Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2020-10-08

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 8
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
2,780 head
226 vs last sale 3,006 60 vs year ago 2,720 · +2.2%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good for the first big show of spring calves at the barn today. Several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Date Monday, Oct 12th and Thursday Oct 15th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.40/cwt on 1,696 head.
Average price
$168.40
1,696 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$935
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.26
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554168.529341,680
Medium and Large 1-2624155.5097016thin
One grade step is worth $13.02/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale1,696 hd
168.40
NE average10 barns · 16,250 hd
156.14
+12.26
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

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624155.50/cwt155.50–155.5097016
SteersMedium and Large 1659163.64/cwt158.00–167.001,078249
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy607170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,032103
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy530177.00/cwt177.00–177.00938113
HeifersMedium and Large 1335172.00/cwt172.00–172.005766
HeifersMedium and Large 1519157.00/cwt157.00–157.0081542
HeifersMedium and Large 1422160.43/cwt157.00–166.0067757
HeifersMedium and Large 1578141.91/cwt141.50–142.0082078
SteersMedium and Large 1618164.28/cwt156.75–166.001,015137
SteersMedium and Large 1490172.38/cwt166.00–175.50845184
SteersMedium and Large 1518166.38/cwt164.00–168.00862269
SteersMedium and Large 1569166.28/cwt158.00–172.00946460
SteersMedium and Large 1376185.06/cwt180.00–187.0069638
SteersMedium and Large 1430176.01/cwt171.00–183.00757127
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed444189.36/cwt184.50–191.00841182
HeifersMedium and Large 1383175.84/cwt170.00–180.00673122
HeifersMedium and Large 1484172.11/cwt168.50–175.00833287

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.