Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 to 750 and 850 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, 900 to 950 lbs steers traded 3.0 to 9.0 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Aug. 6th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.60/cwt on 1,841 head.

Average price

$149.60

1,841 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$181

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

$5.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

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	655	154.43	1,011	149
Medium and Large 1	799	149.17	1,191	1,692

One grade step is worth $5.26/cwt here — about −$181 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 sale1,841 hd

149.60

—

NE average5 barns · 7,470 hd

147.00

+2.60

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,148	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	176.52/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,020	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	135.25/cwt	133.25–137.25	1,311	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	144.57/cwt	143.00–147.00	833	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	133.87/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,031	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	150.32/cwt	149.25–158.00	1,106	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	151.18/cwt	147.00–157.50	1,166	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	167.61/cwt	160.50–171.75	1,061	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	137.28/cwt	135.25–141.00	1,200	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	162.41/cwt	153.00–166.00	944	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	159.70/cwt	155.50–162.25	1,081	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	136.51/cwt	133.75–138.50	1,274	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	143.90/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,084	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	177.64/cwt	176.00–181.50	862	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	148.95/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,242	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	998	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	157.60/cwt	153.00–158.75	903	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	923	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	150.94/cwt	148.00–153.00	809	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,075	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	149.21/cwt	144.00–152.00	933	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	122.91/cwt	122.00–123.50	1,078	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	141.75/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,023	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	789	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	148.13/cwt	147.25–151.50	1,016	98

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 Jul 23, 2020

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

Receipts 3,020Last week 2,915Year ago 2,280

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	820	140.00	140.00
10	—	660	150.00	150.00
67	—	581	153.00–166.00	162.41
38	—	753	140.00–144.50	143.90
25	—	640	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	578	170.00–182.00	176.52
169	—	969	133.25–137.25	135.25
133	—	736	149.25–158.00	150.32
343	—	771	147.00–157.50	151.18
101	—	633	160.50–171.75	167.61
266	—	874	135.25–141.00	137.28
70	—	677	155.50–162.25	159.70
242	—	933	133.75–138.50	136.51
27	—	485	176.00–181.50	177.64
183	—	834	148.00–151.00	148.95
9	—	435	186.50	186.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	576	143.00–147.00	144.57
21	—	694	133.00	133.00
5	—	738	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	770	130.00–139.00	133.87
12	—	417	162.00	162.00
72	—	573	153.00–158.75	157.60
68	—	536	148.00–153.00	150.94
40	—	801	134.25	134.25
153	—	625	144.00–152.00	149.21
33	—	877	122.00–123.50	122.91
121	—	722	140.00–143.00	141.75
18	—	484	163.00	163.00
98	—	686	147.25–151.50	148.13

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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