Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction 500 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 lower, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats today. Next Auction Date Oct 11th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.86/cwt on 1,582 head.

Average price

$181.86

1,582 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$8.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	182.30	1,026	1,504
Medium and Large 1-2	505	173.38	875	78

One grade step is worth $8.92/cwt here — about $152 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 sale1,582 hd

181.86

—

NE average9 barns · 12,752 hd

169.12

+12.74

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

23 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	—	394	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	721	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	182.07/cwt	172.00–185.25	1,038	448
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	581	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	926	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	178.63/cwt	171.00–187.50	800	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	169.58/cwt	165.00–170.00	955	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	186.76/cwt	180.00–188.00	726	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	173.11/cwt	170.50–176.00	890	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	186.89/cwt	174.50–193.00	977	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	898	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	184.27/cwt	180.00–187.50	862	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	572	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,007	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	205.59/cwt	192.00–206.75	880	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	171.59/cwt	164.25–178.50	1,145	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	178.39/cwt	168.00–185.00	830	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	176.77/cwt	171.50–182.00	1,091	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	156.28/cwt	154.00–157.50	850	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	158.92/cwt	157.00–160.00	780	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	164.01/cwt	162.00–164.50	707	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	505	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	914	52

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 Oct 7, 2021

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

Receipts 2,895Last week 3,245Year ago 2,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	394	183.00	183.00
5	—	593	155.00	155.00
61	—	519	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
448	—	570	172.00–185.25	182.07
266	—	523	174.50–193.00	186.89
177	—	468	180.00–187.50	184.27
111	—	428	192.00–206.75	205.59
245	—	667	164.25–178.50	171.59
257	—	617	171.50–182.00	176.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	323	180.00	180.00
12	—	617	150.00	150.00
67	—	448	171.00–187.50	178.63
83	—	563	165.00–170.00	169.58
116	—	389	180.00–188.00	186.76
196	—	514	170.50–176.00	173.11
295	—	465	168.00–185.00	178.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	572	176.00	176.00
52	—	505	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	544	154.00–157.50	156.28
5	—	582	147.00	147.00
11	—	387	173.00	173.00
25	—	491	157.00–160.00	158.92
40	—	431	162.00–164.50	164.01

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