Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-24

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 today at the barn and active internet bidding. Another hot and humid day in the Sandhills of Nebraska, with temperatures over 100 degrees most of the week, cattle conditions in favor of buyers today. Next Auction Dates for Sept 7th, 14th and 28th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $264.51/cwt on 1,461 head.

Average price

$264.51

1,461 head · 849 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$410

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

$11.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.86

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	666	276.00	1,838	9thin
Medium and Large 1	850	264.44	2,249	1,452

One grade step is worth $11.56/cwt here — about −$410 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 sale1,461 hd

264.51

—

NE average6 barns · 4,688 hd

249.65

+14.86

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

27 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	—	956	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,242	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	233.40/cwt	228.50–238.00	2,178	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,835	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	254.10/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,979	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	259.44/cwt	250.50–262.50	1,899	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	243.85/cwt	234.00–246.75	2,119	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	292.04/cwt	291.00–296.00	1,992	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	262.31/cwt	255.50–265.00	2,188	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	563	288.25/cwt	288.25–288.25	1,623	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	639	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,674	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	790	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,955	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	283.85/cwt	272.00–287.50	2,052	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	303.30/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,774	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,096	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,112	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,243	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,548	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,201	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,397	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,771	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	516	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,540	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	629	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,793	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	858	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,111	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	690	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,766	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	256.27/cwt	250.00–260.50	2,358	729

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 Aug 24, 2023

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

Receipts 2,945Last week 3,000Year ago 4,890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	956	234.50	234.50
65	—	933	228.50–238.00	233.40
92	—	635	289.00	289.00
139	—	779	248.00–255.00	254.10
165	—	732	250.50–262.50	259.44
173	—	869	234.00–246.75	243.85
6	—	1,001	211.00	211.00
12	—	427	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	563	288.25	288.25
75	—	516	298.50	298.50
75	—	629	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	639	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	790	247.50	247.50
131	—	858	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	563	275.00	275.00
15	—	717	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	690	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	666	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	682	291.00–296.00	292.04
224	—	834	255.50–265.00	262.31
99	—	723	272.00–287.50	283.85
36	—	585	296.00–310.00	303.30
71	—	797	263.00	263.00
72	—	863	255.00	255.00
8	—	464	335.00	335.00
61	—	958	250.25	250.25
729	—	920	250.00–260.50	256.27

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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