Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Sale of the New Year. A high demand for several load lots of steers and Sandhill raised replacement heifers, very cold weather in the area. Next Auction Dates Jan 13, 20th and 27th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.58/cwt on 2,957 head.

Average price

$185.58

2,957 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$189

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

$6.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.34

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	191.34	1,046	208
Medium and Large 1	667	185.15	1,235	2,749

One grade step is worth $6.20/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale2,957 hd

185.58

—

NE average8 barns · 19,439 hd

178.24

+7.34

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

33 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	—	371	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,409	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,169	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	168.01/cwt	162.00–170.00	1,069	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	153.42/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,049	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	178.12/cwt	173.00–181.00	825	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	997	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	197.35/cwt	194.50–201.00	1,160	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	175.02/cwt	171.00–180.25	1,276	665
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	167.52/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,315	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	166.89/cwt	165.00–168.50	1,380	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	181.89/cwt	168.00–187.75	1,222	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	773	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,322	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	198.44/cwt	195.00–202.00	954	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	184.33/cwt	179.50–189.75	1,158	258
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	665	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,247	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	610	176.79/cwt	174.50–182.00	1,078	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	205.14/cwt	201.00–213.00	1,087	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,414	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	153.67/cwt	151.50–155.00	1,119	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	178.68/cwt	173.50–185.00	954	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	174.98/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,017	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	183.78/cwt	182.50–184.50	1,090	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	194.39/cwt	192.00–198.50	1,050	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	213.66/cwt	211.00–223.00	908	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	515	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	981	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	575	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,110	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	717	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,219	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	620	196.45/cwt	196.00–199.00	1,218	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	512	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,178	42

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Jan 6, 2022

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

Receipts 4,500Last week 3,955Year ago 4,230

First Sale of the New Year. A high demand for several load lots of steers and Sandhill raised replacement heifers, very cold weather in the area. Next Auction Dates Jan 13, 20th and 27th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	371	196.00	196.00
16	—	1,014	139.00	139.00
24	—	760	153.75	153.75
168	—	636	162.00–170.00	168.01
46	—	684	153.00–154.00	153.42
54	—	463	173.00–181.00	178.12
80	—	728	151.50–155.00	153.67
184	—	534	173.50–185.00	178.68
286	—	581	170.00–182.50	174.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	665	187.50	187.50
65	—	610	174.50–182.00	176.79
21	—	515	190.50	190.50
33	—	575	193.00	193.00
33	—	717	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	424	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	477	209.00	209.00
249	—	588	194.50–201.00	197.35
665	—	729	171.00–180.25	175.02
90	—	785	162.00–169.00	167.52
202	—	827	165.00–168.50	166.89
491	—	672	168.00–187.75	181.89
258	—	628	179.50–189.75	184.33
236	—	530	201.00–213.00	205.14
66	—	869	162.75	162.75
48	—	425	211.00–223.00	213.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	773	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	481	195.00–202.00	198.44
9	—	625	172.00	172.00
56	—	593	182.50–184.50	183.78
103	—	540	192.00–198.50	194.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	585	210.00	210.00
232	—	620	196.00–199.00	196.45
42	—	512	230.00	230.00

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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