Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 500 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 10.00 higher, with a limited number of comparable offering for heifers with 500 lbs offerings 7.00 higher and 550 lbs offerings 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with warmer weather in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.57/cwt on 2,779 head.

Average price

$191.57

2,779 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$14.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.92

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	193.16	1,206	2,481
Medium and Large 1-2	625	178.32	1,115	298

One grade step is worth $14.84/cwt here — about $91 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 sale2,779 hd

191.57

—

NE average10 barns · 20,645 hd

177.64

+13.92

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

36 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	—	336	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,158	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	143.59/cwt	143.50–144.00	1,139	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	190.41/cwt	190.00–191.00	756	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	182.67/cwt	176.00–187.50	873	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	145.56/cwt	144.00–146.50	1,060	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	166.07/cwt	164.00–167.50	1,344	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	210.90/cwt	198.00–215.00	1,086	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	179.36/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,286	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	191.05/cwt	183.50–198.50	1,183	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,417	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,280	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	216.45/cwt	216.00–217.00	959	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,025	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	166.00/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,230	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	195.88/cwt	191.00–200.00	936	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	224.06/cwt	220.00–229.00	856	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	222.42/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,039	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	161.79/cwt	159.00–164.50	1,087	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	182.00/cwt	172.00–189.00	1,056	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	179.64/cwt	178.00–180.50	1,134	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,289	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	204.08/cwt	193.50–209.50	1,167	461
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	181.92/cwt	171.00–188.50	1,221	564
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	184.21/cwt	176.00–187.00	967	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	576	181.68/cwt	180.50–183.00	1,046	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	192.26/cwt	192.00–192.50	913	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,261	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	530	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,028	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,157	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	161.54/cwt	161.00–162.00	935	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	928	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	152.89/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,029	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	161.58/cwt	155.50–165.00	1,011	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	172.17/cwt	167.00–177.00	997	151

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 4,220Last week 0Year ago 4,140

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	336	197.00	197.00
22	—	811	142.75	142.75
27	—	793	143.50–144.00	143.59
39	—	397	190.00–191.00	190.41
43	—	478	176.00–187.50	182.67
55	—	728	144.00–146.50	145.56
153	—	525	176.00–187.00	184.21
92	—	673	149.00–155.00	152.89
93	—	626	155.50–165.00	161.58
151	—	579	167.00–177.00	172.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	576	180.50–183.00	181.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	475	192.00–192.50	192.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	579	161.00–162.00	161.54
7	—	489	173.00	173.00
7	—	532	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	809	164.00–167.50	166.07
258	—	515	198.00–215.00	210.90
308	—	717	169.00–182.00	179.36
315	—	619	183.50–198.50	191.05
15	—	911	155.50	155.50
21	—	753	170.00	170.00
9	—	443	216.00–217.00	216.45
32	—	382	220.00–229.00	224.06
134	—	467	212.00–225.00	222.42
461	—	572	193.50–209.50	204.08
564	—	671	171.00–188.50	181.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	548	187.00	187.00
21	—	741	165.00–168.00	166.00
23	—	478	191.00–200.00	195.88
30	—	672	159.00–164.50	161.79
33	—	580	172.00–189.00	182.00
173	—	631	178.00–180.50	179.64
5	—	826	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	612	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	530	194.00	194.00
55	—	641	180.50	180.50

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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