Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago steers traded unevenly steady and 650 to 700 lbs heifers traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good, with warmer weather the area. Next Auction Dates for Aug 5th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.58/cwt on 1,703 head.

Average price

$164.58

1,703 head · 817 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$4.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.14

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	818	164.68	1,348	1,665
Medium and Large 1-2	752	160.28	1,205	38

One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about $143 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 sale1,703 hd

164.58

—

NE average6 barns · 9,803 hd

160.44

+4.14

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

25 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	—	911	136.23/cwt	135.00–137.25	1,241	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	782	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	146.65/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,188	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	160.64/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,012	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	168.98/cwt	165.00–173.50	901	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	169.79/cwt	169.25–171.00	986	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	760	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,170	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	191.35/cwt	188.00–194.00	1,035	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	144.85/cwt	144.85–144.85	1,519	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	183.93/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,133	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,450	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	158.87/cwt	151.50–161.00	1,315	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	154.62/cwt	153.50–155.75	1,495	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	158.72/cwt	151.50–164.25	1,386	487
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	172.22/cwt	170.00–173.50	1,214	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	146.27/cwt	144.50–148.00	1,069	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	153.52/cwt	153.25–153.75	1,177	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,122	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	949	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	152.35/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,120	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	186.72/cwt	182.00–191.00	1,047	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	158.61/cwt	156.25–163.25	1,071	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	159.17/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,221	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	170.46/cwt	168.25–174.50	1,328	337

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,880Last week 0Year ago 3,020

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	911	135.00–137.25	136.23
14	—	474	165.00	165.00
47	—	810	140.00–148.00	146.65
55	—	630	160.00–164.00	160.64
61	—	533	165.00–173.50	168.98
80	—	581	169.25–171.00	169.79
131	—	767	153.25–153.75	153.52
125	—	735	151.00–154.50	152.35
130	—	675	156.25–163.25	158.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	760	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	731	144.50–148.00	146.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	541	188.00–194.00	191.35
53	—	1,049	144.85	144.85
92	—	616	180.00–185.00	183.93
57	—	918	158.00	158.00
185	—	828	151.50–161.00	158.87
224	—	967	153.50–155.75	154.62
487	—	873	151.50–164.25	158.72
101	—	705	170.00–173.50	172.22
31	—	497	191.00	191.00
54	—	561	182.00–191.00	186.72
337	—	779	168.25–174.50	170.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	645	174.00	174.00
7	—	860	144.00	144.00
21	—	767	150.00–162.00	159.17

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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