Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good today, with several buyers at the barn. Load lots at the front of the sale, sold with very high demand. Majority of calves in good condition, despite harsh weather condition in the area past few weeks . Next Auction Dates 2023, Jan 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.71/cwt on 1,524 head.

Average price

$213.71

1,524 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$11.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.95

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	214.75	1,359	1,392
Medium and Large 1-2	630	202.79	1,277	132

One grade step is worth $11.96/cwt here — about $82 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 sale1,524 hd

213.71

—

NE average3 barns · 5,804 hd

203.77

+9.95

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

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	879	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	193.00/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,007	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	973	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	200.50/cwt	199.00–212.50	1,161	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	177.60/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,204	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	192.50/cwt	187.00–194.00	1,486	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	816	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	216.82/cwt	213.00–224.00	1,284	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,091	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	206.31/cwt	198.00–211.00	1,192	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	205.89/cwt	200.25–213.00	1,377	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	218.84/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,182	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	800	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,584	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	250.11/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,103	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,529	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	202.47/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,454	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,319	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	484	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,251	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	552	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,319	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	506	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,242	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	206.00/cwt	204.50–210.00	1,308	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	203.39/cwt	196.00–211.00	956	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,265	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,363	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,201	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	817	49

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 29, 2022

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

Receipts 2,340Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	498	220.00	220.00
29	—	772	187.00–194.00	192.50
7	—	516	211.50	211.50
59	—	578	198.00–211.00	206.31
27	—	668	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	592	213.00–224.00	216.82
277	—	669	200.25–213.00	205.89
118	—	540	212.00–220.00	218.84
72	—	441	250.00–251.00	250.11
78	—	755	202.50	202.50
8	—	498	231.00	231.00
242	—	718	201.00–204.00	202.47
139	—	635	204.50–210.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	800	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	484	258.50	258.50
96	—	552	239.00	239.00
21	—	506	245.50	245.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	404	217.50	217.50
46	—	522	190.00–196.00	193.00
154	—	579	199.00–212.50	200.50
114	—	470	196.00–211.00	203.39
82	—	664	190.50	190.50
79	—	719	189.50	189.50
75	—	642	187.00	187.00
49	—	389	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	184.00	184.00
41	—	678	177.00–178.00	177.60
15	—	404	202.00	202.00
7	—	576	184.00	184.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Valentine