Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 5.00 lower. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 450 to 500 lbs lots trading unevenly steady. Demand was good with high internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Dec. 10th and 17th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.41/cwt on 2,144 head.

Average price

$167.41

2,144 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$4.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.85

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	168.16	1,026	1,799
Medium and Large 1-2	536	163.47	876	345

One grade step is worth $4.70/cwt here — about $150 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 sale2,144 hd

167.41

—

NE average7 barns · 16,980 hd

165.56

+1.85

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

33 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	—	627	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,085	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	510	189.19/cwt	185.00–190.00	965	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	575	178.81/cwt	178.00–179.00	1,028	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	139.17/cwt	135.50–142.00	913	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	147.56/cwt	142.00–156.50	828	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	552	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	965	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	502	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	934	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,063	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	172.02/cwt	161.00–177.50	817	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	155.06/cwt	155.00–155.25	918	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	147.78/cwt	145.00–150.00	646	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	165.22/cwt	159.50–169.75	732	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	150.99/cwt	144.00–155.00	788	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	157.61/cwt	154.00–160.25	1,073	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	730	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	164.41/cwt	154.50–167.00	868	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	157.32/cwt	149.00–159.25	1,137	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	164.61/cwt	158.00–170.00	958	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	186.47/cwt	181.00–194.00	871	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	737	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	977	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	173.48/cwt	172.00–175.00	736	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,238	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	200.06/cwt	190.00–205.00	756	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	171.97/cwt	169.00–178.00	910	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	162.17/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,012	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	141.68/cwt	137.00–143.50	878	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	550	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	897	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	191.47/cwt	188.00–195.00	829	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,204	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	159.09/cwt	153.00–163.00	765	104

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 Dec 3, 2020

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

Receipts 3,175Last week 2,965Year ago 2,315

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	627	173.00	173.00
117	—	510	185.00–190.00	189.19
118	—	575	178.00–179.00	178.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	552	174.75	174.75
87	—	502	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	751	141.50	141.50
43	—	475	161.00–177.50	172.02
63	—	592	155.00–155.25	155.06
9	—	643	150.00	150.00
173	—	528	154.50–167.00	164.41
18	—	396	186.00	186.00
9	—	693	141.00	141.00
18	—	424	172.00–175.00	173.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	681	154.00–160.25	157.61
196	—	723	149.00–159.25	157.32
221	—	582	158.00–170.00	164.61
27	—	467	181.00–194.00	186.47
11	—	869	142.50	142.50
22	—	378	190.00–205.00	200.06
90	—	529	169.00–178.00	171.97
342	—	624	155.00–169.00	162.17
59	—	433	188.00–195.00	191.47
71	—	779	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	391	172.00	172.00
24	—	656	135.50–142.00	139.17
65	—	561	142.00–156.50	147.56
106	—	443	159.50–169.75	165.22
109	—	522	144.00–155.00	150.99
113	—	620	137.00–143.50	141.68
104	—	481	153.00–163.00	159.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	437	145.00–150.00	147.78
28	—	493	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	550	163.00	163.00

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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