Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

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 buyer and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec 14th Special Bred Female Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $271.68/cwt on 2,394 head.

Average price

$271.68

2,394 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$11.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.13

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	613	273.32	1,675	2,052
Medium and Large 1-2	598	261.80	1,565	342

One grade step is worth $11.52/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 sale2,394 hd

271.68

—

NE average10 barns · 16,445 hd

269.55

+2.13

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

32 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	—	749	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,211	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,633	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,573	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	260.92/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,135	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	236.27/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,148	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	250.40/cwt	242.00–257.50	1,830	336
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	259.77/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,655	520
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	246.58/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,536	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,267	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	278.87/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,620	357
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,879	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,335	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	293.76/cwt	292.50–297.00	1,384	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	227.05/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,542	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	265.79/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,571	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	286.51/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,521	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	252.00/cwt	250.50–255.75	1,686	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	315.37/cwt	307.50–329.00	1,318	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,251	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	269.82/cwt	259.00–279.50	1,395	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	227.24/cwt	223.50–231.00	1,638	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	300.45/cwt	293.50–308.00	1,571	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	661	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,758	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	247.55/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,324	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	317.12/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,503	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	258.58/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,513	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	220.35/cwt	214.00–226.50	1,379	63

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Receipts 3,590Last week 3,890Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	749	207.00	207.00
13	—	475	255.00	255.00
15	—	614	266.00	266.00
22	—	675	233.00	233.00
40	—	435	259.00–264.00	260.92
187	—	517	259.00–279.50	269.82
104	—	585	249.00–261.00	258.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	486	235.00–238.00	236.27
8	—	556	225.00	225.00
7	—	335	265.00	265.00
63	—	535	243.00–255.00	247.55
63	—	626	214.00–226.50	220.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
336	—	731	242.00–257.50	250.40
520	—	637	252.00–269.00	259.77
18	—	387	327.50	327.50
357	—	581	272.00–283.00	278.87
24	—	753	249.50	249.50
53	—	402	332.00	332.00
187	—	669	250.50–255.75	252.00
255	—	523	293.50–308.00	300.45
167	—	474	309.00–319.00	317.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	349	317.50	317.50
38	—	623	238.00–251.00	246.58
30	—	471	292.50–297.00	293.76
32	—	679	218.00–231.00	227.05
61	—	591	265.00–267.00	265.79
91	—	531	285.00–289.00	286.51
16	—	418	307.50–329.00	315.37
58	—	721	223.50–231.00	227.24
6	—	861	184.00	184.00
5	—	1,024	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	661	266.00	266.00

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