Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 5.00 higher and 500 to 600 lbs heifers traded steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good for the several consignments of replacement heifers. Next Auction Dates for Feb 10th Special Bred Female & Regular Sale and Nebkota Genetics Bull Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.24/cwt on 3,199 head.

Average price

$172.24

3,199 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$9.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	172.53	1,063	3,103
Medium and Large 1-2	614	162.84	1,000	96

One grade step is worth $9.68/cwt here — about $63 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 sale3,199 hd

172.24

—

NE average10 barns · 14,515 hd

165.00

+7.24

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 1Fancy	—	733	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,327	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	146.69/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,159	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	196.16/cwt	191.50–199.00	840	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	157.15/cwt	154.50–160.00	1,142	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	192.49/cwt	188.00–198.25	932	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	186.08/cwt	181.00–189.50	992	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,225	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	207.52/cwt	206.00–208.00	1,021	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,173	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,116	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	172.15/cwt	169.00–180.75	1,258	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	229.04/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,054	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,120	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	655	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,267	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	220.02/cwt	215.00–225.00	983	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	552	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,049	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	768	162.81/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,250	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	880	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	179.86/cwt	175.50–186.00	1,198	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	196.41/cwt	194.50–200.00	1,241	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	172.41/cwt	170.50–174.00	1,167	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	949	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	155.06/cwt	153.50–155.50	1,053	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	163.05/cwt	157.50–167.75	1,097	611
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	216.02/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,173	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	206.59/cwt	198.00–218.00	1,206	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	203.21/cwt	202.00–204.00	1,053	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	178.23/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,030	448
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	943	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	694	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,215	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	712	166.73/cwt	164.00–172.50	1,187	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	166.75/cwt	159.50–171.00	1,039	771
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	617	174.86/cwt	174.50–175.00	1,079	172

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 Feb 3, 2022

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

Receipts 5,160Last week 4,220Year ago 3,530

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	733	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	790	146.00–147.00	146.69
26	—	428	191.50–199.00	196.16
131	—	727	154.50–160.00	157.15
235	—	484	188.00–198.25	192.49
395	—	533	181.00–189.50	186.08
611	—	673	157.50–167.75	163.05
448	—	578	169.00–182.00	178.23
771	—	623	159.50–171.00	166.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	552	190.00	190.00
76	—	768	161.00–164.00	162.81
8	—	694	175.00	175.00
158	—	712	164.00–172.50	166.73
172	—	617	174.50–175.00	174.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	478	184.00	184.00
16	—	595	159.50	159.50
50	—	679	153.50–155.50	155.06
16	—	548	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	727	168.50	168.50
21	—	492	206.00–208.00	207.52
23	—	624	188.00	188.00
101	—	578	193.00	193.00
36	—	677	170.50–174.00	172.41
99	—	518	202.00–204.00	203.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	731	169.00–180.75	172.15
25	—	460	223.00–231.00	229.04
16	—	447	215.00–225.00	220.02
60	—	666	175.50–186.00	179.86
215	—	632	194.50–200.00	196.41
131	—	543	214.00–219.00	216.02
346	—	584	198.00–218.00	206.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	463	242.00	242.00
83	—	655	193.50	193.50

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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