Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, steers traded unevenly steady and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats today.

Next Auction Dates for Sept 17th and 24th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.82/cwt on 2,406 head.

Average price

$150.82

2,406 head · 813 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$1.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	824	150.98	1,244	2,211
Medium and Large 1-2	692	149.02	1,031	195

One grade step is worth $1.96/cwt here — about $214 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 sale2,406 hd

150.82

—

NE average5 barns · 7,207 hd

148.37

+2.45

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

35 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	—	768	139.16/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,069	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	139.86/cwt	136.25–143.25	1,014	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	759	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,093	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	125.23/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,102	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	130.99/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,082	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	631	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	948	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	137.19/cwt	133.00–139.00	940	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	128.29/cwt	125.50–130.25	1,198	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	128.14/cwt	124.00–131.25	1,230	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	145.70/cwt	143.50–148.50	906	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	146.23/cwt	140.00–150.00	996	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	849	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,088	134.85/cwt	134.25–135.50	1,467	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	564	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	962	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	141.64/cwt	135.75–143.25	1,296	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	145.51/cwt	140.50–150.00	1,266	384
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	152.08/cwt	148.00–154.50	1,036	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	139.04/cwt	131.25–140.50	1,328	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	151.46/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,180	374
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	146.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,073	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	170.55/cwt	167.50–174.50	993	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	166.36/cwt	159.50–170.75	1,116	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	155.34/cwt	144.00–160.00	943	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	166.93/cwt	166.00–167.50	1,052	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	163.52/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,210	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	140.62/cwt	137.00–143.75	1,086	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	923	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	150.09/cwt	146.00–152.00	872	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,139	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	726	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	147.38/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,198	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	145.50/cwt	144.00–148.00	803	8

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 Sep 3, 2020

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

Receipts 3,890Last week 3,185Year ago 5,455

Compared with two weeks ago, steers traded unevenly steady and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats today.

Next Auction Dates for Sept 17th and 24th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	768	136.00–141.00	139.16
81	—	725	136.25–143.25	139.86
53	—	826	127.00–138.00	130.99
43	—	934	125.50–130.25	128.29
151	—	960	124.00–131.25	128.14
35	—	622	143.50–148.50	145.70
147	—	681	140.00–150.00	146.23
15	—	581	146.00–152.00	150.09
116	—	873	130.00–132.50	130.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	831	124.00	124.00
19	—	630	130.00	130.00
17	—	880	122.00–127.00	125.23
16	—	685	133.00–139.00	137.19
11	—	592	141.00	141.00
10	—	702	121.00	121.00
8	—	501	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	759	144.00	144.00
16	—	631	150.25	150.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	1,088	134.25–135.50	134.85
199	—	915	135.75–143.25	141.64
384	—	870	140.50–150.00	145.51
149	—	955	131.25–140.50	139.04
374	—	779	145.00–161.00	151.46
49	—	582	167.50–174.50	170.55
284	—	671	159.50–170.75	166.36
40	—	630	166.00–167.50	166.93
261	—	740	154.00–166.00	163.52
9	—	538	171.50	171.50
223	—	813	144.00–151.00	147.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	564	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	681	148.00–154.50	152.08
52	—	731	140.00–150.00	146.75
34	—	607	144.00–160.00	155.34
33	—	772	137.00–143.75	140.62
8	—	552	144.00–148.00	145.50

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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