Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 600 to 650 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher, not enough comparable offerings for heifers. A high demand for the replacement quality offerings should be noted. Several buyers in the barn and active internet bidding.

Warm weather in the area, melting snow and refreezing making pen conditions a mess. Next Auction Dates for Feb 8th 15th and 22nd

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $288.52/cwt on 2,056 head.

Average price

$288.52

2,056 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$11.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.03

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	289.84	1,668	1,819
Medium and Large 1-2	562	278.35	1,564	237

One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $104 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 sale2,056 hd

288.52

—

NE average11 barns · 17,455 hd

264.49

+24.03

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

37 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 1Fancy	—	674	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,796	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,845	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,077	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,797	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,158	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	257.18/cwt	249.50–260.00	1,697	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	353.73/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,634	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	305.77/cwt	298.00–312.50	1,880	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,211	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	262.04/cwt	250.50–265.25	1,973	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	283.72/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,949	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	289.71/cwt	283.50–315.00	1,541	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	327.68/cwt	324.00–332.00	1,851	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,633	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	340.57/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,461	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	272.60/cwt	267.00–273.00	1,862	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,598	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	278.33/cwt	274.00–282.50	1,726	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	305.54/cwt	299.00–308.50	1,735	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	244.67/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,752	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	306.53/cwt	293.00–308.00	1,643	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	652	267.23/cwt	265.50–268.00	1,742	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	332.96/cwt	323.00–345.00	1,771	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	312.82/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,329	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,469	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	299.36/cwt	283.50–304.00	1,682	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	711	258.81/cwt	254.00–265.25	1,840	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	311.45/cwt	303.50–321.00	1,498	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	294.74/cwt	290.00–298.50	1,368	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	497	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	1,619	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	265.06/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,688	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	276.52/cwt	271.50–281.00	1,626	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,529	12

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 Feb 1, 2024

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

Receipts 4,230Last week 2,345Year ago 3,990

Warm weather in the area, melting snow and refreezing making pen conditions a mess. Next Auction Dates for Feb 8th 15th and 22nd

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	674	266.50	266.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	966	191.00	191.00
20	—	310	347.50	347.50
24	—	778	231.00	231.00
43	—	363	319.00	319.00
54	—	660	249.50–260.00	257.18
362	—	620	274.00–282.50	278.33
109	—	716	238.00–249.00	244.67
214	—	536	293.00–308.00	306.53
93	—	425	305.00–320.00	312.82
334	—	562	283.50–304.00	299.36
208	—	481	303.50–321.00	311.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	652	265.50–268.00	267.23
69	—	711	254.00–265.25	258.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	682	241.00	241.00
68	—	464	290.00–298.50	294.74
71	—	637	262.00–267.00	265.06
76	—	588	271.50–281.00	276.52
5	—	386	286.00	286.00
12	—	531	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	497	325.75	325.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	393	365.00	365.00
49	—	532	283.50–315.00	289.71
7	—	895	221.00	221.00
31	—	483	338.00	338.00
63	—	429	330.00–351.00	340.57
74	—	683	267.00–273.00	272.60
41	—	568	299.00–308.50	305.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	462	345.00–355.00	353.73
331	—	615	298.00–312.50	305.77
16	—	323	375.00	375.00
97	—	753	250.50–265.25	262.04
238	—	687	278.00–290.00	283.72
77	—	565	324.00–332.00	327.68
14	—	439	364.00	364.00
348	—	532	323.00–345.00	332.96
112	—	372	395.00	395.00

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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