Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 5.00 lower, 550 lbs heifers traded 9.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers a hard freeze in the area. Next Auction Date Thursday, Dec 2nd Special Spring calf sale (weaned & non-weaned)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.64/cwt on 1,511 head.

Average price

$172.64

1,511 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,033

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$10.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	174.27	1,049	1,271
Medium and Large 1-2	580	164.00	950	240

One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $98 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 sale1,511 hd

172.64

—

NE average8 barns · 10,940 hd

172.30

+0.34

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

24 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	—	653	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	159.04/cwt	155.00–161.00	824	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	168.07/cwt	165.00–170.00	718	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	165.80/cwt	160.00–167.50	793	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	162.08/cwt	156.00–165.00	940	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	151.71/cwt	146.00–163.00	931	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,146	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	202.79/cwt	194.00–207.00	945	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	158.56/cwt	155.00–163.50	1,134	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	186.78/cwt	182.00–190.00	986	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	164.94/cwt	160.50–169.50	1,117	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	177.56/cwt	169.00–185.00	1,017	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	168.16/cwt	161.00–173.00	1,049	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,116	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	153.99/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,043	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	175.39/cwt	175.00–177.00	907	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	152.94/cwt	150.00–155.00	739	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	146.93/cwt	143.50–150.00	827	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	152.66/cwt	144.00–154.00	815	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	179.15/cwt	174.00–187.00	872	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	156.42/cwt	149.00–159.00	987	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	161.31/cwt	157.00–167.00	919	82

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 2,535Last week 3,360Year ago 2,965

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	653	143.00	143.00
49	—	518	155.00–161.00	159.04
52	—	427	165.00–170.00	168.07
122	—	478	160.00–167.50	165.80
137	—	580	156.00–165.00	162.08
150	—	614	146.00–163.00	151.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	483	150.00–155.00	152.94
44	—	563	143.50–150.00	146.93
73	—	534	144.00–154.00	152.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	207.00	207.00
6	—	754	152.00	152.00
10	—	420	218.00	218.00
90	—	466	194.00–207.00	202.79
97	—	715	155.00–163.50	158.56
120	—	528	182.00–190.00	186.78
175	—	677	160.50–169.50	164.94
353	—	573	169.00–185.00	177.56
415	—	624	161.00–173.00	168.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	727	153.50	153.50
26	—	677	152.00–155.00	153.99
35	—	517	175.00–177.00	175.39
37	—	487	174.00–187.00	179.15
52	—	631	149.00–159.00	156.42
82	—	570	157.00–167.00	161.31

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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