Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers traded steady and 450 to 550 lbs heifers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers. Warmer weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for Nov 18th Regular Auction and Bred Female Auction and Nov 21st Spring Weaned Calves

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.87/cwt on 1,898 head.

Average price

$166.87

1,898 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$6.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	167.57	958	1,684
Medium and Large 1-2	515	161.37	831	214

One grade step is worth $6.20/cwt here — about $126 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 sale1,898 hd

166.87

—

NE average11 barns · 15,867 hd

166.40

+0.47

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	158.81/cwt	156.00–165.00	686	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	930	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	167.00/cwt	165.00–168.00	780	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	643	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	948	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	170.07/cwt	162.75–180.00	891	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	159.30/cwt	155.00–162.75	1,069	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	973	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.93/cwt	153.00–165.00	836	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	377	156.53/cwt	156.00–159.00	590	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	149.59/cwt	146.50–153.00	844	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	583	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	853	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	877	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	161.27/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,001	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	182.50/cwt	180.00–183.00	750	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	179.65/cwt	169.50–186.00	861	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	161.87/cwt	154.00–165.25	1,004	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	173.40/cwt	173.00–175.00	770	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	422	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	584	153.07/cwt	150.00–158.00	894	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,045	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	147.43/cwt	147.00–148.00	714	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	139.80/cwt	137.00–141.50	882	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	155.42/cwt	147.00–162.00	822	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	803	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	149.45/cwt	147.00–151.00	698	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	178.21/cwt	171.00–178.75	904	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	166.08/cwt	159.00–170.25	933	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	156.34/cwt	150.00–162.00	746	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	356	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	509	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	189.01/cwt	181.00–191.25	805	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	164.09/cwt	163.50–165.00	1,099	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	708	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,129	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	162.62/cwt	157.50–164.25	929	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	921	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	356	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	587	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	538	160.16/cwt	155.00–161.00	862	48

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 Nov 14, 2019

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

Receipts 3,920Last week 3,855Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	432	156.00–165.00	158.81
7	—	678	140.00	140.00
51	—	377	156.00–159.00	156.53
123	—	564	146.50–153.00	149.59
43	—	631	137.00–141.50	139.80
94	—	529	147.00–162.00	155.42
165	—	477	150.00–162.00	156.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	639	145.50	145.50
7	—	564	144.50	144.50
11	—	655	148.50	148.50
63	—	523	153.00–165.00	159.93
10	—	718	145.50	145.50
19	—	484	147.00–148.00	147.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	583	146.25	146.25
21	—	467	147.00–151.00	149.45
14	—	356	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	546	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	467	165.00–168.00	167.00
10	—	643	147.50	147.50
11	—	422	165.00	165.00
46	—	584	150.00–158.00	153.07
7	—	687	151.00	151.00
15	—	356	165.00	165.00
48	—	538	155.00–161.00	160.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	521	166.50	166.50
29	—	444	173.00–175.00	173.40
5	—	592	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
271	—	524	162.75–180.00	170.07
135	—	671	155.00–162.75	159.30
71	—	411	180.00–183.00	182.50
144	—	479	169.50–186.00	179.65
311	—	620	154.00–165.25	161.87
73	—	708	159.50	159.50
202	—	571	157.50–164.25	162.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	490	179.00	179.00
83	—	621	157.00–162.00	161.27
74	—	507	171.00–178.75	178.21
150	—	562	159.00–170.25	166.08
57	—	426	181.00–191.25	189.01
104	—	670	163.50–165.00	164.09

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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