Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 500 to 550 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 9.00 higher and 450 to 550 lbs heifers traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers in the barn today. Next Auction Date Dec. 8th and 15th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.56/cwt on 2,073 head.

Average price

$211.56

2,073 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$12.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.60

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	213.19	1,387	1,808
Medium and Large 1-2	605	200.45	1,213	265

One grade step is worth $12.74/cwt here — about $175 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 sale2,073 hd

211.56

—

NE average6 barns · 12,836 hd

209.96

+1.60

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

42 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	—	372	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	856	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,405	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,107	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,514	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	198.05/cwt	197.00–199.00	963	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	210.13/cwt	209.00–213.00	895	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,814	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	225.91/cwt	221.00–234.00	1,062	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	204.75/cwt	204.75–204.75	1,405	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,353	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	198.47/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,231	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,660	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	219.59/cwt	214.00–222.50	1,267	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	211.37/cwt	209.00–214.00	1,406	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	215.07/cwt	206.25–224.00	1,318	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,010	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,362	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,025	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	205.64/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,092	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	190.44/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,251	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	204.34/cwt	202.00–210.50	1,165	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,164	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	695	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,407	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	208.73/cwt	203.25–212.00	1,501	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	221.79/cwt	214.00–229.00	1,175	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,745	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	194.75/cwt	194.75–194.75	1,679	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,738	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	940	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	187.45/cwt	179.50–193.00	1,445	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	211.43/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,011	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	205.41/cwt	199.00–207.50	1,064	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,023	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	186.59/cwt	178.00–192.50	1,008	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	190.66/cwt	180.50–198.50	1,096	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	174.09/cwt	171.00–178.50	1,067	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,224	71

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 Dec 1, 2022

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

Receipts 3,710Last week 3,620Year ago 3,325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	372	230.00	230.00
23	—	819	171.50	171.50
7	—	1,164	137.00	137.00
61	—	968	179.50	179.50
93	—	415	226.50	226.50
93	—	771	179.50–193.00	187.45
138	—	478	201.00–217.00	211.43
146	—	518	199.00–207.50	205.41
10	—	710	170.00	170.00
226	—	575	180.50–198.50	190.66
69	—	613	171.00–178.50	174.09
71	—	658	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	657	168.50	168.50
14	—	888	170.50	170.50
15	—	486	197.00–199.00	198.05
21	—	426	209.00–213.00	210.13
42	—	578	177.00	177.00
53	—	540	178.00–192.50	186.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	695	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,021	176.50	176.50
21	—	991	183.00	183.00
56	—	470	221.00–234.00	225.91
72	—	751	221.00	221.00
158	—	577	214.00–222.50	219.59
274	—	665	209.00–214.00	211.37
299	—	613	206.25–224.00	215.07
8	—	404	250.00	250.00
311	—	719	203.25–212.00	208.73
321	—	530	214.00–229.00	221.79
59	—	943	185.00	185.00
64	—	862	194.75	194.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	686	204.75	204.75
80	—	619	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	615	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	620	195.00–203.00	198.47
8	—	496	216.00	216.00
10	—	736	185.00	185.00
15	—	440	233.00	233.00
22	—	531	205.00–207.00	205.64
50	—	657	190.00–192.00	190.44
52	—	570	202.00–210.50	204.34
6	—	840	185.50	185.50

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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