Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 750 lbs steers traded 14.00 lower, and 850 to 900 lbs steers traded 7.00 lower. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 850 lbs offerings trading 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Not much internet bidding today. Next Auction Date Sept 29th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.39/cwt on 1,025 head.

Average price

$183.39

1,025 head · 883 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$103

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.28

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	887	184.98	1,641	900
Medium and Large 1-2	829	173.61	1,439	117
Large 1	1,186	147.00	1,743	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.98/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale1,025 hd

183.39

—

NE average10 barns · 12,132 hd

197.66

−14.28

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

24 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	Large 1	—	1,118	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,671	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,757	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,216	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	171.99/cwt	170.00–173.25	1,691	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	169.14/cwt	166.50–170.50	1,707	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,558	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	180.75/cwt	180.75–180.75	1,817	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	193.10/cwt	186.00–197.50	1,469	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	183.99/cwt	180.50–186.25	1,632	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,174	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	182.93/cwt	178.25–187.00	1,710	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	196.96/cwt	194.00–200.00	1,316	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	172.38/cwt	172.00–173.00	1,520	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	170.66/cwt	169.50–172.00	1,573	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	173.05/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,371	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,560	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,389	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,353	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	171.85/cwt	169.50–174.00	1,596	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	174.92/cwt	170.00–175.50	1,349	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	174.63/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,453	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	173.74/cwt	172.00–175.50	1,508	111
Steers	Large 1	—	1,186	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,743	8

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 1,800Last week 3,620Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,118	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,052	167.00	167.00
16	—	683	178.00	178.00
31	—	983	170.00–173.25	171.99
67	—	1,009	166.50–170.50	169.14
81	—	929	169.50–174.00	171.85
75	—	771	170.00–175.50	174.92
88	—	832	173.00–179.00	174.63
111	—	868	172.00–175.50	173.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	953	163.50	163.50
6	—	835	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,005	180.75	180.75
132	—	761	186.00–197.50	193.10
168	—	887	180.50–186.25	183.99
360	—	935	178.25–187.00	182.93
22	—	668	194.00–200.00	196.96
24	—	843	185.00	185.00
68	—	745	186.50	186.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	551	213.00	213.00
7	—	1,092	155.50	155.50
16	—	882	172.00–173.00	172.38
17	—	922	169.50–172.00	170.66
71	—	792	170.00–176.00	173.05
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,186	147.00	147.00

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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