Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, a limited number of comparable offerings with 600 lbs steers and 600 to 650 lbs heifers trading steady. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet bidding. Next Auction Date June 9th and 16th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.56/cwt on 1,382 head.

Average price

$169.56

1,382 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$3.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.86

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	169.75	1,048	1,310
Medium and Large 1-2	563	165.96	934	72

One grade step is worth $3.79/cwt here — about $114 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 sale1,382 hd

169.56

—

NE average5 barns · 4,034 hd

155.70

+13.86

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

38 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	—	422	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,264	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,219	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	180.41/cwt	175.00–185.25	866	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,216	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	732	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,100	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	234.34/cwt	231.00–240.00	991	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,004	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	218.38/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,037	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	676	169.16/cwt	165.50–170.50	1,144	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	753	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	997	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	238.91/cwt	236.00–240.00	872	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,043	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	200.59/cwt	194.50–204.00	1,248	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	197.75/cwt	196.50–201.00	1,121	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,423	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	162.61/cwt	162.00–164.50	1,231	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	177.89/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,115	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	172.15/cwt	167.50–176.00	995	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	165.63/cwt	165.50–165.75	1,118	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	176.79/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,174	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,327	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	530	224.94/cwt	224.00–226.00	1,192	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	217.18/cwt	215.00–220.50	1,344	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,004	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	185.92/cwt	180.50–191.00	879	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	214.02/cwt	207.50–218.00	1,134	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,336	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	168.45/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,051	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	806	153.10/cwt	153.10–153.10	1,234	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	180.53/cwt	172.00–185.00	957	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,027	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	595	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	922	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	558	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,230	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	154.77/cwt	149.00–155.75	1,179	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	161.77/cwt	159.50–164.00	935	25

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 May 19, 2022

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

Receipts 3,220Last week 0Year ago 4,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	182.00	182.00
10	—	933	135.50	135.50
13	—	890	137.00	137.00
22	—	830	146.50	146.50
26	—	385	190.00	190.00
255	—	578	167.50–176.00	172.15
111	—	675	165.50–165.75	165.63
113	—	473	180.50–191.00	185.92
259	—	624	165.00–173.00	168.45
254	—	530	172.00–185.00	180.53
86	—	762	149.00–155.75	154.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	480	175.00–185.25	180.41
18	—	676	148.50	148.50
25	—	578	159.50–164.00	161.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	806	153.10	153.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	632	162.50	162.50
11	—	595	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	579	190.00	190.00
27	—	676	165.50–170.50	169.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	423	231.00–240.00	234.34
74	—	475	210.00–222.00	218.38
19	—	306	246.00	246.00
32	—	365	236.00–240.00	238.91
116	—	622	194.50–204.00	200.59
49	—	567	196.50–201.00	197.75
67	—	726	196.00	196.00
33	—	757	162.00–164.50	162.61
191	—	530	207.50–218.00	214.02
32	—	668	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	515	195.00	195.00
11	—	439	227.00	227.00
6	—	570	183.00	183.00
25	—	627	175.00–185.00	177.89
26	—	664	176.00–178.00	176.79
58	—	809	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	530	224.00–226.00	224.94
320	—	619	215.00–220.50	217.18
31	—	558	220.50	220.50

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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