Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 450 to 550 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 5.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats today. Warmer weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for Dec 12th and 19th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.33/cwt on 1,639 head.

Average price

$168.33

1,639 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$3.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.53

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	599	168.67	1,010	1,499
Medium and Large 1-2	515	164.76	848	140

One grade step is worth $3.90/cwt here — about $162 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 sale1,639 hd

168.33

—

NE average8 barns · 14,519 hd

166.81

+1.53

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

33 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	—	492	153.24/cwt	148.00–154.50	754	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	143.01/cwt	139.50–146.00	814	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	144.43/cwt	142.00–147.00	760	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	148.98/cwt	142.00–151.00	653	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	164.85/cwt	160.50–167.50	945	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	179.65/cwt	172.50–188.00	772	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	833	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	163.86/cwt	152.00–169.75	859	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	150.06/cwt	136.00–159.00	848	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	184.96/cwt	181.75–188.00	882	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,239	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	193.55/cwt	186.00–203.50	828	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	774	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	161.29/cwt	155.50–164.25	1,002	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	177.93/cwt	172.00–180.00	925	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	144.63/cwt	144.00–145.50	1,333	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	159.86/cwt	158.00–161.00	675	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,130	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	987	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,181	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	157.88/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,077	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	163.99/cwt	163.25–165.50	1,168	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	704	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	770	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	842	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	947	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,026	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	504	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	844	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	160.56/cwt	160.00–162.00	925	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	635	171.38/cwt	171.25–171.50	1,088	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,009	113

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 2,315Last week 2,870Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	492	148.00–154.50	153.24
70	—	569	139.50–146.00	143.01
63	—	526	142.00–147.00	144.43
28	—	922	144.00–145.50	144.63
25	—	422	158.00–161.00	159.86
11	—	810	139.50	139.50
6	—	715	138.00	138.00
5	—	862	137.00	137.00
5	—	656	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	438	142.00–151.00	148.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	422	151.00	151.00
15	—	489	144.00	144.00
19	—	542	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	573	160.50–167.50	164.85
132	—	477	181.75–188.00	184.96
73	—	767	161.50	161.50
27	—	428	186.00–203.50	193.55
7	—	397	195.00	195.00
234	—	621	155.50–164.25	161.29
185	—	520	172.00–180.00	177.93
105	—	682	154.00–160.00	157.88
114	—	712	163.25–165.50	163.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	172.50–188.00	179.65
10	—	496	168.00	168.00
81	—	524	152.00–169.75	163.86
13	—	565	136.00–159.00	150.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	484	174.00	174.00
22	—	609	155.50	155.50
61	—	659	155.75	155.75
74	—	576	160.00–162.00	160.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	504	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	635	171.25–171.50	171.38
113	—	567	178.00	178.00

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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