,729	86
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	345.24/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,795	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	371.14/cwt	361.00–379.50	1,960	285
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	534	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,045	121
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	322.43/cwt	316.00–337.00	1,851	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	360.76/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,089	151
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	334.56/cwt	322.00–352.50	2,084	429
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	315.10/cwt	301.00–320.00	1,979	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	312.48/cwt	304.00–320.00	2,122	179
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,051	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	299.22/cwt	290.00–303.50	2,184	160
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,284	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	364.20/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,406	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	419	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,550	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	350.55/cwt	343.00–357.50	1,525	75
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	452	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,684	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	345.38/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,661	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	314.56/cwt	311.00–322.00	1,623	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	541	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,937	90
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	295.92/cwt	294.00–303.00	1,687	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	277.85/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,731	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,900	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,820	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,999	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,236	5

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,900Last week 2,920Year ago 3,590

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	500–550	541	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	350–400	386	362.50–365.00	364.20
75	400–450	435	343.00–357.50	350.55
100	450–500	481	340.00–355.00	345.38
44	500–550	516	311.00–322.00	314.56
48	550–600	570	294.00–303.00	295.92
10	650–700	681	279.00	279.00
15	700–750	708	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	347	370.00	370.00
18	600–650	623	277.00–280.00	277.85
5	750–800	784	255.00	255.00
5	1000–1050	1,035	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	419	370.00	370.00
24	450–500	452	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
121	500–550	534	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	366	360.00–397.50	383.89
22	400–450	438	267.50–380.00	353.21
86	450–500	495	347.00–367.00	349.25
55	500–550	520	340.00–355.00	345.24
27	550–600	574	316.00–337.00	322.43
31	600–650	628	301.00–320.00	315.10
10	700–750	721	284.50	284.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	327	447.50	447.50
21	350–400	375	405.00–410.00	408.03
260	400–450	429	382.50–410.00	405.91
103	450–500	458	372.50–396.00	388.59
285	500–550	528	361.00–379.50	371.14
151	550–600	579	356.00–370.00	360.76
429	600–650	623	322.00–352.50	334.56
179	650–700	679	304.00–320.00	312.48
160	700–750	730	290.00–303.50	299.22

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.