Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2019-11-07

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
3,855 head
▼ 1,555 vs last sale 5,410▲ 3,855 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 600 lbs steers traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher, with the exception of 500 lbs offerings selling 1.00 lower. Heifer offerings of 450 to 600 lbs traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats today. Cooler weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for Nov 14th, 18th, 21st

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.43/cwt on 1,959 head.
Average price
$169.43
1,959 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$920
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.12
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549169.569311,819
Medium and Large 1-2467167.79783140
One grade step is worth $1.77/cwt here — about $148 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 sale1,959 hd
169.43
—
NE average12 barns · 22,933 hd
165.31
+4.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1308193.00/cwt193.00–193.0059412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2363170.00/cwt170.00–170.0061716
Steers—Medium and Large 1383196.83/cwt185.00–205.50754118
Steers—Medium and Large 1423189.86/cwt186.00–197.0080363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426175.27/cwt169.00–181.0074722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467170.28/cwt169.00–173.0079574
Steers—Medium and Large 1472180.17/cwt175.00–186.00850233
Steers—Medium and Large 1527168.66/cwt163.00–177.00889471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536161.00/cwt161.00–161.008637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564151.76/cwt151.00–152.0085621
Steers—Medium and Large 1577164.26/cwt155.00–167.50948321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614160.48/cwt155.00–163.25985342
Steers—Medium and Large 1640156.41/cwt156.00–157.001,00134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned656163.11/cwt154.00–164.751,070217
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned711147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0458
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384166.59/cwt162.50–169.00640128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2396154.00/cwt154.00–154.006107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409157.93/cwt155.00–165.0064650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425151.00/cwt151.00–151.0064238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469154.71/cwt150.00–162.75726243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480145.95/cwt142.00–148.0070176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535149.22/cwt142.50–155.00798285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571147.93/cwt140.00–151.50845232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575139.24/cwt138.00–140.2580113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608139.00/cwt139.00–139.008455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619148.46/cwt142.50–151.00919149

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.