Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week's auction 450 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 11.00 lower, heifer offerings 450 to 500 lbs traded 22.00 lower. Demand was good with a cold and rainy day in the Sandhills. Next Auction Dates for Nov 2nd 9th 16th Special Spring Calf Auction, Nov 13th Bred Female Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $285.63/cwt on 3,070 head.

Average price

$285.63

3,070 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$12.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	287.26	1,863	2,683
Medium and Large 1-2	631	274.29	1,731	387

One grade step is worth $12.97/cwt here — about $132 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 sale3,070 hd

285.63

—

NE average12 barns · 19,648 hd

293.26

−7.63

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

42 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	—	374	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,047	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,205	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	250.75/cwt	242.00–254.50	1,933	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,741	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	271.05/cwt	269.50–272.50	1,293	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	262.62/cwt	261.50–263.00	2,025	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	247.55/cwt	246.00–252.00	2,156	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	334.94/cwt	327.50–339.50	1,598	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,359	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	459	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	1,632	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	626	279.44/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,749	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	271.09/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,694	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	294.55/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,685	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	313.96/cwt	292.00–329.00	1,661	491
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	352.18/cwt	349.00–366.00	1,504	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,305	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	278.15/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,766	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,912	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	278.75/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,656	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	294.22/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,551	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	262.20/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,814	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,423	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	257.02/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,833	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	236.13/cwt	233.00–238.25	2,158	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	528	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,484	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,569	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	273.11/cwt	264.50–277.50	1,819	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	272.09/cwt	263.00–273.50	1,992	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	258.25/cwt	239.00–268.50	2,118	322
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	267.88/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,417	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	260.31/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,736	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	276.52/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,203	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	260.94/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,487	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	244.27/cwt	243.50–244.50	2,054	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	263.93/cwt	263.50–264.00	1,652	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,864	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	224.05/cwt	211.00–229.00	2,081	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	232.90/cwt	224.00–237.00	1,928	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	255.24/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,470	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	250.94/cwt	247.00–254.50	1,799	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	283.95/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,354	115

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 Oct 26, 2023

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

Receipts 5,340Last week 3,730Year ago 3,940

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	280.00	280.00
9	—	1,050	210.00	210.00
123	—	771	242.00–254.50	250.75
113	—	914	233.00–238.25	236.13
177	—	529	260.00–278.00	267.88
124	—	667	259.00–262.00	260.31
55	—	435	274.00–280.00	276.52
59	—	570	260.00–263.00	260.94
83	—	841	243.50–244.50	244.27
87	—	626	263.50–264.00	263.93
308	—	717	247.00–254.50	250.94
115	—	477	281.00–286.00	283.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	715	243.50	243.50
71	—	477	269.50–272.50	271.05
6	—	613	251.00	251.00
12	—	764	244.00	244.00
22	—	929	211.00–229.00	224.05
26	—	828	224.00–237.00	232.90
30	—	576	252.00–258.00	255.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	528	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	601	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	771	261.50–263.00	262.62
134	—	871	246.00–252.00	247.55
135	—	477	327.50–339.50	334.94
10	—	384	354.00	354.00
409	—	572	286.00–300.00	294.55
491	—	529	292.00–329.00	313.96
52	—	427	349.00–366.00	352.18
55	—	935	246.50	246.50
71	—	635	277.50–280.00	278.15
263	—	666	264.50–277.50	273.11
313	—	732	263.00–273.50	272.09
322	—	820	239.00–268.50	258.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	459	355.50	355.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
247	—	626	269.00–286.00	279.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	625	270.00–273.00	271.09
50	—	771	248.00	248.00
57	—	594	274.00–282.00	278.75
99	—	527	290.00–298.00	294.22
100	—	692	262.00–263.00	262.20
14	—	415	343.00	343.00
32	—	713	256.00–260.00	257.02

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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