Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison for steer or heifers a trend will not be given

Next Auction Dates for May 14th and 21st

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.76/cwt on 581 head.

Average price

$150.76

581 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,014

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.06

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	152.96	1,035	500
Medium and Large 1-2	647	137.21	888	81

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $148 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 sale581 hd

150.76

—

NE average7 barns · 7,736 hd

140.70

+10.06

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

22 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	—	454	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	785	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	882	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,060	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	885	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	812	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,061	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	994	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	743	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	892	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	133.12/cwt	128.75–139.75	1,021	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	151.07/cwt	150.50–151.50	728	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	133.19/cwt	132.00–134.00	824	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	851	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	130.22/cwt	128.50–133.00	931	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	1,043	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	930	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	889	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	932	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	162.68/cwt	159.00–165.00	687	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	843	11

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 Apr 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,155Last week 0Year ago 0

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison for steer or heifers a trend will not be given

Next Auction Dates for May 14th and 21st

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	454	173.00	173.00
140	—	740	143.25	143.25
24	—	513	172.50	172.50
164	—	662	160.25	160.25
61	—	590	168.50	168.50
18	—	413	180.00	180.00
69	—	864	120.75	120.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	588	150.00	150.00
23	—	527	154.00	154.00
12	—	838	111.00	111.00
33	—	684	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	140.00	140.00
105	—	767	128.75–139.75	133.12
51	—	482	150.50–151.50	151.07
18	—	619	132.00–134.00	133.19
52	—	556	153.00	153.00
21	—	715	128.50–133.00	130.22
37	—	688	135.50	135.50
62	—	422	159.00–165.00	162.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	754	118.25	118.25
7	—	640	127.00	127.00
11	—	714	118.00	118.00

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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