Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The Special Feeder Sale compared with two weeks ago 850 lbs steers traded 11.00 higher, 900 to 950 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 6.00 higher. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with high internet bidding. Sandhills are green with several showers in the area. Next Auction Dates for Aug 20th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.72/cwt on 1,882 head.

Average price

$144.72

1,882 head · 891 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$6.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	895	145.25	1,300	1,721
Medium and Large 1-2	844	139.03	1,173	161

One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about $127 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 sale1,882 hd

144.72

—

NE average6 barns · 5,053 hd

145.26

−0.54

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	138.98/cwt	137.10–139.75	1,349	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	133.37/cwt	130.00–137.10	1,344	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	152.87/cwt	152.00–153.00	1,185	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	811	153.58/cwt	151.00–154.75	1,246	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	148.16/cwt	143.50–149.75	1,197	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	876	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,316	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	137.12/cwt	134.50–139.25	1,203	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	922	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	142.44/cwt	136.25–146.75	1,319	584
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	151.38/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,108	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.94/cwt	155.00–164.00	752	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	965	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	130.02/cwt	127.00–130.75	1,140	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	896	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,047	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,229	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	925	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,163	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,060	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	924	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	774	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	148.71/cwt	144.50–152.60	1,289	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	139.63/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,078	19

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 Aug 6, 2020

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

Receipts 2,700Last week 3,020Year ago 1,630

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	971	137.10–139.75	138.98
113	—	1,008	130.00–137.10	133.37
64	—	775	152.00–153.00	152.87
59	—	808	143.50–149.75	148.16
21	—	511	180.50	180.50
584	—	926	136.25–146.75	142.44
11	—	442	175.00	175.00
321	—	867	144.50–152.60	148.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	997	127.00	127.00
6	—	626	148.00	148.00
107	—	877	134.50–139.25	137.12
20	—	732	150.00–152.50	151.38
19	—	772	139.00–140.00	139.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	811	151.00–154.75	153.58
60	—	876	150.25	150.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	473	155.00–164.00	158.94
30	—	877	127.00–130.75	130.02
19	—	535	150.00	150.00
72	—	673	155.50	155.50
12	—	979	125.50	125.50
61	—	595	155.50	155.50
11	—	927	125.50	125.50
49	—	828	128.00	128.00
6	—	1,070	116.00	116.00
46	—	612	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	712	135.50	135.50
11	—	631	142.00	142.00

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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