Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steer or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates July 13th Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $276.49/cwt on 1,070 head.

Average price

$276.49

1,070 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$498

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

$7.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	795	276.64	2,199	1,049
Medium and Large 1-2	632	269.10	1,702	21

One grade step is worth $7.54/cwt here — about $498 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 sale1,070 hd

276.49

—

NE average1 barns · 1,070 hd

276.49

+0.00

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

21 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,522	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	316.41/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,652	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,154	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,020	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,105	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,267	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	256.12/cwt	255.75–256.50	2,379	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	269.75/cwt	269.25–270.00	2,374	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,032	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	237.25/cwt	234.50–240.00	1,628	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,466	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,783	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	275.75/cwt	275.75–275.75	2,101	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	243.13/cwt	243.00–243.25	1,862	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	249.18/cwt	248.50–249.50	1,692	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	288.29/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,542	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	293.11/cwt	286.00–295.00	1,427	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,627	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	271.73/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,546	25

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 Jul 6, 2023

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

Receipts 1,880Last week 1,185Year ago 3,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	453	336.00	336.00
48	—	522	312.00–318.00	316.41
12	—	377	306.00	306.00
361	—	929	255.75–256.50	256.12
182	—	880	269.25–270.00	269.75
171	—	691	294.00	294.00
214	—	762	275.75	275.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	740	241.00	241.00
10	—	514	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	908	222.50	222.50
9	—	392	282.00	282.00
25	—	434	292.00	292.00
129	—	766	243.00–243.25	243.13
89	—	679	248.50–249.50	249.18
63	—	535	280.00–290.00	288.29
56	—	487	286.00–295.00	293.11
49	—	606	268.50	268.50
25	—	569	271.00–272.00	271.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	686	234.50–240.00	237.25
11	—	537	273.00	273.00
5	—	623	238.00	238.00

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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