Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Yearling Sale on Monday, consisted of several loads of yearling steers and heifers off grass. A high demand for 700 to 750 lbs heifers, with several buyers today and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 12th, 16th, 19th and 26th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $245.03/cwt on 2,840 head.

Average price

$245.03

2,840 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$17.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.18

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	781	245.77	1,919	2,717
Medium and Large 1-2	743	228.69	1,700	123

One grade step is worth $17.08/cwt here — about $219 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 sale2,840 hd

245.03

—

NE average11 barns · 11,049 hd

254.20

−9.18

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

41 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	—	1,091	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,226	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,282	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	239.34/cwt	230.00–243.75	1,963	574
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	249.51/cwt	245.00–255.50	1,821	339
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	220.79/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,797	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	267.66/cwt	260.00–272.25	1,692	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	223.90/cwt	220.00–230.50	2,093	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,129	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	258.77/cwt	255.00–259.50	1,718	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	270.89/cwt	265.50–273.00	1,593	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	885	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,310	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,439	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	912	227.68/cwt	226.00–230.00	2,076	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	864	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	2,054	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	722	271.00/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,957	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	773	264.58/cwt	264.00–265.00	2,045	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	228.83/cwt	228.00–229.50	2,162	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	221.25/cwt	216.00–224.00	2,122	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,394	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,539	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	259.80/cwt	255.00–265.50	2,060	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	282.55/cwt	275.00–286.50	1,941	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	244.84/cwt	241.00–246.00	2,017	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	231.63/cwt	228.50–240.00	2,004	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,771	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	254.09/cwt	252.00–256.00	2,096	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	252.24/cwt	243.00–257.00	2,184	407
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	256.99/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,879	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	248.62/cwt	243.75–252.00	2,280	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	270.76/cwt	267.75–273.50	2,004	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	213.54/cwt	212.50–217.00	1,988	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,580	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,735	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,285	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	239.28/cwt	232.00–243.25	1,862	485
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	707	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,888	82

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 Oct 9, 2023

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

Receipts 5,520Last week 4,090Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,091	204.00	204.00
13	—	1,108	206.00	206.00
574	—	820	230.00–243.75	239.34
339	—	730	245.00–255.50	249.51
265	—	632	260.00–272.25	267.66
97	—	935	220.00–230.50	223.90
22	—	1,002	212.50	212.50
61	—	664	255.00–259.50	258.77
71	—	588	265.50–273.00	270.89
9	—	538	267.50	267.50
48	—	959	216.00–224.00	221.25
204	—	865	228.50–240.00	231.63
485	—	778	232.00–243.25	239.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	240.00	240.00
36	—	814	218.00–227.00	220.79
6	—	766	220.00	220.00
26	—	931	212.50–217.00	213.54
20	—	632	250.00	250.00
11	—	735	236.00	236.00
19	—	541	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	912	226.00–230.00	227.68
70	—	864	237.75	237.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	722	268.00–277.00	271.00
108	—	773	264.00–265.00	264.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	707	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	885	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	945	228.00–229.50	228.83
51	—	824	241.00–246.00	244.84
12	—	765	231.50	231.50
6	—	592	285.00	285.00
9	—	887	241.50	241.50
5	—	666	271.00	271.00
47	—	731	249.00–265.00	256.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	973	246.00	246.00
59	—	1,076	236.00	236.00
216	—	793	255.00–265.50	259.80
154	—	687	275.00–286.50	282.55
125	—	825	252.00–256.00	254.09
407	—	866	243.00–257.00	252.24
367	—	917	243.75–252.00	248.62
298	—	740	267.75–273.50	270.76

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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