Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2019-07-25

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jul 25
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
2,280 head
▲ 2,280 vs last sale 0▲ 2,280 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 750 to 800 lbs steers traded 4.00 lower and 900 lbs steers and 700 lbs heifers traded 10.00 higher. Demand was good with cooler weather in the area. Next Auction Dates: Aug 8th and 22nd

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.92/cwt on 1,543 head.
Average price
$153.92
1,543 head · 840 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,292
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$284
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.35
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2635160.031,01747
Medium and Large 1846153.731,3001,496
One grade step is worth $6.29/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale1,543 hd
153.92
—
NE average3 barns · 4,312 hd
159.27
−5.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1516180.50/cwt180.50–180.5093119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536159.00/cwt159.00–159.008529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587172.90/cwt166.00–180.001,01512
Steers—Medium and Large 1599185.25/cwt185.25–185.251,11047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621163.14/cwt152.00–169.501,01317
Steers—Medium and Large 1626171.67/cwt170.50–172.501,07564
Steers—Medium and Large 1683166.38/cwt164.00–169.001,13687
Steers—Medium and Large 1740163.75/cwt159.25–164.751,21282
Steers—Medium and Large 1782159.68/cwt154.50–162.251,249244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1409
Steers—Medium and Large 1844146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,23949
Steers—Medium and Large 1881149.84/cwt147.00–151.001,320418
Steers—Medium and Large 1911147.60/cwt141.25–152.101,345321
Steers—Medium and Large 1974143.10/cwt143.10–143.101,39458
Steers—Medium and Large 11,067140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,49455
Steers—Medium and Large 11,142130.60/cwt130.60–130.601,49152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527168.50/cwt168.50–168.5088827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569162.97/cwt160.00–168.0092727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612148.20/cwt148.00–148.5090715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed642154.75/cwt154.75–154.7599379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666147.76/cwt145.50–150.0098460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,02512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716153.17/cwt152.50–154.001,097120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed723153.35/cwt153.35–153.351,10955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,12929

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.