Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago steers 550 to 700 lbs traded 3.00 to 14.00 higher with no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Warmer weather in the Sandhills this week after two weeks of snow and wind. Next Auction Dates Feb 1st, 8th, and 15th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $297.77/cwt on 1,756 head.

Average price

$297.77

1,756 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$35.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.41

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	299.44	1,876	1,673
Medium and Large 1-2	695	264.02	1,836	83

One grade step is worth $35.42/cwt here — about $40 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 sale1,756 hd

297.77

—

NE average11 barns · 19,525 hd

271.36

+26.41

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	—	538	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,480	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,654	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	269.55/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,534	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,424	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	288.20/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,380	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	338.51/cwt	338.00–341.00	1,753	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	299.76/cwt	286.00–308.50	1,876	391
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	281.26/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,873	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	255.62/cwt	247.50–263.00	1,961	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,812	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,436	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	339.64/cwt	337.00–342.50	1,617	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	241.35/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,504	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	644	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,812	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	262.18/cwt	248.00–266.75	1,885	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	238.84/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,868	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,683	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,964	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,897	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	317.09/cwt	307.00–327.50	1,817	389
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,550	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	257.89/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,643	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	238.51/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,603	104

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 2,345Last week 4,440Year ago 5,805

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	538	275.00	275.00
11	—	752	220.00	220.00
12	—	427	317.50	317.50
50	—	569	261.00–275.00	269.55
57	—	479	284.00–300.00	288.20
99	—	637	257.00–258.00	257.89
104	—	672	233.00–246.00	238.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	591	241.00	241.00
22	—	623	240.00–242.00	241.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
21	—	644	1,725.00	1,725.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	518	338.00–341.00	338.51
391	—	626	286.00–308.50	299.76
196	—	666	266.00–286.00	281.26
142	—	767	247.50–263.00	255.62
22	—	377	381.00	381.00
23	—	476	337.00–342.50	339.64
139	—	719	248.00–266.75	262.18
389	—	573	307.00–327.50	317.09
37	—	439	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	495	330.00	330.00
18	—	645	281.00	281.00
20	—	697	260.00	260.00
33	—	782	236.00–240.00	238.84
6	—	563	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	675	291.00	291.00
80	—	608	312.00	312.00

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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