Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, steers under 650 lbs sold 12.00 to 20.00 higher with instances a flat 600 lbs 33.00 higher, over 650 lbs sold 2.00 to mostly 8.00 higher. Not enough heifers for a market comparison. Demand was very good with active internet bidding. Good demand was also noted for red angus replacement heifers. Next Auction Date Jan 4th 2024. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year1

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $295.44/cwt on 1,102 head.

Average price

$295.44

1,102 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$196

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

$3.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.06

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	526	298.23	1,568	220
Medium and Large 1	598	294.75	1,763	882

One grade step is worth $3.48/cwt here — about −$196 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 sale1,102 hd

295.44

—

NE average7 barns · 7,421 hd

261.38

+34.06

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

30 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 1Replacement	—	528	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,484	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	571	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,542	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	268.93/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,291	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	294.78/cwt	287.50–305.00	964	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	249.87/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,577	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	252.60/cwt	251.50–257.00	1,435	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,842	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	306.57/cwt	299.50–320.00	1,741	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	260.95/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,788	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	324.76/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,578	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	682	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	1,870	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	711	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,735	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	293.22/cwt	288.50–299.50	1,815	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	252.03/cwt	245.50–254.00	1,850	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	323.21/cwt	321.00–327.00	1,648	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,185	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	344.20/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,477	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	539	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,655	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	306.16/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,644	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,523	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	274.95/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,680	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,583	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	270.17/cwt	217.50–326.00	1,154	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,433	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	252.33/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,658	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,246	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	274.27/cwt	272.00–277.50	1,193	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	265.50/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,420	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,680	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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Dec 21, 2023

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	528	281.00	281.00
23	—	571	270.00	270.00
13	—	711	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	480	266.00–272.00	268.93
12	—	327	287.50–305.00	294.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	631	242.00–257.00	249.87
72	—	568	251.50–257.00	252.60
58	—	489	293.00	293.00
50	—	657	250.00–253.00	252.33
47	—	387	322.00	322.00
42	—	435	272.00–277.50	274.27
40	—	535	265.00–266.00	265.50
25	—	709	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	758	243.00	243.00
231	—	568	299.50–320.00	306.57
121	—	685	251.00–266.00	260.95
58	—	486	320.00–327.00	324.76
118	—	619	288.50–299.50	293.22
104	—	734	245.50–254.00	252.03
97	—	510	321.00–327.00	323.21
55	—	429	340.00–350.00	344.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	682	274.25	274.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	690	238.50	238.50
6	—	359	330.00	330.00
91	—	537	295.00–312.00	306.16
71	—	496	307.00	307.00
18	—	611	273.00–280.00	274.95
15	—	582	272.00	272.00
13	—	427	217.50–326.00	270.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	539	307.00	307.00

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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