Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 900 lbs steers traded steady, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good, with cooler weather in the area. Next Auction Date: Sept 5th starting at 11:00 am expecting 5000 head

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.96/cwt on 1,048 head.

Average price

$149.96

1,048 head · 839 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$1.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.01

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	841	150.01	1,262	1,018
Medium and Large 1-2	747	148.27	1,108	30

One grade step is worth $1.74/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,048 hd

149.96

—

NE average3 barns · 4,080 hd

147.95

+2.01

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

17 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	979	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	144.25/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,326	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	134.45/cwt	131.50–135.75	1,194	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	151.74/cwt	151.00–152.50	1,269	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,196	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	139.42/cwt	136.00–141.25	1,142	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,071	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	141.68/cwt	138.00–145.50	1,087	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	132.73/cwt	124.00–134.25	1,217	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	158.40/cwt	158.00–158.50	1,144	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	144.29/cwt	140.00–146.75	1,045	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,391	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	157.01/cwt	152.00–157.75	1,234	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	126.93/cwt	126.00–129.50	1,241	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,293	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	146.15/cwt	141.50–151.00	1,267	233

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Aug 22, 2019

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

Receipts 1,475Last week 1,630Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	597	164.00	164.00
220	—	919	137.00–146.00	144.25
134	—	836	151.00–152.50	151.74
41	—	683	156.75	156.75
34	—	722	158.00–158.50	158.40
29	—	1,038	134.00	134.00
280	—	786	152.00–157.75	157.01
26	—	965	134.00	134.00
233	—	867	141.50–151.00	146.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	845	141.50	141.50
12	—	767	138.00–145.50	141.68
6	—	513	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	888	131.50–135.75	134.45
80	—	819	136.00–141.25	139.42
59	—	917	124.00–134.25	132.73
43	—	724	140.00–146.75	144.29
19	—	978	126.00–129.50	126.93

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.

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