Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. A high demand for replacement quality heifers and light weight grass steers. Baby calves off the cow today: Bulls $325 and Heifers $225. Next Auction Dates for March 4th and 25th Bred Cow Auctions, March 11th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.50/cwt on 1,928 head.

Average price

$175.50

1,928 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$8.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.65

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	175.86	1,085	1,845
Medium and Large 1-2	553	167.48	926	83

One grade step is worth $8.38/cwt here — about $159 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 sale1,928 hd

175.50

—

NE average9 barns · 16,804 hd

153.85

+21.65

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

30 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	—	690	173.78/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,199	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	660	167.29/cwt	167.00–167.50	1,104	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	182.35/cwt	180.00–183.75	1,116	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	170.83/cwt	166.50–176.00	832	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	159.15/cwt	155.00–165.00	850	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,162	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	676	151.42/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,024	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	627	166.97/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,047	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	713	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,009	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	884	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	154.15/cwt	150.00–158.75	1,064	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	164.53/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,032	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	154.74/cwt	152.00–157.75	1,119	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	177.30/cwt	169.50–180.50	1,016	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	203.28/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,063	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	135.78/cwt	134.00–137.50	979	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.08/cwt	134.00–146.50	929	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	209.81/cwt	204.00–210.75	1,009	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	153.45/cwt	145.00–162.50	878	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	148.83/cwt	144.50–153.50	923	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,156	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	868	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	934	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	142.59/cwt	140.00–144.50	826	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	139.17/cwt	137.50–141.50	870	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	947	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	960	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	177.52/cwt	176.00–184.50	877	33

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 3,535Last week 3,530Year ago 2,325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	690	172.00–175.00	173.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	169.00	169.00
62	—	487	166.50–176.00	170.83
123	—	534	155.00–165.00	159.15
144	—	721	134.00–137.50	135.78
201	—	668	134.00–146.50	139.08
202	—	572	145.00–162.50	153.45
203	—	620	144.50–153.50	148.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	676	150.00–157.00	151.42
78	—	627	163.00–173.00	166.97
40	—	713	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	682	137.00	137.00
44	—	579	140.00–144.50	142.59
70	—	625	137.50–141.50	139.17
5	—	523	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	660	167.00–167.50	167.29
298	—	612	180.00–183.75	182.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	818	142.00	142.00
49	—	398	222.00	222.00
120	—	690	150.00–158.75	154.15
294	—	627	160.00–168.00	164.53
321	—	723	152.00–157.75	154.74
188	—	573	169.50–180.50	177.30
240	—	523	200.00–208.00	203.28
129	—	481	204.00–210.75	209.81
37	—	781	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	444	195.50	195.50
15	—	590	160.50	160.50
23	—	671	143.00	143.00
33	—	494	176.00–184.50	177.52

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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