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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 23

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

1,105 head

▲ 1,105 vs last sale 0▲ 1,105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Bred Female Sale started the day with liquidations and dispersion offerings, followed by several lots of first calf heifers bred Feb to Mar. Rain and snow in the area most of the day. Next Auction Date Jan. 30th

Every lot

12 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,119	1,325.54/cwt	1,250.00–1,350.00	14,833	45
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,152	1,262.79/cwt	1,225.00–1,300.00	14,547	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,219	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,666	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,277	1,049.54/cwt	820.00–1,160.00	13,403	56
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,299	1,269.92/cwt	1,075.00–1,350.00	16,496	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,305	770.96/cwt	700.00–850.00	10,061	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,329	1,557.11/cwt	1,400.00–1,700.00	20,694	75
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,344	1,606.25/cwt	1,500.00–1,800.00	21,588	56
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,449	939.35/cwt	875.00–985.00	13,611	41
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,483	912.71/cwt	710.00–1,035.00	13,535	25
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,029	1,541.63/cwt	1,450.00–1,675.00	15,863	65
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,095	1,632.67/cwt	1,450.00–1,900.00	17,878	430

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Jan 23, 2020

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

Receipts 1,105Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	41	—	1,449	875.00–985.00	939.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,219	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	75	—	1,329	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,557.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,277	820.00–1,160.00	1,049.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	—	1,344	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,606.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,119	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,325.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,152	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,262.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,299	1,075.00–1,350.00	1,269.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,483	710.00–1,035.00	912.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,305	700.00–850.00	770.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	430	—	1,095	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,632.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	65	—	1,029	1,450.00–1,675.00	1,541.63

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.