Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 750 to 800 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers, cooler weather in the area with rain showers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.72/cwt on 1,581 head.

Average price

$174.72

1,581 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.82

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	174.72	1,207	1,581

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,581 hd

174.72

—

NE average6 barns · 5,632 hd

170.89

+3.82

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	—	1,054	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	136.54/cwt	133.00–139.50	1,405	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	154.39/cwt	154.00–155.00	824	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	143.13/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,371	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	156.93/cwt	154.00–163.50	1,117	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,225	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	194.96/cwt	191.00–195.75	998	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	155.46/cwt	153.00–156.75	1,429	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	183.04/cwt	180.00–184.50	1,067	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	166.00/cwt	163.00–167.50	1,270	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	169.75/cwt	169.50–170.00	1,125	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	188.25/cwt	184.00–190.00	864	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	702	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,085	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	161.48/cwt	152.50–163.00	1,410	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	149.38/cwt	143.00–152.50	1,220	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	143.58/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,347	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	152.76/cwt	146.00–156.75	1,049	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	164.20/cwt	162.25–165.00	1,337	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	153.50/cwt	152.50–157.00	1,194	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	179.69/cwt	177.50–181.00	1,132	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	144.21/cwt	141.00–146.50	1,256	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,114	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	162.17/cwt	157.00–163.00	774	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	152.61/cwt	152.50–153.00	943	45

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 30, 2021

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

Receipts 3,245Last week 4,570Year ago 3,006

Compared with two weeks ago, 750 to 800 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers, cooler weather in the area with rain showers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,054	131.00	131.00
11	—	431	163.00	163.00
30	—	1,029	133.00–139.50	136.54
39	—	534	154.00–155.00	154.39
49	—	958	140.00–144.50	143.13
60	—	712	154.00–163.50	156.93
244	—	817	143.00–152.50	149.38
63	—	938	136.00–145.00	143.58
90	—	687	146.00–156.75	152.76
305	—	778	152.50–157.00	153.50
158	—	871	141.00–146.50	144.21
67	—	477	157.00–163.00	162.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	702	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	745	149.50	149.50
45	—	618	152.50–153.00	152.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	736	166.50	166.50
206	—	512	191.00–195.75	194.96
171	—	919	153.00–156.75	155.46
263	—	583	180.00–184.50	183.04
157	—	765	163.00–167.50	166.00
22	—	663	169.50–170.00	169.75
36	—	459	184.00–190.00	188.25
70	—	873	152.50–163.00	161.48
250	—	814	162.25–165.00	164.20
365	—	630	177.50–181.00	179.69

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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