Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers today. Rain shower last night in the area. Next Auction Dates for July 15th Special Fall Bred Female and Regular Sale, July 22nd Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.79/cwt on 1,820 head.

Average price

$164.79

1,820 head · 818 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$295

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

$2.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	644	167.46	1,078	156
Medium and Large 1	835	164.54	1,373	1,664

One grade step is worth $2.91/cwt here — about −$295 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 sale1,820 hd

164.79

—

NE average2 barns · 7,260 hd

166.65

−1.86

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

36 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 1-2	—	487	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	891	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	175.40/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,026	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	166.77/cwt	164.00–169.50	1,072	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,120	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,226	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	146.58/cwt	142.00–152.00	855	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	155.02/cwt	154.00–156.00	791	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	879	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	169.56/cwt	160.00–170.25	1,363	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	171.20/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,335	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	153.71/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,056	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	141.07/cwt	138.50–142.00	1,205	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	147.40/cwt	146.00–147.75	1,139	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	172.25/cwt	165.00–174.50	737	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	193.41/cwt	185.00–196.50	1,066	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	171.74/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,156	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	159.53/cwt	158.75–159.75	1,386	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	157.47/cwt	155.00–159.75	1,442	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	149.22/cwt	147.25–150.00	1,524	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	162.96/cwt	161.75–164.75	996	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,302	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	1,444	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	180.71/cwt	178.50–181.50	1,148	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	192.93/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,030	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	946	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	812	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,340	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	146.06/cwt	142.25–152.00	1,062	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	814	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	163.33/cwt	158.50–172.75	921	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	169.14/cwt	164.50–172.75	905	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,180	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,316	7

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 Jul 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,850Last week 0Year ago 2,915

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	487	183.00	183.00
54	—	585	171.00–180.00	175.40
41	—	643	164.00–169.50	166.77
31	—	718	156.00	156.00
10	—	822	151.00	151.00
8	—	771	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	804	160.00–170.25	169.56
111	—	780	168.00–176.00	171.20
35	—	551	185.00–196.50	193.41
20	—	673	169.00–174.00	171.74
305	—	869	158.75–159.75	159.53
304	—	916	155.00–159.75	157.47
214	—	1,021	147.25–150.00	149.22
13	—	744	175.00	175.00
8	—	401	201.00	201.00
110	—	958	150.75	150.75
107	—	635	178.50–181.50	180.71
71	—	534	185.00–194.00	192.93
36	—	467	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	812	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	683	146.00	146.00
5	—	786	136.00	136.00
39	—	583	142.00–152.00	146.58
27	—	510	154.00–156.00	155.02
21	—	606	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	687	144.00–156.00	153.71
79	—	854	138.50–142.00	141.07
73	—	773	146.00–147.75	147.40
34	—	428	165.00–174.50	172.25
74	—	611	161.75–164.75	162.96
33	—	727	142.25–152.00	146.06
31	—	483	168.50	168.50
29	—	564	158.50–172.75	163.33
27	—	535	164.50–172.75	169.14
22	—	808	146.00	146.00
7	—	957	137.50	137.50

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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