Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First show of spring calves this week with 750 lbs yearling steers trading steady from last week. Demand was very good with several buyers today and an active internet. Next Auction Date for Oct every Thursday and Yearlings on Monday, Oct 10th expecting 2000 head, Oct 31st Bred Cows

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $214.21/cwt on 1,426 head.

Average price

$214.21

1,426 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$21.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.79

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	218.36	1,289	1,151
Medium and Large 1-2	628	196.87	1,237	275

One grade step is worth $21.48/cwt here — about $52 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 sale1,426 hd

214.21

—

NE average6 barns · 6,522 hd

201.42

+12.79

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

41 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	—	1,104	147.36/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	720	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	165.36/cwt	165.00–165.50	1,654	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	163.55/cwt	160.50–165.75	1,619	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	977	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,420	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	209.36/cwt	202.00–210.50	1,273	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	237.60/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,145	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	193.16/cwt	193.00–193.50	1,456	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	239.42/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,018	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,415	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	215.90/cwt	206.00–220.00	1,250	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,106	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	223.44/cwt	218.00–224.50	1,171	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	202.35/cwt	202.00–203.00	1,032	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	194.53/cwt	193.00–195.50	1,298	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	201.08/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,190	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	196.84/cwt	182.00–213.00	852	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	183.61/cwt	180.25–185.50	1,425	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	190.75/cwt	190.75–190.75	1,566	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,446	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,494	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	185.97/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,162	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	175.79/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,514	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	178.53/cwt	175.75–181.25	1,473	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	204.26/cwt	202.00–206.50	989	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	202.41/cwt	199.50–204.00	856	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	171.88/cwt	169.00–174.75	1,561	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,208	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	984	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	183.60/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,050	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	192.76/cwt	187.00–194.00	846	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	176.35/cwt	175.50–177.00	1,504	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	169.22/cwt	168.50–169.50	1,393	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	184.46/cwt	179.00–189.50	1,328	85

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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 2,890Last week 1,800Year ago 3,245

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,104	146.00–149.00	147.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	211.00	211.00
9	—	341	211.00	211.00
25	—	1,000	165.00–165.50	165.36
28	—	990	160.50–165.75	163.55
175	—	776	180.25–185.50	183.61
171	—	825	175.75–181.25	178.53
124	—	484	202.00–206.50	204.26
130	—	423	199.50–204.00	202.41
143	—	908	169.00–174.75	171.88
85	—	526	187.00	187.00
39	—	572	180.00–190.00	183.60
70	—	853	175.50–177.00	176.35
85	—	720	179.00–189.50	184.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	540	181.00	181.00
5	—	459	181.00	181.00
45	—	662	182.50	182.50
36	—	439	187.00–194.00	192.76
25	—	823	168.50–169.50	169.22
5	—	942	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	670	212.00	212.00
104	—	608	202.00–210.50	209.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	482	234.00–242.00	237.60
104	—	754	193.00–193.50	193.16
79	—	425	228.00–243.00	239.42
350	—	579	206.00–220.00	215.90
107	—	524	218.00–224.50	223.44
68	—	821	190.75	190.75
13	—	336	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	804	176.00	176.00
12	—	916	176.50	176.50
23	—	486	227.50	227.50
40	—	510	202.00–203.00	202.35
63	—	667	193.00–195.50	194.53
59	—	592	200.00–202.00	201.08
17	—	433	182.00–213.00	196.84
16	—	770	194.00	194.00
14	—	625	185.00–187.00	185.97
16	—	861	173.00–178.00	175.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	618	234.00	234.00

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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