Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 650 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good for weaned and non-weaned offerings today. Next Auction Dates for Oct 10th Special Yearling Sale, Oct 13th, 20th, & 27th Special Spring Calves, Oct 17th and 24th Regular Sale and Oct 31 Special Bred Female & Regular Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $221.39/cwt on 2,092 head.

Average price

$221.39

2,092 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$14.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.87

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	222.64	1,254	1,908
Medium and Large 1-2	535	208.41	1,115	184

One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about $140 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 sale2,092 hd

221.39

—

NE average10 barns · 13,842 hd

206.53

+14.87

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

31 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 1Fancy	—	467	212.75/cwt	212.75–212.75	994	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,275	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	193.92/cwt	191.00–197.00	927	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	212.19/cwt	208.00–214.00	876	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	785	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	194.94/cwt	190.50–201.00	1,025	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	207.72/cwt	199.50–212.00	1,280	495
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	225.56/cwt	215.50–231.00	1,202	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	669	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,295	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	228.51/cwt	227.00–230.00	980	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	892	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	215.03/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,439	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	504	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,207	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	198.32/cwt	195.00–202.00	1,134	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	738	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,443	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	216.31/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,045	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	181.94/cwt	180.00–184.00	941	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,113	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	501	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,202	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	437	249.35/cwt	249.00–249.50	1,090	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	235.53/cwt	232.50–241.00	1,149	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	217.24/cwt	209.50–221.50	1,275	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	184.15/cwt	182.00–188.00	1,129	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	440	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,113	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	190.14/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,086	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	176.10/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,032	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	812	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	705	22

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 Oct 6, 2022

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

Receipts 2,650Last week 2,890Year ago 2,895

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	467	212.75	212.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	682	187.00	187.00
22	—	478	191.00–197.00	193.92
43	—	413	208.00–214.00	212.19
11	—	360	218.00	218.00
86	—	526	190.50–201.00	194.94
106	—	571	185.00–196.00	190.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	517	180.00–184.00	181.94
20	—	586	174.00–180.00	176.10
16	—	446	182.00	182.00
22	—	371	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	613	182.00–188.00	184.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
495	—	616	199.50–212.00	207.72
193	—	669	209.00–217.00	215.03
12	—	738	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
387	—	533	215.50–231.00	225.56
10	—	429	227.00–230.00	228.51
9	—	372	254.00	254.00
153	—	488	232.50–241.00	235.53
306	—	587	209.50–221.50	217.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	669	193.50	193.50
5	—	619	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	386	231.00	231.00
43	—	572	195.00–202.00	198.32
69	—	483	210.00–225.00	216.31
13	—	670	200.00	200.00
23	—	543	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	504	239.50	239.50
71	—	440	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	501	240.00	240.00
61	—	437	249.00–249.50	249.35

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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