Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 5.00 higher with a high demand for 500 to 600 lbs heifers trading 3.00 to 13.00 higher. Next Auction Dates for Feb 11th Special Bred Female Sale and Feb 25th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.58/cwt on 2,030 head.

Average price

$158.58

2,030 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$17.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.46

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	160.24	865	1,836
Medium and Large 1-2	608	142.88	869	194

One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale2,030 hd

158.58

—

NE average9 barns · 12,628 hd

144.13

+14.46

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	647	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,097	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	144.12/cwt	144.00–144.50	1,019	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	969	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	172.91/cwt	168.00–176.25	737	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	146.15/cwt	135.00–155.50	911	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	159.80/cwt	156.00–163.50	847	401
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	165.03/cwt	155.00–170.00	800	538
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	187.50/cwt	187.00–189.00	810	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,194	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	186.51/cwt	186.00–187.00	722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	606	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,157	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	155.17/cwt	151.50–156.75	1,040	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	190.80/cwt	188.00–196.50	901	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.64/cwt	153.75–166.50	1,006	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.82/cwt	143.50–149.00	1,054	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	143.60/cwt	143.25–145.00	1,107	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	158.48/cwt	153.00–161.50	897	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	147.55/cwt	142.00–148.75	984	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	141.34/cwt	141.00–142.00	878	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	161.36/cwt	161.00–162.00	834	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.94/cwt	129.00–136.00	904	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	175.40/cwt	163.00–177.00	973	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	177.06/cwt	171.00–179.00	942	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	146.02/cwt	142.00–149.50	853	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	856	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	920	16

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 Feb 4, 2021

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

Receipts 3,530Last week 4,140Year ago 3,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	392	165.00	165.00
15	—	871	126.00	126.00
61	—	707	144.00–144.50	144.12
91	—	657	147.50	147.50
172	—	426	168.00–176.25	172.91
204	—	623	135.00–155.50	146.15
401	—	530	156.00–163.50	159.80
538	—	485	155.00–170.00	165.03
299	—	566	153.00–161.50	158.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	606	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	670	129.00–136.00	134.94
139	—	584	142.00–149.50	146.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	432	187.00–189.00	187.50
9	—	891	134.00	134.00
10	—	387	186.00–187.00	186.51
328	—	670	151.50–156.75	155.17
33	—	472	188.00–196.50	190.80
195	—	626	153.75–166.50	160.64
77	—	723	143.50–149.00	145.82
92	—	771	143.25–145.00	143.60
117	—	555	163.00–177.00	175.40
55	—	532	171.00–179.00	177.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	667	142.00–148.75	147.55
24	—	621	141.00–142.00	141.34
14	—	517	161.00–162.00	161.36
11	—	481	178.00	178.00
8	—	740	141.00	141.00
16	—	590	156.00	156.00

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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