Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers for replacement heifers today. Another windy day in the Sandhills of Nebraska with high winds, gusting over 50 mph for the past few days. Next Auction Date April 21st Bred Cow Sale and April 28th Feeder Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.22/cwt on 2,104 head.

Average price

$164.22

2,104 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$2.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.96

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	164.58	1,094	1,800
Medium and Large 1-2	585	162.05	948	304

One grade step is worth $2.53/cwt here — about $145 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 sale2,104 hd

164.22

—

NE average7 barns · 9,864 hd

159.25

+4.96

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	—	907	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,204	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,377	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	147.57/cwt	137.00–151.00	1,057	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	192.34/cwt	192.00–193.00	804	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	129.90/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,246	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	137.54/cwt	133.00–140.50	1,146	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	208.52/cwt	200.00–215.50	1,172	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,410	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,305	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	218.90/cwt	209.00–222.50	904	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	227.13/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,097	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	192.60/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,202	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	168.74/cwt	162.00–172.25	1,306	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,404	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	215.26/cwt	213.00–215.50	1,141	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	159.83/cwt	156.00–160.75	1,331	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	181.73/cwt	177.00–182.00	1,283	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	192.55/cwt	178.50–197.00	1,115	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	716	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,181	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	785	155.57/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,221	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	807	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,235	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,077	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	176.03/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,186	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	211.08/cwt	201.00–212.50	1,028	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	162.24/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,102	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	170.59/cwt	163.50–176.00	1,066	329
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	175.46/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,023	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,109	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	184.77/cwt	180.50–191.00	874	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	188.85/cwt	186.00–190.00	997	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	176.16/cwt	174.00–178.00	937	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	851	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	164.27/cwt	159.00–167.00	935	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	156.09/cwt	153.50–160.50	965	130

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 Apr 7, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	907	132.75	132.75
49	—	1,055	130.50	130.50
70	—	716	137.00–151.00	147.57
79	—	418	192.00–193.00	192.34
113	—	959	129.00–130.00	129.90
120	—	833	133.00–140.50	137.54
243	—	679	159.00–165.00	162.24
329	—	625	163.50–176.00	170.59
121	—	583	171.00–182.00	175.46
159	—	762	145.50	145.50
185	—	473	180.50–191.00	184.77
221	—	528	186.00–190.00	188.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	716	165.00	165.00
54	—	785	155.00–159.00	155.57
17	—	807	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	769	140.00	140.00
11	—	685	146.00	146.00
24	—	532	174.00–178.00	176.16
31	—	478	178.00	178.00
103	—	569	159.00–167.00	164.27
130	—	618	153.50–160.50	156.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	562	200.00–215.50	208.52
130	—	898	157.00	157.00
45	—	664	196.50	196.50
46	—	413	209.00–222.50	218.90
55	—	483	220.00–228.00	227.13
132	—	624	187.00–200.00	192.60
226	—	774	162.00–172.25	168.74
66	—	903	155.50	155.50
101	—	530	213.00–215.50	215.26
102	—	833	156.00–160.75	159.83
128	—	706	177.00–182.00	181.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	579	178.50–197.00	192.55
33	—	529	203.50	203.50
53	—	674	174.00–180.00	176.03
90	—	487	201.00–212.50	211.08

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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