Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 550 and 650 lbs steers traded 4.50 to 13.5 higher and 500 to 550 lbs heifers traded 5.00 to 17.00 higher, 600 lbs heifers traded 1.50 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Dates for Feb 13th, 20th Bred Cow Auction, and 27th Feeder Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.66/cwt on 2,017 head.

Average price

$168.66

2,017 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$9.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	169.35	899	1,871
Medium and Large 1-2	505	159.73	807	146

One grade step is worth $9.62/cwt here — about $92 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 sale2,017 hd

168.66

—

NE average7 barns · 9,008 hd

154.50

+14.16

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

25 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	—	718	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	175.95/cwt	172.00–181.50	677	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	979	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	190.00/cwt	180.00–194.50	827	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	168.49/cwt	163.50–170.50	886	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	151.58/cwt	148.00–157.00	952	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	177.19/cwt	171.50–185.00	1,044	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,015	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	184.56/cwt	182.50–187.00	947	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	843	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	145.29/cwt	145.00–146.50	1,141	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	983	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,058	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,170	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	998	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	167.80/cwt	164.00–170.50	1,113	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,054	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	917	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	169.11/cwt	156.00–173.50	802	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	160.93/cwt	153.00–165.50	906	455
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	184.02/cwt	181.25–191.00	878	469
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	142.62/cwt	138.00–144.00	884	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	164.22/cwt	161.00–166.00	719	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	887	15

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 Feb 6, 2020

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

Receipts 3,000Last week 3,985Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	718	137.00	137.00
72	—	385	172.00–181.50	175.95
78	—	654	149.75	149.75
194	—	435	180.00–194.50	190.00
285	—	526	163.50–170.50	168.49
311	—	628	148.00–157.00	151.58
455	—	563	153.00–165.50	160.93
469	—	477	181.25–191.00	184.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	474	156.00–173.50	169.11
43	—	620	138.00–144.00	142.62
47	—	438	161.00–166.00	164.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	589	171.50–185.00	177.19
11	—	513	182.50–187.00	184.56
22	—	426	198.00	198.00
41	—	785	145.00–146.50	145.29
50	—	488	201.50	201.50
9	—	608	174.00	174.00
71	—	738	158.50	158.50
160	—	663	164.00–170.50	167.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	701	144.75	144.75
53	—	605	165.00	165.00
8	—	669	157.50	157.50
11	—	529	164.00	164.00
13	—	485	189.00	189.00
15	—	572	155.00	155.00

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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