Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 450 to 600 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 7.00 higher and 650 lbs steers traded 14.00 higher, 400 to 500 lbs heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good with several buyers and watchers in the barn. Next Auction Date Oct 31st Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.74/cwt on 2,325 head.

Average price

$218.74

2,325 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$12.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	219.75	1,309	2,132
Medium and Large 1-2	552	207.59	1,146	193

One grade step is worth $12.16/cwt here — about $163 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 sale2,325 hd

218.74

—

NE average11 barns · 17,147 hd

209.76

+8.98

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

45 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	—	426	205.89/cwt	199.00–213.00	877	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	179.84/cwt	178.75–181.50	1,556	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	186.63/cwt	180.00–190.50	1,077	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	202.52/cwt	197.00–206.50	956	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,439	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	210.20/cwt	188.00–215.00	1,137	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,454	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	763	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	212.46/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,039	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	208.97/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,695	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,747	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	207.82/cwt	205.50–210.00	1,380	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	207.92/cwt	200.00–212.50	1,293	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	628	219.46/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,378	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	401	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,083	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	215.30/cwt	206.00–223.00	1,232	424
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	235.42/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,135	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	196.78/cwt	188.00–202.00	1,240	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	721	192.38/cwt	191.50–193.00	1,387	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	939	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	1,678	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	853	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,587	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	253.98/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,090	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	975	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	301	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	813	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	166.67/cwt	166.50–167.00	1,313	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	177.25/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,035	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	572	197.69/cwt	197.50–198.00	1,131	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,228	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	225.64/cwt	217.00–234.00	1,180	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	206.36/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,170	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	197.80/cwt	190.00–203.50	1,033	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	227.68/cwt	216.00–233.00	779	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	214.88/cwt	212.00–216.00	849	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	173.32/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,130	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	546	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,267	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	889	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,623	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	999	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,693	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	176.12/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,076	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	184.85/cwt	171.00–186.00	982	107

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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 3,940Last week 3,170Year ago 5,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	426	199.00–213.00	205.89
31	—	865	178.75–181.50	179.84
97	—	577	180.00–190.50	186.63
145	—	472	197.00–206.50	202.52
15	—	794	181.25	181.25
228	—	522	190.00–203.50	197.80
25	—	342	216.00–233.00	227.68
14	—	395	212.00–216.00	214.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	988	153.00	153.00
6	—	926	157.00	157.00
18	—	788	166.50–167.00	166.67
24	—	584	170.00–179.50	177.25
7	—	463	192.00	192.00
9	—	1,068	152.00	152.00
17	—	321	208.00	208.00
107	—	531	171.00–186.00	184.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	939	178.75	178.75
126	—	853	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	572	197.50–198.00	197.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	652	173.00–174.00	173.32
53	—	611	175.00–180.00	176.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	999	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,033	160.00	160.00
77	—	699	208.00	208.00
160	—	811	202.00–210.00	208.97
62	—	910	192.00	192.00
424	—	572	206.00–223.00	215.30
108	—	482	232.00–239.00	235.42
151	—	429	249.00–261.00	253.98
20	—	368	265.00	265.00
21	—	301	270.00	270.00
354	—	523	217.00–234.00	225.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	541	188.00–215.00	210.20
13	—	318	240.00	240.00
16	—	489	210.00–215.00	212.46
7	—	664	185.00	185.00
59	—	567	202.00–213.00	206.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	664	205.50–210.00	207.82
293	—	622	200.00–212.50	207.92
24	—	721	191.50–193.00	192.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	628	219.00–220.00	219.46
10	—	401	270.00	270.00
95	—	546	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	630	188.00–202.00	196.78

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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