Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Due to high internet bidding and several buyers today there was a high demand for grass heifers. Next Auction Date March 25th Bred cow auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.30/cwt on 2,010 head.

Average price

$168.30

2,010 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$8.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.44

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	169.69	1,114	1,690
Medium and Large 1-2	598	160.98	962	320

One grade step is worth $8.71/cwt here — about $151 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 sale2,010 hd

168.30

—

NE average8 barns · 13,854 hd

158.86

+9.44

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

35 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	—	461	186.56/cwt	183.00–189.00	860	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	639	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	177.50/cwt	173.00–189.00	740	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	132.25/cwt	130.00–133.00	939	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	166.72/cwt	164.00–171.00	872	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	138.67/cwt	135.00–141.00	928	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	159.29/cwt	151.75–165.75	1,085	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,096	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	220.02/cwt	214.00–222.00	937	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,303	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	210.12/cwt	189.00–220.00	983	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	144.97/cwt	141.50–151.00	1,031	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	747	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,046	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	187.83/cwt	183.25–195.50	1,001	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	607	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,102	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	153.19/cwt	146.00–157.00	882	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	528	213.54/cwt	211.50–218.50	1,127	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	216.71/cwt	213.00–219.00	839	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,074	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	158.42/cwt	155.00–160.00	987	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	132.27/cwt	132.00–135.50	1,107	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	999	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	176.46/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,022	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	142.55/cwt	134.50–149.00	901	393
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	176.97/cwt	176.00–178.00	664	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	134.76/cwt	126.00–135.75	1,244	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	176.12/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,080	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	163.61/cwt	160.50–172.00	749	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	167.95/cwt	167.50–168.50	954	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	176.67/cwt	174.00–183.00	756	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,003	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	143.75/cwt	137.00–146.00	817	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	174.97/cwt	172.00–180.00	908	31

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 Mar 11, 2021

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

Receipts 4,060Last week 0Year ago 3,567

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	461	183.00–189.00	186.56
14	—	349	183.00	183.00
43	—	417	173.00–189.00	177.50
67	—	710	130.00–133.00	132.25
187	—	523	164.00–171.00	166.72
193	—	669	135.00–141.00	138.67
288	—	576	146.00–157.00	153.19
393	—	632	134.50–149.00	142.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	747	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	147.00	147.00
17	—	375	176.00–178.00	176.97
7	—	633	136.00	136.00
41	—	458	160.50–172.00	163.61
36	—	568	137.00–146.00	143.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
340	—	681	151.75–165.75	159.29
16	—	863	127.00	127.00
39	—	426	214.00–222.00	220.02
55	—	1,028	126.75	126.75
96	—	468	189.00–220.00	210.12
136	—	711	141.50–151.00	144.97
118	—	533	183.25–195.50	187.83
18	—	387	213.00–219.00	216.71
50	—	750	143.25	143.25
63	—	837	132.00–135.50	132.27
219	—	579	170.00–185.00	176.46
140	—	923	126.00–135.75	134.76
206	—	613	173.00–177.00	176.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	607	181.50	181.50
143	—	528	211.50–218.50	213.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	623	155.00–160.00	158.42
14	—	694	144.00	144.00
11	—	568	167.50–168.50	167.95
31	—	428	174.00–183.00	176.67
7	—	743	135.00	135.00
31	—	519	172.00–180.00	174.97

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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