Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 lbs steer traded 4.5 higher, 550 to 650 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 7.5 lower. Comparable Heifers offers 500 to 550 lbs traded 9.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Colder weather in the area with fog and light showers all day. Next Auction Dates for Oct 22nd and 29th Special Spring Calf Sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.54/cwt on 2,011 head.

Average price

$156.54

2,011 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$6.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	157.10	906	1,847
Medium and Large 1-2	532	150.18	799	164

One grade step is worth $6.92/cwt here — about $106 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 sale2,011 hd

156.54

—

NE average9 barns · 14,473 hd

154.33

+2.21

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

29 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 1Fancy	—	566	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	900	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	561	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	905	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	507	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,145	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	966	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	173.30/cwt	172.00–174.00	646	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	139.29/cwt	135.50–147.00	797	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,177	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	156.21/cwt	151.00–159.00	595	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	151.23/cwt	147.00–155.00	705	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	164.45/cwt	159.50–171.50	863	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	167.93/cwt	161.50–176.00	818	284
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	151.41/cwt	150.00–154.50	653	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	151.82/cwt	148.50–156.00	874	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	150.78/cwt	150.00–151.00	745	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	151.11/cwt	149.75–152.50	1,005	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	722	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	141.83/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,021	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	633	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	175.44/cwt	170.00–187.00	749	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	823	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	140.72/cwt	136.00–148.00	729	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	144.34/cwt	144.00–144.50	954	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	801	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	132.46/cwt	131.00–134.00	707	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	149.42/cwt	142.00–153.00	919	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	138.08/cwt	136.00–140.00	848	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	148.59/cwt	148.00–150.00	789	41

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 3,420Last week 2,988Year ago 3,710

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	566	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	327	155.00	155.00
7	—	660	131.00	131.00
9	—	871	131.50	131.50
13	—	761	127.00	127.00
173	—	572	135.50–147.00	139.29
20	—	927	127.00	127.00
58	—	381	151.00–159.00	156.21
188	—	466	147.00–155.00	151.23
103	—	431	150.00–154.50	151.41
330	—	518	136.00–148.00	140.72
147	—	614	136.00–140.00	138.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	638	129.00	129.00
23	—	534	131.00–134.00	132.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	561	161.25	161.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	373	172.00–174.00	173.30
228	—	525	159.50–171.50	164.45
284	—	487	161.50–176.00	167.93
289	—	576	148.50–156.00	151.82
455	—	665	149.75–152.50	151.11
49	—	720	140.00–145.00	141.83
120	—	427	170.00–187.00	175.44
332	—	615	142.00–153.00	149.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	494	150.00–151.00	150.78
17	—	440	164.00	164.00
26	—	398	159.00	159.00
41	—	661	144.00–144.50	144.34
17	—	572	140.00	140.00
41	—	531	148.00–150.00	148.59

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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