Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 750 to 800 lbs steers traded steady to 3.00 higher, 700 to 800 lbs heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good wit high internet bidding. Next auction Dates for Oct 12th, 15th, 22nd and 29th Regular Sales on Mondays Oct 19th and 26th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.73/cwt on 1,362 head.

Average price

$151.73

1,362 head · 801 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

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

$16.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	800	151.82	1,215	1,355
Medium and Large 1-2	922	135.00	1,245	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.82/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale1,362 hd

151.73

—

NE average5 barns · 8,144 hd

157.63

−5.90

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	130.20/cwt	129.50–130.75	1,146	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	146.37/cwt	144.75–148.50	965	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	143.21/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,055	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,313	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	136.63/cwt	131.00–139.85	1,116	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	886	134.86/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,195	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	769	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,140	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	154.14/cwt	153.00–154.50	1,134	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	141.42/cwt	136.50–144.25	1,089	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	142.61/cwt	139.00–143.75	1,322	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	158.96/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,065	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,190	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,015	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	140.56/cwt	135.50–142.50	1,361	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	167.25/cwt	166.50–168.00	1,029	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	154.20/cwt	149.50–158.25	1,203	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	682	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,006	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	150.99/cwt	146.50–151.50	1,234	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	145.30/cwt	143.75–147.25	1,257	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	832	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,245	7

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Receipts 3,006Last week 4,760Year ago 4,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	928	129.75	129.75
39	—	880	129.50–130.75	130.20
98	—	659	144.75–148.50	146.37
102	—	737	137.00–144.00	143.21
118	—	967	135.75	135.75
172	—	817	131.00–139.85	136.63
302	—	770	136.50–144.25	141.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	886	134.00–136.00	134.86
98	—	769	148.25	148.25
14	—	682	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	952	125.00	125.00
7	—	769	132.00	132.00
12	—	578	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	736	153.00–154.50	154.14
83	—	927	139.00–143.75	142.61
27	—	670	152.00–162.00	158.96
84	—	968	135.50–142.50	140.56
184	—	615	166.50–168.00	167.25
356	—	780	149.50–158.25	154.20
215	—	817	146.50–151.50	150.99
332	—	865	143.75–147.25	145.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	922	135.00	135.00

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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