Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 750 to 1000 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and 650 to 750 lb heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good. Next Auction Dates for Oct 3rd, 10th, 14th, 17th, 24th, 31st Regular Auction Dates Mondays: 14th, 21st, 28th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.64/cwt on 2,392 head.

Average price

$144.64

2,392 head · 878 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$260

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

$5.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	681	150.16	1,023	127
Medium and Large 1	889	144.33	1,283	2,265

One grade step is worth $5.84/cwt here — about −$260 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 sale2,392 hd

144.64

—

NE average5 barns · 7,144 hd

146.67

−2.03

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,085	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	137.60/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,197	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	743	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,087	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	156.33/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,140	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	139.28/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,361	427
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,127	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	133.50/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,288	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	138.85/cwt	134.75–140.25	1,140	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	143.92/cwt	142.00–145.00	776	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	138.08/cwt	132.00–142.75	1,283	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,098	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	145.57/cwt	142.75–146.75	1,071	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	802	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	153.78/cwt	151.25–160.00	1,204	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	877	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	879	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	134.58/cwt	130.50–136.00	1,245	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	790	143.05/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,130	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,039	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,444	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	731	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,170	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	122.29/cwt	120.00–123.25	1,225	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	145.33/cwt	135.00–149.75	978	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	821	142.75/cwt	142.00–143.50	1,172	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,289	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	795	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,222	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	141.64/cwt	139.50–150.00	887	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	862	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,222	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	163.75/cwt	163.75–163.75	1,132	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	140.29/cwt	135.75–146.25	1,229	608
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	158.57/cwt	157.00–159.00	942	61

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 Sep 19, 2019

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

Receipts 4,700Last week 5,455Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	816	133.00	133.00
32	—	780	144.50	144.50
9	—	545	161.00	161.00
61	—	594	157.00–159.00	158.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	729	155.00–157.00	156.33
427	—	977	137.50–140.00	139.28
308	—	929	132.00–142.75	138.08
284	—	783	151.25–160.00	153.78
236	—	1,039	139.00	139.00
135	—	837	154.00	154.00
65	—	691	163.75	163.75
608	—	876	135.75–146.25	140.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	731	160.00	160.00
64	—	795	153.75	153.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	870	133.00–140.00	137.60
38	—	965	129.00–135.00	133.50
167	—	821	134.75–140.25	138.85
21	—	783	140.25	140.25
166	—	736	142.75–146.75	145.57
19	—	586	150.00	150.00
157	—	925	130.50–136.00	134.58
17	—	1,002	120.00–123.25	122.29
156	—	673	135.00–149.75	145.33
5	—	1,059	116.75	116.75
141	—	626	139.50–150.00	141.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	743	146.25	146.25
152	—	790	139.00–143.50	143.05
123	—	821	142.00–143.50	142.75
60	—	862	141.75	141.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	539	142.00–145.00	143.92
20	—	561	143.00	143.00

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.

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