Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2020-03-05

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 5

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

990 head

▲ 990 vs last sale 0▲ 990 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The bred cow and heifer auction today consisted mostly of black and bwf offerings bred to hereford and black bulls to calve Mar to April. A good crowd on hand and high internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: March 12th Special Feeder Sale, March 2th Special Bred Female Sale

Every lot

10 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 Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,177	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	17,361	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,223	1,435.97/cwt	1,400.00–1,550.00	17,562	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,257	1,795.02/cwt	1,600.00–2,000.00	22,563	112
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,259	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	18,570	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,339	1,432.81/cwt	1,200.00–1,525.00	19,185	119
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,380	1,739.99/cwt	1,550.00–2,050.00	24,012	326
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,393	1,148.95/cwt	1,050.00–1,275.00	16,005	29
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,396	913.11/cwt	725.00–1,150.00	12,747	30
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,001	1,542.04/cwt	1,350.00–1,575.00	15,436	89
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	1,781.10/cwt	1,600.00–1,835.00	21,017	126

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Mar 5, 2020

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

Receipts 990Last 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 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,396	725.00–1,150.00	913.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,223	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,435.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,177	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	112	—	1,257	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,795.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	119	—	1,339	1,200.00–1,525.00	1,432.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,259	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	326	—	1,380	1,550.00–2,050.00	1,739.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,393	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,148.95

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	89	—	1,001	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,542.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	126	—	1,180	1,600.00–1,835.00	1,781.10

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.