Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 750 to 950 lb steers traded steady to 10.00 higher, a limited number of comparable offering for heifers with 850 to 900 lbs offerings traded 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers. Another hot day in the Sandhills with no rain. Next Auction Date Sept. 22nd and 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.16/cwt on 1,670 head.

Average price

$195.16

1,670 head · 860 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$2.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.12

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	863	195.22	1,684	1,636
Medium and Large 1-2	762	192.30	1,465	34

One grade step is worth $2.92/cwt here — about $219 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 sale1,670 hd

195.16

—

NE average6 barns · 8,744 hd

199.28

−4.12

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

29 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	—	716	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,360	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	198.30/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,144	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	195.76/cwt	193.00–196.50	1,308	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	170.88/cwt	164.50–174.75	1,740	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	172.99/cwt	168.50–175.00	1,657	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	189.25/cwt	189.25–189.25	1,302	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,381	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	191.68/cwt	186.50–195.50	1,677	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	207.50/cwt	202.25–215.75	1,569	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,718	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	183.69/cwt	180.50–187.75	1,774	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,329	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,421	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,578	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	183.78/cwt	181.00–185.50	1,524	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	751	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,401	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,246	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	727	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,399	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	855	202.25/cwt	202.25–202.25	1,729	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	198.27/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,652	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,369	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	185.50/cwt	182.00–186.50	1,439	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	170.06/cwt	162.00–175.50	1,583	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	177.85/cwt	172.50–181.50	1,453	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	171.57/cwt	162.00–177.50	1,505	388
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	839	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,491	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	900	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,584	183

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 Sep 8, 2022

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

Receipts 3,620Last week 4,890Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	716	190.00	190.00
23	—	577	195.00–200.00	198.30
47	—	668	193.00–196.50	195.76
79	—	1,018	164.50–174.75	170.88
102	—	958	168.50–175.00	172.99
113	—	776	182.00–186.50	185.50
171	—	931	162.00–175.50	170.06
247	—	817	172.50–181.50	177.85
388	—	877	162.00–177.50	171.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	688	189.25	189.25
8	—	778	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	751	186.50	186.50
73	—	727	192.50	192.50
87	—	839	177.75	177.75
183	—	900	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	667	207.00	207.00
462	—	875	186.50–195.50	191.68
195	—	756	202.25–215.75	207.50
189	—	902	190.50	190.50
349	—	966	180.50–187.75	183.69
19	—	621	214.00	214.00
69	—	729	216.50	216.50
13	—	577	216.00	216.00
121	—	833	195.00–201.00	198.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	693	205.00	205.00
13	—	829	181.00–185.50	183.78
5	—	891	169.00	169.00
6	—	622	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	855	202.25	202.25

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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