Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 lbs steers traded considerable lower at 21.00 and 600 lbs steers trading 8.00 higher. Heifer offerings 550 to 700 lbs traded 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Date March 31 Regular Auction, April 7th Feeder Cattle and April 21st Bred cow and heifer auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.97/cwt on 1,225 head.

Average price

$195.97

1,225 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$16.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.50

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	200.89	1,227	859
Medium and Large 1-2	607	184.41	1,119	366

One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about $108 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 sale1,225 hd

195.97

—

NE average8 barns · 11,130 hd

181.47

+14.50

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

31 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	—	414	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	807	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	139.95/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,069	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	149.84/cwt	147.00–153.50	1,074	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	195.31/cwt	194.00–198.00	949	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	178.99/cwt	173.25–183.25	1,010	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,232	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	221.39/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,153	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	211.29/cwt	208.00–212.00	902	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	214.77/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,033	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,170	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	191.05/cwt	173.00–199.00	1,100	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	202.30/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,070	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	159.68/cwt	155.00–162.50	1,249	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,174	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	188.23/cwt	184.50–192.00	1,259	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	999	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	730	162.80/cwt	162.00–163.00	1,188	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	169.49/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,159	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	751	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,194	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	164.18/cwt	158.00–168.50	1,021	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	205.19/cwt	198.25–210.00	1,254	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	208.09/cwt	196.00–209.25	1,209	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	155.11/cwt	149.50–159.25	1,033	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	989	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	153.77/cwt	151.00–156.50	915	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,048	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	151.40/cwt	149.00–154.50	972	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	872	10

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 Mar 10, 2022

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

Receipts 3,355Last week 0Year ago 4,060

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	195.00	195.00
5	—	531	179.00	179.00
43	—	764	139.00–143.00	139.95
112	—	717	147.00–153.50	149.84
115	—	486	194.00–198.00	195.31
155	—	564	173.25–183.25	178.99
291	—	622	158.00–168.50	164.18
231	—	666	149.50–159.25	155.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	730	162.00–163.00	162.80
57	—	751	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	595	151.00–156.50	153.77
20	—	743	141.00	141.00
103	—	642	149.00–154.50	151.40
10	—	535	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	708	174.00	174.00
87	—	521	214.00–225.00	221.39
20	—	481	213.00–216.00	214.77
5	—	386	232.00	232.00
72	—	782	155.00–162.50	159.68
119	—	669	184.50–192.00	188.23
35	—	446	224.00	224.00
264	—	611	198.25–210.00	205.19
212	—	581	196.00–209.25	208.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	427	208.00–212.00	211.29
27	—	722	162.00	162.00
53	—	576	173.00–199.00	191.05
53	—	529	201.00–205.00	202.30
36	—	621	189.00	189.00
8	—	371	215.00	215.00
145	—	684	166.00–170.00	169.49
12	—	492	201.00	201.00

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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