Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steer traded unevenly steady and 450 to 500 lbs heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Cooler dry weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for October 24th, & 31st. October 21st & 28th Regular Sales

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.74/cwt on 1,847 head.

Average price

$163.74

1,847 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$2.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	164.00	904	1,652
Medium and Large 1-2	483	161.57	780	195

One grade step is worth $2.43/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,847 hd

163.74

—

NE average12 barns · 21,689 hd

159.15

+4.59

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

34 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	—	394	178.15/cwt	170.50–180.00	702	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	157.29/cwt	152.50–160.25	1,063	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	169.72/cwt	163.75–174.50	810	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	139.60/cwt	131.00–144.00	658	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	579	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	889	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.87/cwt	145.00–154.25	704	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,220	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,145	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	996	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	155.44/cwt	154.50–157.00	734	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	605	161.11/cwt	159.00–162.00	975	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.39/cwt	162.00–171.50	874	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	651	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	161.61/cwt	161.00–162.00	629	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	132.86/cwt	125.00–137.00	700	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	146.65/cwt	139.00–153.00	779	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	137.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	778	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,023	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,217	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	170.30/cwt	167.50–178.00	712	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	621	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	156.30/cwt	156.25–157.00	692	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	544	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	854	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	137.30/cwt	137.00–138.00	836	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	150.56/cwt	148.50–155.50	655	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	917	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	184.04/cwt	180.00–190.00	786	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	157.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	899	622
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	177.26/cwt	177.00–178.00	569	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	154.65/cwt	153.00–156.50	804	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	147.87/cwt	146.50–150.00	935	25

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 17, 2019

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

Receipts 3,340Last week 2,720Year 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	—	394	170.50–180.00	178.15
34	—	472	154.50–157.00	155.44
41	—	418	167.50–178.00	170.30
18	—	321	177.00–178.00	177.26
37	—	520	153.00–156.50	154.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	676	152.50–160.25	157.29
217	—	605	159.00–162.00	161.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	477	163.75–174.50	169.72
7	—	334	193.00	193.00
310	—	525	162.00–171.50	166.39
14	—	350	186.00	186.00
80	—	427	180.00–190.00	184.04
622	—	572	150.00–160.00	157.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	687	145.00	145.00
25	—	632	146.50–150.00	147.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	505	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	471	131.00–144.00	139.60
10	—	300	162.50	162.50
49	—	389	161.00–162.00	161.61
16	—	527	125.00–137.00	132.86
42	—	435	148.50–155.50	150.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	579	153.50	153.50
40	—	544	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	470	145.00–154.25	149.87
26	—	881	138.50	138.50
7	—	830	138.00	138.00
240	—	531	139.00–153.00	146.65
56	—	565	135.00–140.00	137.71
8	—	1,023	119.00	119.00
6	—	335	174.00	174.00
15	—	355	175.00	175.00
73	—	443	156.25–157.00	156.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	684	129.50	129.50
68	—	609	137.00–138.00	137.30

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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