Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 659 lbs steers traded steady to 5.00 higher and 450 to 500 lbs heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with some internet activity. Next Auction Dates Oct 28th Regular Sale, and Oct 31st Special Spring Calf and Yearling Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.60/cwt on 2,447 head.

Average price

$162.60

2,447 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$6.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	163.13	951	2,257
Medium and Large 1-2	560	156.31	875	190

One grade step is worth $6.82/cwt here — about $76 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 sale2,447 hd

162.60

—

NE average11 barns · 18,465 hd

159.97

+2.63

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

27 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	144.12/cwt	141.00–147.00	757	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	435	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	692	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	535	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	696	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	997	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	159.82/cwt	155.00–163.00	919	477
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	160.21/cwt	154.00–164.75	1,001	656
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	959	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	664	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,003	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	158.76/cwt	157.50–160.00	616	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	143.44/cwt	140.00–146.50	818	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	141.09/cwt	140.50–144.00	690	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	176.03/cwt	175.00–178.00	762	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	168.76/cwt	163.50–171.00	883	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	161.23/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,145	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	681	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	641	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	150.38/cwt	146.50–157.50	714	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	143.31/cwt	136.50–145.00	874	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	146.47/cwt	145.00–150.50	621	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,309	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	169.23/cwt	165.50–180.50	789	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	162.85/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,116	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	156.93/cwt	156.00–161.00	832	95

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Oct 24, 2019

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

Receipts 3,710Last week 3,340Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	525	141.00–147.00	144.12
51	—	388	157.50–160.00	158.76
213	—	570	140.00–146.50	143.44
9	—	431	153.00	153.00
203	—	475	146.50–157.50	150.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	435	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	359	149.00	149.00
7	—	573	137.50	137.50
29	—	489	140.50–144.00	141.09
23	—	424	145.00–150.50	146.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	610	136.50–145.00	143.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	391	178.00	178.00
86	—	633	157.50	157.50
477	—	575	155.00–163.00	159.82
77	—	433	175.00–178.00	176.03
447	—	523	163.50–171.00	168.76
24	—	1,043	125.50	125.50
222	—	466	165.50–180.50	169.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
656	—	625	154.00–164.75	160.21
132	—	710	157.00–164.00	161.23
116	—	685	161.00–164.00	162.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	631	152.00	152.00
17	—	395	172.50	172.50
7	—	491	162.50	162.50
95	—	530	156.00–161.00	156.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	664	151.00	151.00
5	—	641	144.00	144.00

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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