Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 and 600 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 500 650 and 700 lbs steers traded 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifers offerings 550 to 600 lbs traded 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers but limited internet bidding. Colder weather in the area with light snow last night and during the day. Next Auction Date. Feb 2nd & 9th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $216.78/cwt on 2,692 head.

Average price

$216.78

2,692 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$9.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	217.56	1,305	2,370
Medium and Large 1-2	572	212.12	1,213	232
Medium 1-2	537	208.08	1,118	90

One grade step is worth $9.49/cwt here — about $187 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 sale2,692 hd

216.78

—

NE average8 barns · 18,115 hd

199.60

+17.17

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

36 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	—	346	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	765	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,116	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	184.50/cwt	175.00–188.50	1,053	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	205.43/cwt	202.00–211.00	906	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	180.21/cwt	168.50–184.00	1,215	32
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	480	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	840	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	227.16/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,295	660
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,370	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	951	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	249.86/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,094	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	656	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,322	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	509	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,262	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	198.05/cwt	196.00–206.00	1,238	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	213.32/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,237	84
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	509	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,084	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	487	214.49/cwt	213.00–217.00	1,045	31
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	590	200.77/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,185	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	232.90/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,088	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	192.45/cwt	182.00–196.00	1,405	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	227.22/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,204	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	194.21/cwt	186.00–198.50	1,317	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	216.14/cwt	208.00–220.50	1,338	530
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	223.92/cwt	218.00–228.00	1,171	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	195.10/cwt	187.50–201.50	1,134	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	211.55/cwt	203.00–214.50	994	277
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	203.90/cwt	194.50–211.00	1,081	592
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	668	211.26/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,411	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	615	214.38/cwt	208.00–226.00	1,318	180
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	528	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,003	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	189.62/cwt	180.75–195.50	1,178	641
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	923	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	171.36/cwt	170.00–173.50	1,232	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	225.27/cwt	216.00–231.00	935	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	179.30/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,214	177

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 Jan 26, 2023

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

Receipts 5,805Last week 0Year ago 4,220

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	346	221.00	221.00
252	—	581	187.50–201.50	195.10
277	—	470	203.00–214.50	211.55
592	—	530	194.50–211.00	203.90
641	—	621	180.75–195.50	189.62
23	—	380	243.00	243.00
31	—	719	170.00–173.50	171.36
76	—	415	216.00–231.00	225.27
177	—	677	174.00–186.00	179.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	627	178.00	178.00
63	—	571	175.00–188.50	184.50
26	—	441	202.00–211.00	205.43
32	—	674	168.50–184.00	180.21
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	480	175.00	175.00
26	—	528	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	720	180.00	180.00
56	—	668	208.00–217.00	211.26
180	—	615	208.00–226.00	214.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
660	—	570	224.00–238.00	227.16
7	—	753	182.00	182.00
11	—	363	262.00	262.00
25	—	438	241.00–258.00	249.86
93	—	467	230.00–236.00	232.90
216	—	730	182.00–196.00	192.45
297	—	530	223.00–235.00	227.22
330	—	678	186.00–198.50	194.21
530	—	619	208.00–220.50	216.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	656	201.50	201.50
117	—	509	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	625	196.00–206.00	198.05
84	—	580	208.00–219.00	213.32
11	—	406	237.00	237.00
60	—	523	218.00–228.00	223.92
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	509	213.00	213.00
31	—	487	213.00–217.00	214.49
40	—	590	199.00–203.00	200.77

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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