Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2020-02-20

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 20

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

505 head

▲ 505 vs last sale 0▲ 505 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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As filed

Todays, Special Bred Female Sale consisted mostly of black and bwf bred cow to calve in March. A good crowd and an active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Feb 27th Special Feeder and Replacement Heifer Sale

Every lot

5 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 Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,283	1,413.76/cwt	1,200.00–1,550.00	18,139	126
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,377	987.24/cwt	875.00–1,035.00	13,594	84
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,387	1,052.42/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	14,597	73
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,435	1,413.97/cwt	1,220.00–1,550.00	20,290	85
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,087	1,581.38/cwt	1,500.00–1,675.00	17,190	33

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Feb 20, 2020

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

Receipts 505Last 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)	73	—	1,387	900.00–1,075.00	1,052.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	85	—	1,435	1,220.00–1,550.00	1,413.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	126	—	1,283	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,413.76

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)	84	—	1,377	875.00–1,035.00	987.24

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)	33	—	1,087	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,581.38

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.