Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of consignments today, compared with two weeks ago. A trend will be given for 800 lbs steers trading steady and 800 lbs heifers trading 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers. Some consignments due to grass shortage as Sandhills receiving little to no rain. Next Auction Date Aug 4th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $190.27/cwt on 1,452 head.

Average price

$190.27

1,452 head · 871 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$8.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.50

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	873	190.83	1,666	1,360
Medium and Large 1-2	843	181.88	1,533	92

One grade step is worth $8.95/cwt here — about $133 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 sale1,452 hd

190.27

—

NE average5 barns · 4,250 hd

199.77

−9.50

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

25 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	905	196.25/cwt	196.25–196.25	1,776	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,111	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	951	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,125	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	180.52/cwt	180.00–181.50	1,563	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,226	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,132	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	193.31/cwt	186.00–201.50	1,604	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	164.25/cwt	164.25–164.25	1,761	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,317	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,594	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	181.00/cwt	179.75–185.50	1,698	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,322	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	190.28/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,693	414
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	201.39/cwt	199.50–206.00	1,472	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,361	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,358	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,756	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,017	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,185	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	174.30/cwt	173.50–177.25	1,457	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	188.89/cwt	184.50–190.00	1,260	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	183.95/cwt	176.50–185.50	1,354	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,395	7

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 2,020Last week 0Year ago 2,880

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	905	196.25	196.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	866	180.00–181.50	180.52
20	—	613	200.00	200.00
27	—	1,072	164.25	164.25
8	—	718	189.50	189.50
11	—	679	200.00	200.00
6	—	969	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	492	230.00	230.00
18	—	622	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	830	186.00–201.50	193.31
21	—	633	208.00	208.00
57	—	795	200.50	200.50
239	—	938	179.75–185.50	181.00
414	—	890	186.00–193.00	190.28
136	—	731	199.50–206.00	201.39
103	—	1,021	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	588	189.00	189.00
9	—	466	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	641	175.50	175.50
25	—	565	180.00	180.00
26	—	664	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	836	173.50–177.25	174.30
102	—	667	184.50–190.00	188.89
98	—	736	176.50–185.50	183.95
7	—	797	175.00	175.00

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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