Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-13

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 with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates April 27th Bred female and feeder sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.96/cwt on 1,440 head.

Average price

$228.96

1,440 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,445

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$15.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.84

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	231.71	1,485	1,182
Medium and Large 1-2	586	216.36	1,268	258

One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about $216 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 sale1,440 hd

228.96

—

NE average6 barns · 6,170 hd

217.12

+11.84

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

43 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	—	1,050	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,209	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,367	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	967	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	207.62/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,646	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,593	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	306.91/cwt	301.00–312.50	1,283	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	273.52/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,666	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	297.50/cwt	291.00–301.50	1,514	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,321	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,693	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,084	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,892	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,766	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	294.86/cwt	288.00–301.50	1,409	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	217.70/cwt	207.00–223.75	1,785	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	223.77/cwt	213.00–225.50	1,654	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	249.31/cwt	247.50–251.00	1,553	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	265.26/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,233	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	729	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,227	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	237.14/cwt	228.00–251.00	1,093	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	212.34/cwt	212.00–213.00	1,323	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,287	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,349	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	261.53/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,315	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	236.72/cwt	229.50–244.00	1,480	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	232.13/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,574	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	214.98/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,479	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	982	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	271.40/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,045	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	184.45/cwt	184.00–184.50	1,544	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	212.27/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,221	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	190.89/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,397	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	280.15/cwt	277.50–283.00	1,205	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	265.06/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,288	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	771	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,646	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	240.27/cwt	227.00–262.00	1,374	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	233.91/cwt	227.00–236.00	1,315	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,864	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	810	200.90/cwt	200.90–200.90	1,627	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	709	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,581	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	174.50/cwt	167.00–178.75	1,670	72

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 Apr 13, 2023

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

Receipts 3,620Last week 1,500Year ago 4,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,050	167.00	167.00
6	—	1,035	166.00	166.00
10	—	1,209	154.00	154.00
11	—	860	159.00	159.00
13	—	349	277.00	277.00
29	—	793	205.00–209.00	207.62
85	—	503	260.00–262.50	261.53
171	—	625	229.50–244.00	236.72
120	—	678	223.00–235.00	232.13
35	—	385	268.00–279.00	271.40
150	—	837	184.00–184.50	184.45
82	—	732	184.00–195.00	190.89
223	—	430	277.50–283.00	280.15
65	—	486	258.00–278.00	265.06
43	—	562	227.00–236.00	233.91
72	—	957	167.00–178.75	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
78	—	729	1,600.00	1,600.00
23	—	771	213.50	213.50
8	—	810	200.90	200.90
31	—	709	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	461	228.00–251.00	237.14
15	—	623	212.00–213.00	212.34
12	—	775	166.00	166.00
32	—	714	189.00	189.00
49	—	688	208.00–218.00	214.98
20	—	389	252.50	252.50
73	—	575	209.00–225.00	212.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	563	283.00	283.00
111	—	418	301.00–312.50	306.91
133	—	609	272.00–274.00	273.52
87	—	509	291.00–301.50	297.50
8	—	1,084	174.50	174.50
75	—	687	257.00	257.00
149	—	478	288.00–301.50	294.86
243	—	820	207.00–223.75	217.70
71	—	739	213.00–225.50	223.77
20	—	397	309.00	309.00
60	—	875	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	686	192.50	192.50
65	—	773	219.00	219.00
32	—	623	247.50–251.00	249.31
46	—	465	264.00–266.00	265.26
61	—	572	227.00–262.00	240.27

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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