Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2019-05-16

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 16
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
1,098 head
3,912 vs last sale 5,010 1,098 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Warmer weather in the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.15/cwt on 453 head.
Average price
$148.15
453 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.73
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566148.15838453
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale453 hd
148.15
NE average4 barns · 1,675 hd
141.42
+6.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 11,074104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,11712
HeifersMedium and Large 1329171.50/cwt171.50–171.5056415
HeifersMedium and Large 1842124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,04816
HeifersMedium and Large 1734129.80/cwt129.25–130.5095318
HeifersMedium and Large 1753134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,01520
HeifersMedium and Large 1423166.00/cwt166.00–166.0070223
HeifersMedium and Large 1667133.50/cwt133.50–133.5089024
HeifersMedium and Large 1379167.16/cwt167.00–168.0063432
HeifersMedium and Large 1610138.10/cwt132.00–140.5084265
HeifersMedium and Large 1562152.59/cwt141.50–155.0085870
HeifersMedium and Large 1483153.42/cwt149.50–160.0074176
HeifersMedium and Large 1527153.40/cwt147.50–156.5080882
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy571193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,10591
SteersMedium and Large 11,117101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1285
SteersMedium and Large 1763140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,0707
SteersMedium and Large 1844130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,1019
SteersMedium and Large 1349192.00/cwt192.00–192.0067012
SteersMedium and Large 1522190.99/cwt176.00–196.0099720
SteersMedium and Large 1383190.71/cwt187.00–192.0073029
SteersMedium and Large 1686153.55/cwt150.00–157.501,05330
SteersMedium and Large 1627177.38/cwt165.00–188.001,11257
SteersMedium and Large 1458183.74/cwt179.00–186.0084262
SteersMedium and Large 1576184.65/cwt176.00–189.001,064107

How this sale compares

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.