Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers for the auction today. A much needed rain this past weekend as meadows and hills in the Sandhills look good. Next Auction Dates for July 6th and 13th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.49/cwt on 553 head.

Average price

$272.49

553 head · 718 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

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

$14.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	720	272.88	1,966	538
Medium and Large 1-2	623	258.67	1,611	15thin

One grade step is worth $14.21/cwt here — about $355 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 sale553 hd

272.49

—

NE average5 barns · 2,417 hd

244.26

+28.23

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,117	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	226.43/cwt	224.00–230.50	1,492	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,245	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	261.59/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,499	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,426	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	232.58/cwt	229.50–233.00	1,675	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	299.65/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,735	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,495	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	287.91/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,791	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	303.18/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,622	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,441	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,444	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	318.30/cwt	306.00–321.00	1,506	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,184	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,864	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,316	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,229	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,979	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,659	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,534	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	259.25/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,566	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	283.72/cwt	283.00–284.00	1,467	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,490	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,357	5

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 Jun 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,185Last week 3,360Year ago 2,070

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	392	285.00	285.00
19	—	659	224.00–230.50	226.43
22	—	440	283.00	283.00
42	—	573	253.00–269.00	261.59
43	—	485	294.00	294.00
51	—	720	229.50–233.00	232.58
62	—	604	252.00–264.00	259.25
69	—	517	283.00–284.00	283.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	505	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	871	190.50	190.50
6	—	551	245.00	245.00
10	—	634	242.00	242.00
7	—	711	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	579	299.00–300.00	299.65
40	—	622	275.00–297.00	287.91
7	—	660	259.50	259.50
67	—	535	302.00–306.00	303.18
8	—	390	320.00	320.00
11	—	438	329.00	329.00
65	—	473	306.00–321.00	318.30
64	—	897	243.50	243.50
40	—	717	260.00	260.00
125	—	966	239.75	239.75
7	—	1,229	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	890	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	532	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	751	235.00	235.00
5	—	618	269.00	269.00
5	—	499	272.00	272.00

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.

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