Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2019-10-10

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2019-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 10

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17 →

Receipts

2,720 head

▼ 1,390 vs last sale 4,110▲ 2,720 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 600 lbs steers traded unevenly steady and 450 lbs heifers traded 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Rain and snow today with very cold wind. Next Auction Dates: Oct 14th, 17th, 24th, and 31st.

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 $172.48/cwt on 1,877 head.

Average price

$172.48

1,877 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.38

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	172.48	922	1,877

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 sale1,877 hd

172.48

—

NE average8 barns · 12,087 hd

158.11

+14.38

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	332	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	691	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	185.86/cwt	185.00–188.00	675	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	387	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	793	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	183.27/cwt	175.00–186.50	773	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	446	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	854	232
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	174.67/cwt	165.00–178.00	838	239
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	949	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	159.66/cwt	157.00–161.50	843	187
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	160.91/cwt	157.00–164.00	914	289
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	159.96/cwt	158.00–160.50	998	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	161.16/cwt	159.85–162.00	1,015	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	161.00/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,066	262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	563	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	156.68/cwt	156.50–158.00	616	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	152.29/cwt	147.00–157.00	667	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	155.20/cwt	151.00–156.00	733	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	147.38/cwt	145.00–148.00	768	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	139.81/cwt	139.00–140.00	786	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	150.07/cwt	147.50–154.00	864	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	966	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,263	61

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 Oct 10, 2019

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

Receipts 2,720Last week 4,110Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	332	208.00	208.00
103	—	516	184.00	184.00
232	—	446	191.50	191.50
132	—	387	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	363	185.00–188.00	185.86
38	—	422	175.00–186.50	183.27
187	—	528	157.00–161.50	159.66
212	—	630	159.85–162.00	161.16
262	—	662	155.00–163.00	161.00
289	—	568	157.00–164.00	160.91
239	—	480	165.00–178.00	174.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	624	158.00–160.50	159.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	331	170.00	170.00
47	—	393	156.50–158.00	156.68
49	—	576	147.50–154.00	150.07
57	—	438	147.00–157.00	152.29
61	—	877	144.00	144.00
101	—	472	151.00–156.00	155.20
179	—	521	145.00–148.00	147.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	562	139.00–140.00	139.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	655	147.50	147.50

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.