Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower with 700 lbs steers trading 2.00 higher. Heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was very good for black hided and Hereford influence replacement heifers with moderate, instances good demand for the rest of the offerings. Some loads of light weight cattle went out of state to be grazed or grown before hitting the feedlot.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.24/cwt on 1,894 head.

Average price

$166.24

1,894 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$129

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

$2.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

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	529	168.22	890	310
Medium and Large 1	614	165.85	1,019	1,584

One grade step is worth $2.37/cwt here — about −$129 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 sale1,894 hd

166.24

—

NE average9 barns · 11,796 hd

159.93

+6.30

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

39 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	871	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	940	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	665	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	196.75/cwt	196.75–196.75	781	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	171.34/cwt	169.00–178.00	817	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	143.51/cwt	143.00–144.00	974	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	163.94/cwt	160.00–169.00	930	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	134.11/cwt	132.00–137.00	827	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,087	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	151.48/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,041	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	983	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	257	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,028	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	146.23/cwt	144.75–148.00	1,046	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	177.70/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,029	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	185.19/cwt	172.00–188.75	972	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	186.93/cwt	185.00–191.00	707	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	142.96/cwt	138.00–146.50	806	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	156.76/cwt	152.00–166.00	814	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	163.54/cwt	161.00–167.00	772	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	166.74/cwt	166.00–167.00	702	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	563	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	960	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	972	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	192.17/cwt	190.00–193.00	903	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	161.15/cwt	154.50–170.00	1,020	506
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	152.84/cwt	151.00–155.00	650	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	141.16/cwt	139.00–142.00	737	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	136.35/cwt	131.00–137.00	914	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	145.35/cwt	140.50–148.00	911	426
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	165.02/cwt	164.00–167.00	617	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	155.36/cwt	152.00–156.50	752	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	668	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,069	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	704	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,165	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	483	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	510	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	778	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	859	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	433	188.63/cwt	184.00–192.00	817	42

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 Mar 12, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	505	172.50	172.50
16	—	729	129.00	129.00
27	—	477	169.00–178.00	171.34
33	—	679	143.00–144.00	143.51
71	—	567	160.00–169.00	163.94
24	—	638	154.00	154.00
6	—	257	400.00	400.00
27	—	378	185.00–191.00	186.93
7	—	307	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	336	198.00	198.00
44	—	397	196.75	196.75
79	—	778	139.75	139.75
110	—	687	146.00–158.00	151.48
269	—	715	144.75–148.00	146.23
248	—	579	170.00–184.00	177.70
148	—	525	172.00–188.75	185.19
132	—	470	190.00–193.00	192.17
506	—	633	154.50–170.00	161.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	563	170.50	170.50
10	—	680	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	480	179.00	179.00
42	—	433	184.00–192.00	188.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	617	132.00–137.00	134.11
24	—	425	151.00–155.00	152.84
26	—	522	139.00–142.00	141.16
36	—	374	164.00–167.00	165.02
51	—	484	152.00–156.50	155.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	564	138.00–146.50	142.96
75	—	519	152.00–166.00	156.76
34	—	472	161.00–167.00	163.54
29	—	421	166.00–167.00	166.74
10	—	750	119.25	119.25
7	—	715	121.00	121.00
196	—	670	131.00–137.00	136.35
426	—	627	140.50–148.00	145.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	668	160.00	160.00
21	—	704	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	483	160.00	160.00
21	—	510	152.50	152.50

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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