Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2020-08-20

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Aug 20

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Aug 6Aug 20Sep 3 →

Receipts

3,185 head

▲ 485 vs last sale 2,700▲ 1,710 vs year ago 1,475 · +115.9%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 850 to 950 lbs steers traded 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates for Sept 3rd 17th and 24th

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 $151.75/cwt on 1,947 head.

Average price

$151.75

1,947 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.91

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	151.75	1,254	1,947

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 sale1,947 hd

151.75

—

NE average6 barns · 7,580 hd

146.83

+4.91

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

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	906	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	881	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	614	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,035	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,061	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,027	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	164.02/cwt	156.00–165.50	1,184	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	722	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,179	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	783	160.08/cwt	158.00–162.25	1,253	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	157.17/cwt	149.00–158.25	1,246	317
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	150.43/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,244	349
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	144.68/cwt	141.75–147.00	1,275	323
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	140.79/cwt	139.50–141.50	1,307	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	137.25/cwt	137.00–137.50	1,324	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	131.02/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,336	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,084	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,406	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	611	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	941	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	678	156.49/cwt	156.25–156.75	1,061	141
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,040	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,019	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	724	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,104	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	764	145.00/cwt	144.25–145.75	1,108	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	140.44/cwt	135.00–143.25	1,079	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	776	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,075	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	807	146.07/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,179	213
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	811	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,152	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,121	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	132.53/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,164	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	886	132.88/cwt	131.75–133.00	1,177	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	130.08/cwt	127.50–131.75	1,205	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	985	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,273	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	1,289	20

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 Aug 20, 2020

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

Receipts 3,185Last week 2,700Year ago 1,475

Compared with two weeks ago 850 to 950 lbs steers traded 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates for Sept 3rd 17th and 24th

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	678	156.25–156.75	156.49
121	—	764	144.25–145.75	145.00
64	—	811	142.00	142.00
28	—	724	152.50	152.50
26	—	611	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	768	135.00–143.25	140.44
70	—	684	152.00	152.00
20	—	990	130.25	130.25
13	—	926	127.50–131.75	130.08
11	—	840	133.50	133.50
8	—	720	141.50	141.50
78	—	878	131.00–134.00	132.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	807	138.00–147.00	146.07
104	—	886	131.75–133.00	132.88
62	—	985	129.25	129.25
20	—	776	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	509	178.00	178.00
170	—	722	156.00–165.50	164.02
6	—	556	158.50	158.50
116	—	965	137.00–137.50	137.25
56	—	1,084	129.75	129.75
349	—	827	144.00–157.00	150.43
54	—	615	172.50	172.50
323	—	881	141.75–147.00	144.68
26	—	669	153.50	153.50
317	—	793	149.00–158.25	157.17
25	—	1,020	129.50–132.00	131.02
200	—	928	139.50–141.50	140.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	722	163.25	163.25
28	—	614	168.50	168.50
152	—	783	158.00–162.25	160.08

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.