Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 lbs steers traded 2.00 higher and 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower, 500 to 550 lbs heifers traded 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and warmer weather in the area. Next Auction Dates Nov 8th 11th and 18th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.33/cwt on 1,944 head.

Average price

$180.33

1,944 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$5.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.66

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	180.96	1,031	1,727
Medium and Large 1-2	535	175.26	938	217

One grade step is worth $5.71/cwt here — about $93 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 sale1,944 hd

180.33

—

NE average10 barns · 16,565 hd

176.66

+3.66

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

26 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	—	660	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,000	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	167.70/cwt	164.00–176.00	652	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	161.81/cwt	160.00–163.00	688	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	159.84/cwt	154.00–169.00	754	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	147.68/cwt	140.50–153.00	923	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	864	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	205.54/cwt	204.00–206.00	795	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	165.73/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,109	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,041	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	159.14/cwt	156.00–164.00	913	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	193.58/cwt	184.00–205.00	997	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	170.68/cwt	164.00–175.75	1,086	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	695	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	207.33/cwt	207.00–208.00	898	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	154.64/cwt	150.00–159.00	673	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	185.45/cwt	180.00–191.00	898	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	200.98/cwt	195.00–208.00	969	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.50/cwt	149.00–162.00	817	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	581	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,118	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	596	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,007	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	507	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	857	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	176.52/cwt	170.00–179.00	939	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	173.91/cwt	168.00–183.00	1,002	616
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	148.70/cwt	143.00–155.50	848	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	707	21

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 Nov 4, 2021

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

Receipts 3,620Last week 5,150Year ago 2,875

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	660	151.50	151.50
34	—	389	164.00–176.00	167.70
38	—	425	160.00–163.00	161.81
107	—	472	154.00–169.00	159.84
203	—	625	140.50–153.00	147.68
352	—	522	149.00–162.00	156.50
230	—	570	143.00–155.50	148.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	631	137.00	137.00
9	—	547	149.50	149.50
23	—	435	150.00–159.00	154.64
21	—	468	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	596	169.00	169.00
35	—	507	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	387	204.00–206.00	205.54
148	—	669	161.00–167.00	165.73
245	—	515	184.00–205.00	193.58
344	—	636	164.00–175.75	170.68
7	—	316	220.00	220.00
18	—	433	207.00–208.00	207.33
214	—	482	195.00–208.00	200.98
616	—	576	168.00–183.00	173.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	685	152.00	152.00
23	—	574	156.00–164.00	159.14
69	—	484	180.00–191.00	185.45
105	—	532	170.00–179.00	176.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	581	192.50	192.50

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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