Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 550 lbs steers traded 2.00 lower and 650 lbs steer traded 12.00 lower, 500 lbs heifers traded 2.00 lower and 550 to 600 lbs heifers traded steady. Demand was moderate to good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Feb 20th Special Bred Female Sale Feb 27th Special Feeder and Replacement Heifer Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.64/cwt on 1,904 head.

Average price

$154.64

1,904 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$6.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.71

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	155.13	916	1,756
Medium and Large 1-2	582	148.80	866	148

One grade step is worth $6.33/cwt here — about $50 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 sale1,904 hd

154.64

—

NE average9 barns · 10,911 hd

144.93

+9.71

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

27 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	—	477	174.09/cwt	167.50–179.00	830	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	166.13/cwt	160.00–171.25	885	350
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	132.71/cwt	132.00–133.50	921	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	155.78/cwt	152.50–158.00	841	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	171.09/cwt	163.00–179.00	724	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	139.29/cwt	132.00–143.50	940	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	159.75/cwt	153.00–169.50	911	443
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	142.52/cwt	138.00–144.50	889	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,011	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	133.25/cwt	131.75–143.00	971	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	151.38/cwt	147.50–154.50	928	401
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	161.09/cwt	160.00–164.00	793	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	918	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	190.01/cwt	188.00–193.00	992	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	155.49/cwt	150.50–160.50	1,045	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	147.77/cwt	145.00–148.50	980	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	158.92/cwt	155.50–161.50	981	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,149	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	149.68/cwt	142.00–151.50	1,129	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	171.24/cwt	164.00–176.50	1,053	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	897	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	176.01/cwt	171.00–180.00	954	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	194.44/cwt	191.00–202.00	935	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	151.65/cwt	144.50–159.50	1,093	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	146.95/cwt	145.00–150.50	871	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	175.19/cwt	169.00–181.50	1,004	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	183.99/cwt	182.00–187.50	885	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 Feb 13, 2020

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

Receipts 3,905Last week 3,000Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	477	167.50–179.00	174.09
350	—	533	160.00–171.25	166.13
58	—	423	163.00–179.00	171.09
299	—	675	132.00–143.50	139.29
443	—	570	153.00–169.50	159.75
10	—	790	128.00	128.00
98	—	729	131.75–143.00	133.25
401	—	613	147.50–154.50	151.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	694	132.00–133.50	132.71
32	—	540	152.50–158.00	155.78
27	—	624	138.00–144.50	142.52
25	—	492	160.00–164.00	161.09
47	—	593	145.00–150.50	146.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	437	210.00	210.00
121	—	522	188.00–193.00	190.01
293	—	672	150.50–160.50	155.49
10	—	867	132.50	132.50
96	—	754	142.00–151.50	149.68
199	—	615	164.00–176.50	171.24
60	—	481	191.00–202.00	194.44
183	—	721	144.50–159.50	151.65
311	—	573	169.00–181.50	175.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	663	145.00–148.50	147.77
81	—	617	155.50–161.50	158.92
23	—	564	159.00	159.00
61	—	542	171.00–180.00	176.01
35	—	481	182.00–187.50	183.99

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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