Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 600 to 700 lbs steers traded 10.00 to 16.00 higher and no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers at the barn and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates March 30th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $251.12/cwt on 2,285 head.

Average price

$251.12

2,285 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$20.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.70

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	254.11	1,484	1,952
Medium and Large 1-2	568	233.62	1,326	333

One grade step is worth $20.49/cwt here — about $157 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 sale2,285 hd

251.12

—

NE average10 barns · 12,798 hd

218.42

+32.70

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

37 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 1-2	—	393	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	874	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,071	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	172.04/cwt	167.00–185.00	1,308	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	223.20/cwt	221.00–234.00	946	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	181.88/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,333	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,244	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	260.72/cwt	241.00–269.00	1,197	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	229.32/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,541	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,105	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	235.27/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,007	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	239.88/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,518	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	218.69/cwt	211.00–222.50	1,594	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	233.76/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,311	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	278.57/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,312	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	267.70/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,159	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	267.74/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,414	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	243.55/cwt	242.00–244.00	1,288	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	258.70/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,506	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	457	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,355	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,070	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	529	282.08/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,492	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,459	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,381	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	214.35/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,483	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,586	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	207.26/cwt	200.50–209.50	1,219	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	203.22/cwt	200.50–206.00	1,256	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	727	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,476	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	469	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,081	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	178.63/cwt	178.00–179.50	1,218	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	253.19/cwt	253.00–253.25	1,529	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,182	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	187.47/cwt	182.00–196.00	1,264	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,015	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	191.32/cwt	186.00–197.00	1,180	52

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 Mar 9, 2023

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

Receipts 3,225Last week 3,280Year ago 3,355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	393	222.50	222.50
5	—	745	178.00	178.00
6	—	525	212.00	212.00
14	—	682	178.00–179.50	178.63
38	—	471	215.50	215.50
52	—	617	186.00–197.00	191.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	489	219.00	219.00
18	—	760	167.00–185.00	172.04
29	—	424	221.00–234.00	223.20
29	—	733	180.00–187.00	181.88
168	—	588	200.50–209.50	207.26
43	—	618	200.50–206.00	203.22
30	—	535	221.00	221.00
35	—	674	182.00–196.00	187.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	727	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	469	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	487	255.50	255.50
12	—	428	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	459	241.00–269.00	260.72
40	—	428	234.00–239.00	235.27
61	—	561	231.00–243.00	233.76
39	—	529	242.00–244.00	243.55
87	—	629	232.00	232.00
27	—	725	190.50	190.50
28	—	692	208.00–216.00	214.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
231	—	672	225.00–231.00	229.32
11	—	391	282.50	282.50
328	—	633	234.00–244.00	239.88
135	—	729	211.00–222.50	218.69
108	—	471	277.00–279.00	278.57
29	—	433	254.00–273.00	267.70
193	—	528	260.00–277.50	267.74
387	—	582	251.00–265.00	258.70
20	—	759	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	457	296.50	296.50
208	—	529	282.00–285.00	282.08
118	—	604	253.00–253.25	253.19

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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