Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 lbs Steers traded 2.00 higher, 500 to 650 lbs Steers traded 2.00 to 10.00 lower. No comparable offerings for Heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers and moderate internet bidding today, light freeze in the area. Next Auction Dates: Monday, Oct 19th and 26th Regular Sale. Thursday, Oct. 22nd Spring Calf Sale and Oct. 29th Special Spring Calf Sale & Yearling Sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.05/cwt on 1,946 head.

Average price

$169.05

1,946 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$16.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	169.70	916	1,870
Medium and Large 1-2	569	153.17	872	76

One grade step is worth $16.53/cwt here — about $45 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 sale1,946 hd

169.05

—

NE average10 barns · 18,054 hd

158.43

+10.63

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

28 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 1Fancy	—	456	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	880	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	521	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	938	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	666	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	675	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	142.91/cwt	136.00–143.75	936	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	374	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	793	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	414	202.27/cwt	200.00–207.50	837	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	174.51/cwt	169.50–178.50	818	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,003	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	157.56/cwt	148.50–159.75	983	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	158.70/cwt	148.25–159.75	1,062	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	160.36/cwt	154.00–163.25	829	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	466	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	753	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	149.88/cwt	144.00–151.00	863	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	150.40/cwt	145.00–155.00	790	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	186.40/cwt	180.00–192.50	721	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	751	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	140.95/cwt	140.00–141.25	812	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	742	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	155.80/cwt	149.00–158.50	896	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	141.80/cwt	141.00–143.00	759	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	543	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	144.03/cwt	142.00–145.00	661	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	146.76/cwt	141.00–147.50	982	35

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 15, 2020

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

Receipts 2,988Last week 2,780Year ago 3,340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	456	193.00	193.00
182	—	521	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	374	212.00	212.00
96	—	414	200.00–207.50	202.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
288	—	469	169.50–178.50	174.51
8	—	704	142.50	142.50
257	—	624	148.50–159.75	157.56
279	—	669	148.25–159.75	158.70
235	—	517	154.00–163.25	160.36
30	—	387	180.00–192.50	186.40
17	—	404	186.00	186.00
294	—	575	149.00–158.50	155.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	146.00	146.00
8	—	436	174.00	174.00
28	—	474	156.50	156.50
35	—	669	141.00–147.50	146.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	357	161.00	161.00
32	—	472	141.00	141.00
34	—	419	161.00	161.00
97	—	655	136.00–143.75	142.91
159	—	576	144.00–151.00	149.88
220	—	525	145.00–155.00	150.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	466	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	576	140.00–141.25	140.95
22	—	535	141.00–143.00	141.80
8	—	388	140.00	140.00
19	—	459	142.00–145.00	144.03
5	—	603	135.50	135.50

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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