Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2020-10-08

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 8

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Receipts

2,780 head

▼ 226 vs last sale 3,006▲ 60 vs year ago 2,720 · +2.2%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good for the first big show of spring calves at the barn today. Several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Date Monday, Oct 12th and Thursday Oct 15th

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 $168.40/cwt on 1,696 head.

Average price

$168.40

1,696 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.26

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	168.52	934	1,680
Medium and Large 1-2	624	155.50	970	16thin

One grade step is worth $13.02/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale1,696 hd

168.40

—

NE average10 barns · 16,250 hd

156.14

+12.26

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

Every lot

17 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	185.06/cwt	180.00–187.00	696	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	176.01/cwt	171.00–183.00	757	127
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	172.38/cwt	166.00–175.50	845	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	166.38/cwt	164.00–168.00	862	269
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	938	113
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	166.28/cwt	158.00–172.00	946	460
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,032	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	164.28/cwt	156.75–166.00	1,015	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	970	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	163.64/cwt	158.00–167.00	1,078	249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	576	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	175.84/cwt	170.00–180.00	673	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	160.43/cwt	157.00–166.00	677	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	444	189.36/cwt	184.50–191.00	841	182
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	172.11/cwt	168.50–175.00	833	287
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	815	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	141.91/cwt	141.50–142.00	820	78

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 Oct 8, 2020

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

Receipts 2,780Last week 3,006Year ago 2,720

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	624	155.50	155.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	659	158.00–167.00	163.64
137	—	618	156.75–166.00	164.28
184	—	490	166.00–175.50	172.38
269	—	518	164.00–168.00	166.38
460	—	569	158.00–172.00	166.28
38	—	376	180.00–187.00	185.06
127	—	430	171.00–183.00	176.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	607	170.00	170.00
113	—	530	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	172.00	172.00
42	—	519	157.00	157.00
57	—	422	157.00–166.00	160.43
78	—	578	141.50–142.00	141.91
122	—	383	170.00–180.00	175.84
287	—	484	168.50–175.00	172.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	444	184.50–191.00	189.36

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.