Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 650 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and 450 to 500 lbs heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats. Next Auction Dates Nov 9th and 16th Spring Calf Specials, Nov 13th Special Bred Female Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $302.17/cwt on 1,290 head.

Average price

$302.17

1,290 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$21.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	308.58	1,665	906
Medium and Large 1-2	542	287.05	1,555	384

One grade step is worth $21.54/cwt here — about $110 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 sale1,290 hd

302.17

—

NE average9 barns · 14,377 hd

291.04

+11.13

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	—	327	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,541	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	280.78/cwt	277.50–289.00	1,087	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,328	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	269.56/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,501	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	349.20/cwt	344.00–350.00	1,540	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	299.57/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,450	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	332.90/cwt	329.00–337.00	1,581	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	277.70/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,619	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	271.34/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,666	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	320.82/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,623	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,274	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	268.34/cwt	266.00–274.00	1,814	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	241.41/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,504	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,250	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	285.64/cwt	263.00–300.00	1,520	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,684	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	320.09/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,392	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,721	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	253.86/cwt	251.00–255.50	1,493	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	293.20/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,703	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	266.24/cwt	264.50–269.00	1,379	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	245.84/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,313	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	266.27/cwt	262.00–269.00	1,313	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	286.94/cwt	279.00–296.00	1,372	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	271.99/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,161	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	616	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,728	52

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 Nov 2, 2023

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

Receipts 2,670Last week 5,340Year ago 4,065

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	327	265.00	265.00
10	—	654	257.00	257.00
15	—	614	251.00	251.00
36	—	387	277.50–289.00	280.78
68	—	434	306.00	306.00
89	—	557	265.00–274.00	269.56
114	—	518	264.50–269.00	266.24
212	—	478	279.00–296.00	286.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	623	239.00–244.00	241.41
41	—	588	251.00–255.50	253.86
26	—	534	230.00–257.00	245.84
41	—	493	262.00–269.00	266.27
112	—	427	267.00–280.00	271.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	616	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	441	344.00–350.00	349.20
166	—	475	329.00–337.00	332.90
180	—	506	305.00–322.50	320.82
18	—	386	330.00	330.00
63	—	676	266.00–274.00	268.34
16	—	340	367.50	367.50
43	—	605	284.50	284.50
376	—	581	287.00–297.00	293.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	484	290.00–318.00	299.57
8	—	730	250.00	250.00
128	—	583	267.00–285.00	277.70
25	—	614	270.00–274.00	271.34
107	—	532	263.00–300.00	285.64
7	—	671	251.00	251.00
45	—	435	315.00–333.00	320.09

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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