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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Another hot humid day in the Sandhills of NE with scattered rain showers, demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction dates for July 14th Bred Cow Auction July 21st Special Feeder Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.45/cwt on 2,180 head.

Average price

$199.45

2,180 head · 793 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$2.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	798	199.58	1,592	2,060
Medium and Large 1-2	712	197.32	1,405	120

One grade step is worth $2.26/cwt here — about $186 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 sale2,180 hd

199.45

—

NE average1 barns · 2,180 hd

199.45

+0.00

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	—	548	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,156	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	159.54/cwt	153.50–161.50	1,463	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,093	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	187.39/cwt	180.00–190.50	1,175	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,523	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	163.91/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,457	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	233.66/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,192	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	206.78/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,423	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	190.50/cwt	188.50–193.75	1,636	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,027	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	222.88/cwt	218.50–224.50	1,375	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	210.94/cwt	207.00–213.00	1,331	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	176.36/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,481	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	224.65/cwt	217.50–226.50	1,310	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	191.94/cwt	191.00–192.00	1,610	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	191.72/cwt	187.00–196.75	1,497	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	186.25/cwt	180.00–189.50	1,715	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,712	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	179.35/cwt	173.00–182.00	1,293	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,549	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,051	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	170.47/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,386	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	183.97/cwt	183.50–184.50	1,236	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	215.86/cwt	213.00–218.00	1,213	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,166	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	206.02/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,584	503
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,032	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,187	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,112	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	169.61/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,328	143

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 Jul 7, 2022

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

Receipts 3,350Last week 2,070Year ago 2,850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	548	211.00	211.00
24	—	917	153.50–161.50	159.54
28	—	490	223.00	223.00
29	—	627	180.00–190.50	187.39
30	—	955	159.50	159.50
85	—	889	161.00–165.00	163.91
286	—	721	173.00–182.00	179.35
173	—	813	163.00–173.00	170.47
95	—	672	183.50–184.50	183.97
129	—	562	213.00–218.00	215.86
143	—	783	166.00–170.00	169.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	482	218.00	218.00
9	—	644	181.00	181.00
12	—	521	198.00	198.00
9	—	686	173.00	173.00
9	—	579	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	510	230.00–234.50	233.66
188	—	688	205.00–210.00	206.78
371	—	859	188.50–193.75	190.50
8	—	437	235.00	235.00
96	—	617	218.50–224.50	222.88
103	—	583	217.50–226.50	224.65
183	—	839	191.00–192.00	191.94
441	—	921	180.00–189.50	186.25
55	—	962	178.00	178.00
67	—	743	208.50	208.50
503	—	769	200.00–212.00	206.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	685	183.00	183.00
54	—	631	207.00–213.00	210.94
17	—	840	174.00–179.00	176.36
37	—	781	187.00–196.75	191.72

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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