Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 lbs steers traded 2.00 lower and 550 to 600 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 550 lbs heifer offerings traded steady. Demand was good with several buyers, another hard freeze in the area. Next Auction Dates Monday, Oct 25th Special Bred Female Auction & Regular Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.96/cwt on 1,695 head.

Average price

$177.96

1,695 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$14.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	179.43	1,063	1,517
Medium and Large 1-2	599	165.39	991	178

One grade step is worth $14.04/cwt here — about $72 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 sale1,695 hd

177.96

—

NE average9 barns · 16,209 hd

172.04

+5.92

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	147.86/cwt	147.00–148.50	926	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	169.88/cwt	166.00–173.00	724	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	162.70/cwt	160.00–165.00	838	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	152.64/cwt	147.00–157.50	873	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	986	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	169.46/cwt	164.00–174.00	817	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	184.70/cwt	178.00–195.00	975	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	181.25/cwt	173.50–186.00	1,040	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	162.09/cwt	161.50–166.00	1,021	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	834	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	187.41/cwt	182.00–206.00	881	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,031	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	203.70/cwt	199.00–210.00	856	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	950	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	175.36/cwt	174.50–177.00	926	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	179.20/cwt	172.00–184.00	676	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	171.10/cwt	166.50–172.75	1,218	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	594	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	974	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	164.01/cwt	161.00–166.00	794	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	565	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,079	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	672	174.02/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,169	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	166.59/cwt	165.00–167.50	1,104	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	173.42/cwt	170.25–176.00	1,077	354

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 21, 2021

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

Receipts 2,580Last week 2,210Year ago 3,420

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	626	147.00–148.50	147.86
78	—	426	166.00–173.00	169.88
96	—	515	160.00–165.00	162.70
203	—	572	147.00–157.50	152.64
20	—	704	140.00	140.00
210	—	482	164.00–174.00	169.46
21	—	377	172.00–184.00	179.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	594	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	484	161.00–166.00	164.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	528	178.00–195.00	184.70
220	—	574	173.50–186.00	181.25
25	—	399	209.00	209.00
147	—	470	182.00–206.00	187.41
41	—	420	199.00–210.00	203.70
192	—	712	166.50–172.75	171.10
68	—	663	165.00–167.50	166.59
354	—	621	170.25–176.00	173.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	630	161.50–166.00	162.09
13	—	683	151.00	151.00
19	—	576	165.00	165.00
51	—	528	174.50–177.00	175.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	565	191.00	191.00
161	—	672	172.00–176.00	174.02

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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