Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of the new year, no recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates for Jan 16th and 23rd

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.72/cwt on 1,617 head.

Average price

$169.72

1,617 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$114

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

$0.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.94

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	169.92	971	179
Medium and Large 1	640	169.69	1,085	1,438

One grade step is worth $0.23/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale1,617 hd

169.72

—

NE average11 barns · 22,650 hd

165.78

+3.94

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

35 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	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,202	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,352	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	151.40/cwt	148.00–154.00	964	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	156.35/cwt	155.75–156.75	849	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	143.71/cwt	137.00–145.00	984	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	829	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	762	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	195.70/cwt	193.00–197.00	867	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	184.51/cwt	181.00–186.50	887	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	151.17/cwt	150.50–153.00	1,232	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	197.90/cwt	190.75–202.00	1,041	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	162.47/cwt	155.00–166.50	947	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	179.48/cwt	173.00–186.00	962	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	158.78/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,065	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	177.29/cwt	171.50–184.25	1,037	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	161.23/cwt	154.75–167.50	1,153	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	166.69/cwt	161.75–170.50	1,048	476
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	162.31/cwt	158.00–169.50	779	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	155.79/cwt	150.00–160.00	876	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	165.44/cwt	163.00–165.50	738	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	854	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	152.72/cwt	152.50–153.00	964	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,043	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	143.00/cwt	139.00–145.00	894	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	153.33/cwt	148.50–156.50	710	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	153.79/cwt	151.00–154.75	832	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	962	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	664	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,096	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	714	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,071	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	601	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	950	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	693	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,161	35

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 3,200Last week 5,275Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	370	170.00	170.00
13	—	928	129.50	129.50
16	—	1,034	130.75	130.75
34	—	637	148.00–154.00	151.40
47	—	543	155.75–156.75	156.35
55	—	685	137.00–145.00	143.71
117	—	480	158.00–169.50	162.31
221	—	562	150.00–160.00	155.79
238	—	446	163.00–165.50	165.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	577	148.00	148.00
110	—	625	139.00–145.00	143.00
7	—	765	130.00	130.00
33	—	463	148.50–156.50	153.33
37	—	445	156.00	156.00
41	—	541	151.00–154.75	153.79
79	—	681	141.25	141.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	664	165.00	165.00
58	—	714	150.00	150.00
84	—	601	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	755	151.00	151.00
12	—	393	194.00	194.00
27	—	443	193.00–197.00	195.70
33	—	481	181.00–186.50	184.51
86	—	815	150.50–153.00	151.17
143	—	526	190.75–202.00	197.90
90	—	671	156.00–160.00	158.78
197	—	585	171.50–184.25	177.29
333	—	715	154.75–167.50	161.23
476	—	629	161.75–170.50	166.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	188.50	188.50
39	—	583	155.00–166.50	162.47
97	—	536	173.00–186.00	179.48
14	—	631	152.50–153.00	152.72
21	—	724	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	693	167.50	167.50

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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