Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 lbs grass steers traded 20.00 higher and 500 to 750 lbs steers traded steady. Heifer offerings 500 to 600 lbs traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers with little internet activity. Next Auction Date Jan 20th Weigh ups at 9:30, 12:30 Bull Sale, followed by Bred Females

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.52/cwt on 3,449 head.

Average price

$186.52

3,449 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$7.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	654	187.39	1,226	3,050
Medium and Large 1-2	631	179.83	1,134	399

One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $92 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 sale3,449 hd

186.52

—

NE average11 barns · 25,872 hd

180.21

+6.30

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

39 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 1Fancy	—	796	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,276	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	729	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,239	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,082	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	170.66/cwt	165.50–174.50	1,062	318
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,140	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	177.70/cwt	176.00–181.50	871	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	159.08/cwt	158.50–159.50	1,414	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	229.42/cwt	224.50–231.50	1,110	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	187.13/cwt	181.00–192.25	1,179	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,500	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,003	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	462	214.60/cwt	214.00–216.00	991	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	577	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,062	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	166.08/cwt	165.00–166.50	1,136	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	194.02/cwt	190.35–201.50	1,110	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	168.58/cwt	164.50–176.50	1,283	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	163.13/cwt	158.00–163.50	1,197	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	183.37/cwt	171.50–188.50	1,236	797
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	199.87/cwt	199.00–202.50	1,081	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	723	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,316	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	666	173.70/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,157	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	159.97/cwt	158.00–162.00	942	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	176.89/cwt	169.00–183.00	936	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,181	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	176.01/cwt	170.00–178.75	1,274	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,044	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	152.82/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,105	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	177.32/cwt	168.00–183.50	1,007	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	152.98/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,037	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	157.63/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,308	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	177.76/cwt	177.00–178.50	1,131	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	209.35/cwt	204.00–222.00	1,130	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	157.04/cwt	156.00–158.00	982	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	168.23/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,115	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	718	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,142	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	609	197.65/cwt	196.75–199.00	1,204	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	598	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,127	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,132	90

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 Jan 13, 2022

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

Receipts 5,620Last week 4,500Year ago 5,920

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	796	160.25	160.25
80	—	729	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,082	127.50	127.50
318	—	622	165.50–174.50	170.66
32	—	490	176.00–181.50	177.70
206	—	529	169.00–183.00	176.89
157	—	723	151.00–154.50	152.82
194	—	568	168.00–183.50	177.32
254	—	663	161.00–172.00	168.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	786	145.00	145.00
12	—	589	158.00–162.00	159.97
45	—	678	150.00–154.00	152.98
16	—	625	156.00–158.00	157.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	666	173.00–174.00	173.70
22	—	718	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	889	158.50–159.50	159.08
119	—	484	224.50–231.50	229.42
420	—	630	181.00–192.25	187.13
6	—	369	224.00	224.00
16	—	1,000	150.00	150.00
42	—	442	227.00	227.00
166	—	572	190.35–201.50	194.02
205	—	761	164.50–176.50	168.58
797	—	674	171.50–188.50	183.37
244	—	724	170.00–178.75	176.01
75	—	830	157.00–163.00	157.63
268	—	540	204.00–222.00	209.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	462	214.00–216.00	214.60
81	—	577	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	684	165.00–166.50	166.08
86	—	734	158.00–163.50	163.13
43	—	541	199.00–202.50	199.87
70	—	751	157.25	157.25
11	—	497	210.00	210.00
34	—	636	177.00–178.50	177.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	723	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
290	—	609	196.75–199.00	197.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	598	188.50	188.50
90	—	637	177.75	177.75

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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