Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-16

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 fall calves and yearling consignments. Next Auction Dates July 7th and 14th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.82/cwt on 1,080 head.

Average price

$199.82

1,080 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$19.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.31

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	202.45	1,356	938
Medium and Large 1-2	672	182.50	1,226	142

One grade step is worth $19.95/cwt here — about $130 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 sale1,080 hd

199.82

—

NE average5 barns · 2,673 hd

180.52

+19.31

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

35 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	—	862	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,263	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,214	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,070	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	154.66/cwt	154.50–155.50	1,214	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	219.20/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,133	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	735	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,338	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	648	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,299	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	219.66/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,061	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	193.72/cwt	176.00–199.00	1,230	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	1,552	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	1,486	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,221	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	207.22/cwt	206.50–207.50	1,399	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	187.28/cwt	176.00–190.00	1,384	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	182.36/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,253	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,389	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	208.54/cwt	201.00–213.50	1,199	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	167.92/cwt	159.00–170.50	1,117	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	212.40/cwt	205.00–214.50	1,306	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	668	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,436	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	591	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,303	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	996	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	172.22/cwt	170.00–174.00	971	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	189.95/cwt	187.00–199.00	1,111	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	201.52/cwt	201.00–203.00	887	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,065	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	191.96/cwt	184.00–199.00	1,017	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,119	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	158.46/cwt	154.50–164.50	1,147	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	196.34/cwt	188.00–201.00	1,101	138

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 Jun 16, 2022

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

Receipts 2,070Last week 0Year ago 3,163

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with fall calves and yearling consignments. Next Auction Dates July 7th and 14th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	862	146.50	146.50
16	—	495	200.00	200.00
18	—	809	150.00	150.00
27	—	617	173.50	173.50
47	—	785	154.50–155.50	154.66
98	—	665	159.00–170.50	167.92
35	—	440	201.00–203.00	201.52
50	—	530	184.00–199.00	191.96
70	—	724	154.50–164.50	158.46
138	—	561	188.00–201.00	196.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	181.00	181.00
16	—	564	170.00–174.00	172.22
16	—	687	155.00	155.00
22	—	746	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	227.00	227.00
94	—	517	218.00–220.00	219.20
33	—	483	219.00–220.00	219.66
135	—	901	172.25	172.25
64	—	802	185.25	185.25
82	—	675	206.50–207.50	207.22
86	—	739	176.00–190.00	187.28
5	—	441	226.00	226.00
146	—	575	201.00–213.50	208.54
43	—	615	205.00–214.50	212.40
6	—	758	179.50	179.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	735	182.00	182.00
19	—	648	200.50	200.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	635	176.00–199.00	193.72
15	—	740	165.00	165.00
64	—	687	174.00–185.00	182.36
11	—	837	166.00	166.00
7	—	530	188.00	188.00
24	—	585	187.00–199.00	189.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	668	215.00	215.00
108	—	591	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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