Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2019-05-16

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 16

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Apr 25May 16Jun 13 →

Receipts

1,098 head

▼ 3,912 vs last sale 5,010▲ 1,098 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Warmer weather in the area.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.15/cwt on 453 head.

Average price

$148.15

453 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.73

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	148.15	838	453

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale453 hd

148.15

—

NE average4 barns · 1,675 hd

141.42

+6.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	349	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	670	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	190.71/cwt	187.00–192.00	730	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	183.74/cwt	179.00–186.00	842	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	190.99/cwt	176.00–196.00	997	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	571	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,105	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	184.65/cwt	176.00–189.00	1,064	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	177.38/cwt	165.00–188.00	1,112	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	153.55/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,053	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,070	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,101	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,117	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,128	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	564	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	167.16/cwt	167.00–168.00	634	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	702	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	153.42/cwt	149.50–160.00	741	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	153.40/cwt	147.50–156.50	808	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	152.59/cwt	141.50–155.00	858	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	138.10/cwt	132.00–140.50	842	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	890	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	129.80/cwt	129.25–130.50	953	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,015	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	842	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,048	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,074	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,117	12

This sale against other markets

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 May 16, 2019

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

Receipts 1,098Last week 5,010Year ago 0

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Warmer weather in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,074	104.00	104.00
15	—	329	171.50	171.50
16	—	842	124.50	124.50
18	—	734	129.25–130.50	129.80
20	—	753	134.75	134.75
23	—	423	166.00	166.00
24	—	667	133.50	133.50
32	—	379	167.00–168.00	167.16
65	—	610	132.00–140.50	138.10
70	—	562	141.50–155.00	152.59
76	—	483	149.50–160.00	153.42
82	—	527	147.50–156.50	153.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	571	193.50	193.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,117	101.00	101.00
7	—	763	140.25	140.25
9	—	844	130.50	130.50
12	—	349	192.00	192.00
20	—	522	176.00–196.00	190.99
29	—	383	187.00–192.00	190.71
30	—	686	150.00–157.50	153.55
57	—	627	165.00–188.00	177.38
62	—	458	179.00–186.00	183.74
107	—	576	176.00–189.00	184.65

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.