Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Light weight yearling heifers sold steady; over 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Despite the lower market, bidding was active with several buyers in attendance and some lots were sold to internet buyers. Several buyers stayed to the end of the sale to fill loads. Most consignments coming off summer grass. Several lots sold with weigh-up conditions in buyers favor. Quite a few preg checked open heifers from area ranchers’ replacement herds in the run.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.22/cwt on 2,755 head.

Average price

$159.22

2,755 head · 896 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$9.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	886	160.49	1,422	2,277
Medium and Large 1-2	766	158.56	1,214	116
Large 1	1,001	151.46	1,516	362

One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale2,755 hd

159.22

—

NE average6 barns · 8,815 hd

164.95

−5.73

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,109	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	948	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	141.42/cwt	138.75–145.50	1,244	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	163.48/cwt	161.00–164.75	1,110	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	145.86/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,138	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	161.25/cwt	160.50–164.50	1,176	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	166.20/cwt	160.50–168.75	1,301	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	162.85/cwt	160.00–166.25	1,348	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	156.08/cwt	150.50–160.10	1,501	413
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	158.28/cwt	155.50–161.00	1,448	647
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	159.12/cwt	155.00–162.25	1,407	649
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,406	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,117	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,024	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	158.13/cwt	157.00–158.50	1,324	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	155.33/cwt	147.50–157.50	1,218	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,114	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	809	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,187	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	782	150.80/cwt	150.25–153.00	1,179	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	876	145.48/cwt	142.75–147.50	1,274	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	822	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,439	188
Steers	Large 1	—	997	150.47/cwt	146.75–151.75	1,500	140
Steers	Large 1	—	1,003	152.09/cwt	151.50–152.75	1,525	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	139.78/cwt	136.50–141.75	1,364	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	153.19/cwt	150.50–154.00	1,173	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	699	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,136	98
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	—	877	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,276	46
Heifers	Large 1Spayed	—	901	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,345	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	955	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,335	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,037	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,234	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	957	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	139.61/cwt	134.00–144.75	1,287	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,059	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	146.90/cwt	144.00–148.75	1,200	64

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 16, 2021

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

Receipts 4,570Last week 3,260Year ago 4,760

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	718	154.50	154.50
38	—	584	162.25	162.25
182	—	880	138.75–145.50	141.42
87	—	679	161.00–164.75	163.48
67	—	976	136.50–141.75	139.78
78	—	766	150.50–154.00	153.19
94	—	922	134.00–144.75	139.61
124	—	625	169.50	169.50
64	—	817	144.00–148.75	146.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	780	143.00–146.50	145.86
8	—	596	157.00	157.00
18	—	715	145.00	145.00
18	—	875	141.00	141.00
30	—	636	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	809	146.75	146.75
121	—	782	150.25–153.00	150.80
176	—	876	142.75–147.50	145.48
65	—	955	139.75	139.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	699	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	877	145.50	145.50
120	—	901	149.25	149.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	729	160.50–164.50	161.25
138	—	783	160.50–168.75	166.20
169	—	828	160.00–166.25	162.85
413	—	962	150.50–160.10	156.08
647	—	915	155.50–161.00	158.28
649	—	884	155.00–162.25	159.12
21	—	659	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	931	151.00	151.00
12	—	673	166.00	166.00
18	—	613	167.00	167.00
24	—	837	157.00–158.50	158.13
55	—	784	147.50–157.50	155.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	822	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	997	146.75–151.75	150.47
222	—	1,003	151.50–152.75	152.09

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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