Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from last week for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Cooler weather in the area. Next Auction Dates Dec. 5th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.80/cwt on 1,285 head.

Average price

$164.80

1,285 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$7.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	165.79	1,055	1,117
Medium and Large 1-2	539	158.16	852	168

One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about $203 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 sale1,285 hd

164.80

—

NE average8 barns · 11,619 hd

164.30

+0.49

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

59 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 1Spayed	—	701	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,020	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	846	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,269	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	157.82/cwt	157.00–158.00	647	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	463	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	393	152.58/cwt	146.00–164.00	600	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	427	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	666	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	569	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	967	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,303	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,003	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	202.78/cwt	196.00–206.00	771	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	189.51/cwt	184.00–191.00	804	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,162	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,437	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,467	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	180.18/cwt	173.00–182.00	850	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	173.89/cwt	173.00–175.00	906	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	161.27/cwt	157.00–165.50	956	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	593	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	827	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	801	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,145	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	150.25/cwt	146.00–156.00	715	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	141.67/cwt	136.75–146.00	868	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	337	165.20/cwt	164.00–167.00	557	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	144.14/cwt	143.50–144.50	758	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	580	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	802	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	156.52/cwt	149.00–160.50	754	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	147.43/cwt	142.00–150.00	783	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	170.11/cwt	162.00–175.00	714	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	144.27/cwt	140.00–146.50	1,183	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	143.35/cwt	140.25–144.25	1,294	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	144.76/cwt	141.50–146.00	1,262	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	177.06/cwt	176.00–179.00	653	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	134.29/cwt	130.00–135.25	1,450	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	136.29/cwt	134.00–137.00	983	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	139.27/cwt	139.00–139.50	1,085	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	141.00/cwt	140.25–141.50	860	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	139.03/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,340	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	695	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,084	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	588	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	947	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	797	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	377	192.93/cwt	186.00–200.00	727	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	172.11/cwt	170.00–174.00	888	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	157.13/cwt	155.75–158.00	1,006	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	161.55/cwt	160.00–164.00	924	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	495	173.80/cwt	172.00–176.00	860	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	769	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,169	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	1,010	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,485	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	872	161.10/cwt	161.10–161.10	1,405	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	910	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	787	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	155.57/cwt	153.50–156.00	843	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	466	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	677	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	982	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	511	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	154.77/cwt	153.00–155.50	882	42

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 Nov 21, 2019

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

Receipts 2,870Last week 3,920Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	701	145.50	145.50
16	—	593	139.50	139.50
8	—	801	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	846	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	152.50	152.50
33	—	410	157.00–158.00	157.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	148.00	148.00
16	—	393	146.00–164.00	152.58
17	—	427	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	476	146.00–156.00	150.25
64	—	613	136.75–146.00	141.67
18	—	337	164.00–167.00	165.20
14	—	526	143.50–144.50	144.14
5	—	576	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	482	149.00–160.50	156.52
114	—	531	142.00–150.00	147.43
98	—	420	162.00–175.00	170.11
63	—	820	140.00–146.50	144.27
38	—	903	140.25–144.25	143.35
31	—	872	141.50–146.00	144.76
28	—	369	176.00–179.00	177.06
22	—	1,080	130.00–135.25	134.29
21	—	721	134.00–137.00	136.29
17	—	779	139.00–139.50	139.27
15	—	610	140.25–141.50	141.00
11	—	964	135.00–142.50	139.03
6	—	684	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	569	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	757	143.00	143.00
8	—	902	144.50	144.50
13	—	643	156.00	156.00
25	—	380	196.00–206.00	202.78
29	—	424	184.00–191.00	189.51
49	—	747	155.50	155.50
56	—	998	144.00	144.00
59	—	1,019	144.00	144.00
120	—	472	173.00–182.00	180.18
128	—	521	173.00–175.00	173.89
129	—	593	157.00–165.50	161.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	695	156.00	156.00
17	—	588	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	433	184.00	184.00
23	—	377	186.00–200.00	192.93
29	—	516	170.00–174.00	172.11
44	—	640	155.75–158.00	157.13
78	—	572	160.00–164.00	161.55
85	—	495	172.00–176.00	173.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	769	152.00	152.00
55	—	1,010	147.00	147.00
56	—	872	161.10	161.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	393	187.50	187.50
26	—	599	152.00	152.00
35	—	483	163.00	163.00
40	—	542	153.50–156.00	155.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	166.50	166.50
5	—	677	145.00	145.00
7	—	511	162.00	162.00
42	—	570	153.00–155.50	154.77

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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