Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 850 to 950 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and 750 to 850 lbs heifers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers with an active internet bidding. A significant amount of rain in the Sandhills last night. Next Auction Dates for Sept 8th and 22nd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.57/cwt on 1,921 head.

Average price

$163.57

1,921 head · 856 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$10.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.52

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	855	164.04	1,403	1,833
Medium and Large 1-2	882	153.78	1,356	88

One grade step is worth $10.26/cwt here — about $47 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 sale1,921 hd

163.57

—

NE average7 barns · 8,649 hd

165.09

−1.52

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	—	627	161.07/cwt	159.00–163.00	1,010	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	952	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	161.38/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,159	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	143.61/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,389	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	162.17/cwt	155.00–164.50	1,088	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	149.96/cwt	143.00–151.25	1,407	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	142.47/cwt	141.75–148.00	1,466	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	169.48/cwt	166.50–172.00	1,381	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	173.49/cwt	168.00–176.50	1,180	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	161.67/cwt	152.25–163.00	1,481	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,007	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	147.17/cwt	147.00–147.25	1,441	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	168.80/cwt	164.50–169.50	1,256	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	159.67/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,239	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	168.78/cwt	166.75–170.00	1,315	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,083	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,198	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	162.15/cwt	160.00–165.25	1,425	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,171	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	159.12/cwt	150.25–161.50	1,532	355
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	159.09/cwt	159.00–159.25	1,324	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	151.96/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,316	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	151.86/cwt	148.75–156.00	1,229	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	962	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,465	220

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 Sep 2, 2021

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

Receipts 3,260Last week 2,840Year ago 3,890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	627	159.00–163.00	161.07
16	—	584	163.00	163.00
29	—	718	156.00–164.00	161.38
39	—	967	139.00–147.00	143.61
64	—	671	155.00–164.50	162.17
92	—	938	143.00–151.25	149.96
122	—	776	153.00–161.00	159.67
120	—	866	143.00–155.00	151.96
140	—	809	148.75–156.00	151.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	777	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	962	152.25	152.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,029	141.75–148.00	142.47
215	—	815	166.50–172.00	169.48
189	—	680	168.00–176.50	173.49
320	—	916	152.25–163.00	161.67
16	—	569	177.00	177.00
226	—	744	164.50–169.50	168.80
74	—	779	166.75–170.00	168.78
6	—	619	175.00	175.00
364	—	879	160.00–165.25	162.15
355	—	963	150.25–161.50	159.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	979	147.00–147.25	147.17
10	—	758	158.00	158.00
7	—	723	162.00	162.00
31	—	832	159.00–159.25	159.09

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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