Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 lbs steers traded 8.00 lower and 550 to 600 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 450 and 550 lbs heifers traded steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers. Colder weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for Jan 23rd Bred Female Auction and Jan 30th Special Feeder Auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.22/cwt on 3,016 head.

Average price

$183.22

3,016 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$8.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	183.88	1,069	2,779
Medium and Large 1-2	555	175.46	973	237

One grade step is worth $8.42/cwt here — about $96 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 sale3,016 hd

183.22

—

NE average11 barns · 23,953 hd

167.53

+15.69

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

29 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 1Fancy	—	716	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,140	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	655	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,046	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	196.25/cwt	196.25–196.25	1,079	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	200.04/cwt	197.00–201.75	1,058	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	977	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,055	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	148.02/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,012	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	173.15/cwt	170.50–173.75	755	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	156.71/cwt	154.50–158.00	820	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,063	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	765	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,188	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	213.68/cwt	212.50–217.50	889	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	207.72/cwt	200.00–215.00	997	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	188.37/cwt	185.50–193.50	893	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	162.42/cwt	160.50–163.00	1,152	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	186.17/cwt	180.00–192.50	987	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	171.23/cwt	168.00–175.25	1,144	411
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	174.25/cwt	168.00–181.00	1,087	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	181.33/cwt	175.50–188.00	1,059	761
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	152.66/cwt	145.50–159.00	965	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	164.16/cwt	160.50–170.50	809	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	152.79/cwt	148.00–157.00	900	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	965	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,026	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	173.21/cwt	173.00–173.50	980	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	588	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	958	23

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 4,940Last week 3,200Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	716	159.25	159.25
165	—	655	159.75	159.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	350	183.50	183.50
11	—	700	139.50	139.50
25	—	756	139.50	139.50
78	—	684	147.00–149.00	148.02
80	—	436	170.50–173.75	173.15
91	—	523	154.50–158.00	156.71
137	—	632	145.50–159.00	152.66
174	—	493	160.50–170.50	164.16
211	—	589	148.00–157.00	152.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	588	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	550	196.25	196.25
279	—	529	197.00–201.75	200.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	686	155.00	155.00
77	—	474	185.50–193.50	188.37
33	—	545	177.00	177.00
37	—	620	165.50	165.50
64	—	566	173.00–173.50	173.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	210.00	210.00
23	—	375	204.00	204.00
40	—	751	158.25	158.25
58	—	416	212.50–217.50	213.68
228	—	480	200.00–215.00	207.72
84	—	709	160.50–163.00	162.42
338	—	530	180.00–192.50	186.17
411	—	668	168.00–175.25	171.23
450	—	624	168.00–181.00	174.25
761	—	584	175.50–188.00	181.33

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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