Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 750 to 1000 lbs steers traded unevenly steady. Heifer offerings 650 and 850 lbs traded steady to 6.00 higher. Consignments today included spring calves weaned and non-weaned, fall calves and yearlings, demand was moderate to good for all offerings with several buyers today. Next Auction Dates for Oct 10th, 14th, 17th, 21st, 24th, 28th and 31st.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.80/cwt on 2,015 head.

Average price

$149.80

2,015 head · 692 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$9.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	692	149.86	1,038	2,003
Medium and Large 1-2	619	140.00	866	12thin

One grade step is worth $9.86/cwt here — about $172 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 sale2,015 hd

149.80

—

NE average6 barns · 6,579 hd

146.23

+3.57

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

40 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	—	674	140.46/cwt	133.00–146.00	947	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	162.95/cwt	157.00–163.75	958	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,101	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,459	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	173.87/cwt	172.00–174.50	734	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	147.18/cwt	144.00–148.50	767	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	120.63/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,093	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	150.75/cwt	146.50–152.00	1,309	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	134.86/cwt	129.50–137.25	1,238	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	139.54/cwt	138.00–140.10	1,174	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	822	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,169	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	153.48/cwt	150.50–161.00	1,053	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	148.86/cwt	146.50–152.00	1,241	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,022	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	133.45/cwt	129.50–135.00	1,285	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	659	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	906	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,239	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	162.54/cwt	158.00–165.00	762	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	159.04/cwt	153.50–160.50	1,178	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,164	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	583	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	795	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	141.57/cwt	137.50–143.00	1,103	461
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,275	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,388	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	158.73/cwt	156.50–160.00	1,008	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	137.17/cwt	135.00–145.50	1,178	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	140.91/cwt	136.00–147.00	824	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	146.69/cwt	139.00–148.75	1,046	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	151.49/cwt	145.50–154.50	1,038	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	953	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,394	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	163.10/cwt	162.00–164.50	884	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	154.62/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,204	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,049	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	118.26/cwt	117.50–119.00	1,271	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	158.91/cwt	150.00–160.50	957	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	138.32/cwt	135.00–139.35	1,194	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	135.62/cwt	129.50–138.00	1,322	82

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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Receipts 4,110Last week 4,700Year 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
17	—	674	133.00–146.00	140.46
20	—	906	120.00–122.50	120.63
10	—	715	143.00	143.00
8	—	808	144.00	144.00
29	—	859	135.00–145.50	137.17
25	—	771	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	588	157.00–163.75	162.95
60	—	1,101	132.50	132.50
330	—	868	146.50–152.00	150.75
24	—	686	150.50–161.00	153.48
164	—	834	146.50–152.00	148.86
24	—	469	158.00–165.00	162.54
153	—	741	153.50–160.50	159.04
21	—	941	135.00–136.50	135.50
120	—	1,015	136.75	136.75
104	—	542	162.00–164.50	163.10
336	—	779	147.00–159.00	154.62
82	—	975	129.50–138.00	135.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	635	156.50–160.00	158.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	953	146.25	146.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	140.00	140.00
6	—	651	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	422	172.00–174.50	173.87
75	—	521	144.00–148.50	147.18
5	—	1,026	124.50	124.50
64	—	918	129.50–137.25	134.86
150	—	841	138.00–140.10	139.54
54	—	963	129.50–135.00	133.45
110	—	368	179.00	179.00
54	—	324	180.00	180.00
101	—	482	165.00	165.00
461	—	779	137.50–143.00	141.57
32	—	585	136.00–147.00	140.91
86	—	713	139.00–148.75	146.69
223	—	685	145.50–154.50	151.49
12	—	1,075	117.50–119.00	118.26
84	—	602	150.00–160.50	158.91
184	—	863	135.00–139.35	138.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	822	142.25	142.25
60	—	906	136.75	136.75

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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