Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher and 400 to 450 lbs heifers traded 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good with high internet bidding warmer weather in the area after freezing rain and snow. Next Auction Dates Nov 16th Bred Female and Regular Sale, Nov 19th Spring Calf Special

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.98/cwt on 1,959 head.

Average price

$164.98

1,959 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$2.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.20

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	165.31	941	1,681
Medium and Large 1-2	511	162.99	833	278

One grade step is worth $2.32/cwt here — about $108 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 sale1,959 hd

164.98

—

NE average11 barns · 13,725 hd

165.18

−0.20

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

27 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	—	555	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	991	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,113	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,269	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	935	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	630	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	143.49/cwt	138.00–145.00	870	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	174.15/cwt	174.00–175.00	742	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	818	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	174.24/cwt	174.00–175.50	657	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	667	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	776	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	149.57/cwt	149.00–150.00	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	160.71/cwt	154.00–165.00	935	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	143.89/cwt	140.50–147.00	1,020	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	159.52/cwt	148.00–169.00	973	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	919	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	167.20/cwt	165.00–168.00	798	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	939	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	155.65/cwt	152.75–156.75	904	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	165.13/cwt	158.00–170.00	700	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	160.74/cwt	156.50–162.00	775	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	152.51/cwt	149.00–156.50	798	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	187.77/cwt	180.00–206.00	798	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	184.02/cwt	171.00–188.25	892	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	154.55/cwt	149.00–159.50	1,022	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	165.83/cwt	163.00–173.00	879	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	192.76/cwt	190.00–201.00	731	44

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 Nov 12, 2020

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

Receipts 3,210Last week 2,875Year ago 3,920

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	555	178.50	178.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	426	174.00–175.00	174.15
33	—	377	174.00–175.50	174.24
96	—	599	153.50	153.50
99	—	477	165.00–168.00	167.20
18	—	626	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
491	—	582	154.00–165.00	160.71
44	—	709	140.50–147.00	143.89
195	—	610	148.00–169.00	159.52
63	—	425	180.00–206.00	187.77
171	—	485	171.00–188.25	184.02
269	—	661	149.00–159.50	154.55
310	—	530	163.00–173.00	165.83
44	—	379	190.00–201.00	192.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	347	173.00	173.00
11	—	1,113	114.00	114.00
14	—	703	133.00	133.00
15	—	365	172.50	172.50
58	—	606	138.00–145.00	143.49
119	—	581	152.75–156.75	155.65
125	—	424	158.00–170.00	165.13
134	—	482	156.50–162.00	160.74
85	—	523	149.00–156.50	152.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	606	135.00	135.00
16	—	442	151.00	151.00
5	—	562	138.00	138.00
12	—	481	149.00–150.00	149.57

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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