Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2021-10-14

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 14
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
2,210 head
685 vs last sale 2,895 778 vs year ago 2,988 · 26.0%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 8.00 lower, 500 to 550 lbs heifers traded 13.00 to 18.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Cooler weather in the area with a freeze in the Sandhills. Next Auction Dates Oct. 21st, 25th & 28th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.69/cwt on 1,453 head.
Average price
$175.69
1,453 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.92
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595176.591,0511,310
Medium and Large 1-2536167.52898143
One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,453 hd
175.69
NE average12 barns · 17,077 hd
173.77
+1.92
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

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1535187.71/cwt181.50–189.501,004282
SteersMedium and Large 1675169.02/cwt164.00–172.251,141278
SteersMedium and Large 1564175.79/cwt154.00–180.00991170
SteersMedium and Large 1469203.60/cwt203.00–206.0095557
SteersMedium and Large 1443196.52/cwt195.00–197.5087142
SteersMedium and Large 1389210.00/cwt210.00–210.0081714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451152.00/cwt152.00–152.006868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576161.59/cwt155.00–167.0093172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487182.70/cwt176.00–189.5089046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511156.65/cwt155.00–160.0080025
SteersMedium and Large 1630168.57/cwt161.00–174.501,062467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526146.04/cwt142.00–154.0076828
HeifersMedium and Large 1533159.91/cwt159.00–163.00852167
HeifersMedium and Large 1578151.03/cwt148.00–152.50873123
HeifersMedium and Large 1618154.92/cwt154.00–155.0095784
HeifersMedium and Large 1480158.89/cwt154.00–164.0076384
HeifersMedium and Large 1410164.37/cwt160.00–167.0067421

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.