Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 700 lbs steers traded 5.00 higher, 800 to 900 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 6.00 higher and 1000 lbs steers traded steady. Heifer offerings today 650 and 800 lbs traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Date Aug 25th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.65/cwt on 1,935 head.

Average price

$194.65

1,935 head · 854 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$12.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	854	195.27	1,668	1,839
Medium and Large 1-2	846	182.60	1,544	96

One grade step is worth $12.68/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,935 hd

194.65

—

NE average5 barns · 4,422 hd

196.88

−2.24

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

30 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	—	718	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,414	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	158.55/cwt	149.00–160.00	1,625	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,122	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,515	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	160.43/cwt	156.50–164.50	1,577	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	168.20/cwt	167.75–168.25	1,569	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,264	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,440	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	213.48/cwt	211.00–213.75	1,462	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	210.04/cwt	209.00–211.00	1,598	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	198.05/cwt	195.00–201.50	1,640	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	196.92/cwt	195.25–197.75	1,745	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,736	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	207.25/cwt	206.00–210.50	1,513	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	185.75/cwt	182.50–190.50	1,737	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,596	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,442	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,295	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	182.40/cwt	180.50–184.50	1,426	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	176.75/cwt	165.00–178.75	1,494	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,592	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	185.79/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,540	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	1,775	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	178.49/cwt	172.00–186.50	1,724	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,378	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	188.96/cwt	185.00–191.50	1,192	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	165.14/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,549	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	194.55/cwt	189.75–197.00	1,323	104

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 Aug 4, 2022

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

Receipts 3,145Last week 2,020Year ago 3,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	718	197.00	197.00
23	—	1,025	149.00–160.00	158.55
29	—	564	199.00	199.00
30	—	894	169.50	169.50
31	—	983	156.50–164.50	160.43
54	—	933	167.75–168.25	168.20
85	—	606	208.50	208.50
150	—	782	180.50–184.50	182.40
161	—	845	165.00–178.75	176.75
104	—	680	189.75–197.00	194.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	864	159.50	159.50
59	—	631	185.00–191.50	188.96
13	—	962	168.50	168.50
16	—	938	161.00–167.00	165.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	610	236.00	236.00
88	—	685	211.00–213.75	213.48
252	—	761	209.00–211.00	210.04
386	—	828	195.00–201.50	198.05
194	—	886	195.25–197.75	196.92
225	—	1,011	171.75	171.75
171	—	730	206.00–210.50	207.25
183	—	935	182.50–190.50	185.75
6	—	529	231.00	231.00
23	—	578	224.00	224.00
109	—	1,052	168.75	168.75
138	—	966	172.00–186.50	178.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	925	172.50	172.50
13	—	788	183.00	183.00
17	—	892	178.50	178.50
55	—	829	185.00–188.00	185.79

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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