Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction was rescheduled from last week, Jan 5th date as a result of several inches of snow in the area. Demand was good with several buyers today and an active internet bidding. Next Auction Date this Thursday, Jan 12th 2023 expecting 5200 head

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $208.45/cwt on 2,334 head.

Average price

$208.45

2,334 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$5.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.71

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	208.63	1,354	2,254
Medium and Large 1-2	601	203.39	1,222	80

One grade step is worth $5.24/cwt here — about $131 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 sale2,334 hd

208.45

—

NE average10 barns · 19,700 hd

202.74

+5.71

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

31 lots · USDA AMS · Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - 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 1-2	—	424	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	175.90/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,010	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	172.85/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,065	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	189.21/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,181	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	213.00/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,150	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,205	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,338	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	193.28/cwt	186.00–197.50	1,092	309
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	601	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,202	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	186.89/cwt	185.00–189.00	906	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,605	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	967	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	234.68/cwt	234.00–238.00	969	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,138	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	221.67/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,162	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	217.17/cwt	207.00–225.00	1,236	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	703	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,508	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	208.55/cwt	199.00–216.50	1,312	549
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,367	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	196.33/cwt	190.50–200.50	1,510	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,272	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	203.11/cwt	196.00–205.75	1,440	591
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	228.09/cwt	223.50–239.00	1,118	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	204.06/cwt	195.50–215.00	1,377	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	172.82/cwt	164.00–200.00	1,161	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	198.48/cwt	192.00–204.00	967	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	191.30/cwt	186.00–198.00	1,012	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	206.83/cwt	200.00–213.00	873	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	164.23/cwt	162.50–165.50	1,251	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,141	85

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 Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - Valentine, NE

Mon Jan 9, 2023

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

Receipts 4,090Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	424	197.00	197.00
83	—	574	165.00–182.00	175.90
118	—	616	171.00–175.00	172.85
32	—	485	185.00–189.00	186.89
15	—	536	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	624	180.00–194.00	189.21
15	—	735	164.00	164.00
8	—	858	156.00	156.00
309	—	565	186.00–197.50	193.28
219	—	672	164.00–200.00	172.82
106	—	487	192.00–204.00	198.48
51	—	529	186.00–198.00	191.30
46	—	422	200.00–213.00	206.83
45	—	762	162.50–165.50	164.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	601	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	550	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	540	211.00–215.00	213.00
5	—	771	163.00	163.00
6	—	558	204.00	204.00
11	—	712	192.00	192.00
18	—	636	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	870	184.50	184.50
42	—	413	234.00–238.00	234.68
78	—	524	214.00–230.00	221.67
301	—	569	207.00–225.00	217.17
549	—	629	199.00–216.50	208.55
173	—	769	190.50–200.50	196.33
591	—	709	196.00–205.75	203.11
113	—	490	223.50–239.00	228.09
316	—	675	195.50–215.00	204.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	703	214.50	214.50

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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