Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2019-08-08

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Aug 8

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

1,630 head

▼ 650 vs last sale 2,280▲ 1,630 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 850 to 900 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and no comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good, cooler weather in the area with several rain showers the past few weeks. Next Auction Date: Aug 22nd

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.47/cwt on 833 head.

Average price

$151.47

833 head · 892 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.72

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	892	151.47	1,351	833

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 sale833 hd

151.47

—

NE average4 barns · 4,123 hd

150.76

+0.72

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

Every lot

11 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,140	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,266	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	154.78/cwt	148.50–157.00	1,353	507
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	924	145.29/cwt	131.00–148.50	1,342	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,007	139.98/cwt	138.25–141.75	1,410	114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	145.00/cwt	142.00–148.50	922	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	144.59/cwt	142.75–147.00	1,060	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	752	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,126	188
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,096	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	140.58/cwt	140.50–141.25	1,147	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	139.17/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,218	69

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 Aug 8, 2019

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

Receipts 1,630Last week 2,280Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	740	154.00	154.00
62	—	801	158.00	158.00
114	—	1,007	138.25–141.75	139.98
132	—	924	131.00–148.50	145.29
507	—	874	148.50–157.00	154.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	636	142.00–148.50	145.00
54	—	733	142.75–147.00	144.59
67	—	765	143.25	143.25
69	—	875	130.00–142.00	139.17
72	—	816	140.50–141.25	140.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	752	149.75	149.75

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.