Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2023-02-02

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
3,990 head
▼ 1,815 vs last sale 5,805▼ 1,170 vs year ago 5,160 · −22.7%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction in Valentine, NE light weight green steers, 500 lbs traded 15.00 higher, 550 lbs steers traded 9.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 7.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 550 lbs traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher, 600 lbs heifers traded 12.00 lower and 650 lbs heifers traded 3.00 higher. A demand still for replacement quality heifers Black and Bwf offerings from local Sandhill Ranches. Next Auction Dates Feb 9th Special Bred Female and Regular Auction, Feb 23rd Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.26/cwt on 1,991 head.
Average price
$198.26
1,991 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.08
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1581199.611,1591,789
Medium and Large 1-2559186.261,042202
One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $117 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 sale1,991 hd
198.26
—
NE average10 barns · 16,454 hd
189.18
+9.08
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

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570200.55/cwt190.50–208.251,143651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—584186.88/cwt183.00–189.001,09184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—832169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,4105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—541194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,05010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—664176.57/cwt168.50–179.001,17234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—486188.97/cwt185.00–199.0091874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—569206.98/cwt206.00–208.001,17816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—445223.00/cwt223.00–223.0099225
SteersMedium and Large 1—456255.94/cwt253.00–259.001,167241
SteersMedium and Large 1—711193.89/cwt185.50–199.501,37985
SteersMedium and Large 1—797180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,43525
SteersMedium and Large 1—378257.00/cwt252.00–261.0097162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526218.24/cwt196.00–227.501,14853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—383242.50/cwt242.50–242.509298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483207.89/cwt206.00–209.001,00491
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630177.45/cwt169.00–188.001,118115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—467232.23/cwt225.00–237.001,08551
SteersMedium and Large 1—441232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0258
SteersMedium and Large 1—514243.03/cwt237.50–246.001,249372
SteersMedium and Large 1—579217.69/cwt211.00–219.501,260153
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762172.55/cwt171.25–173.001,31535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—656198.74/cwt196.50–205.001,304115
SteersMedium and Large 1—662201.77/cwt196.00–209.501,336135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—621195.25/cwt195.00–199.001,21377
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—708191.69/cwt190.00–192.251,35779
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673182.57/cwt180.00–187.001,22981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,28711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—615197.30/cwt195.25–206.001,213178
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427208.64/cwt204.00–210.0089135
SteersMedium and Large 1—610217.89/cwt208.00–222.501,329338
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533210.68/cwt203.00–215.001,123352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363220.00/cwt220.00–220.0079941

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.