Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 700 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Jan 11th 18th and 25th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $287.49/cwt on 1,521 head.

Average price

$287.49

1,521 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$1.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.99

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	574	289.00	1,658	97
Medium and Large 1	625	287.39	1,796	1,424

One grade step is worth $1.61/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale1,521 hd

287.49

—

NE average5 barns · 8,931 hd

273.51

+13.99

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

26 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	—	690	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,739	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	313.69/cwt	309.00–315.00	1,377	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	290.72/cwt	285.00–293.50	1,500	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,668	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,575	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	262.87/cwt	249.50–278.50	1,782	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	323.13/cwt	315.50–336.00	1,709	374
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	231.62/cwt	224.50–232.50	1,888	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	306.02/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,787	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	285.59/cwt	278.50–293.00	1,782	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	246.45/cwt	239.00–251.50	1,809	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	270.22/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,713	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	266.37/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,388	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	677	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,767	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,872	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,273	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,566	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	352.66/cwt	352.00–353.00	1,650	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	303.76/cwt	297.00–311.50	1,464	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	265.09/cwt	249.00–280.00	1,514	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	332.67/cwt	326.00–339.00	1,460	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,450	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,230	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,676	10

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,190Last week 1,855Year ago 2,340

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 700 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Jan 11th 18th and 25th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	690	252.00	252.00
46	—	439	309.00–315.00	313.69
50	—	516	285.00–293.50	290.72
11	—	377	325.00	325.00
20	—	704	237.00	237.00
30	—	635	248.00	248.00
78	—	482	297.00–311.50	303.76
117	—	571	249.00–280.00	265.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	521	260.00–272.00	266.37
10	—	618	199.00	199.00
10	—	838	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	677	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	678	249.50–278.50	262.87
374	—	529	315.50–336.00	323.13
75	—	815	224.50–232.50	231.62
126	—	584	305.00–312.00	306.02
228	—	624	278.50–293.00	285.59
218	—	734	239.00–251.50	246.45
52	—	781	239.75	239.75
9	—	356	357.50	357.50
63	—	468	352.00–353.00	352.66
27	—	413	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	220.00	220.00
56	—	634	265.00–273.00	270.22
15	—	488	321.00	321.00
21	—	439	326.00–339.00	332.67

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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