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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 10

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Receipts

1,875 head

▲ 1,875 vs last sale 0▲ 115 vs year ago 1,760 · +6.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's bred cow and heifer auction consisted of several lots of Sandhill reputation offerings calving Feb and Mar. A good crowd on hand and several bids from the internet. Next Auction Dates for Dec. 17 Special Feeder Sale

Every lot

13 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 1-2	1,177	1,372.88/cwt	1,325.00–1,400.00	16,159	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,246	1,806.54/cwt	1,650.00–1,910.00	22,509	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,298	853.87/cwt	820.00–900.00	11,083	24
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,317	1,532.26/cwt	1,385.00–1,650.00	20,180	161
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,332	1,297.77/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	17,286	58
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,347	954.80/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	12,861	200
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,360	901.97/cwt	785.00–975.00	12,267	158
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,370	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	20,208	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,377	1,492.66/cwt	1,475.00–1,500.00	20,554	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,498	1,116.25/cwt	1,075.00–1,250.00	16,721	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,016	1,383.50/cwt	1,225.00–1,470.00	14,056	14
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,018	1,674.50/cwt	1,350.00–1,960.00	17,046	353
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,079	1,851.41/cwt	1,650.00–1,925.00	19,977	254

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Dec 10, 2020

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

Receipts 1,875Last week 0Year ago 1,760

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)	8	—	1,498	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,116.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	200	—	1,347	850.00–1,075.00	954.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,370	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	161	—	1,317	1,385.00–1,650.00	1,532.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,377	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,492.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	—	1,246	1,650.00–1,910.00	1,806.54
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	58	—	1,332	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,297.77

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)	24	—	1,298	820.00–900.00	853.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	158	—	1,360	785.00–975.00	901.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	—	1,177	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,372.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,016	1,225.00–1,470.00	1,383.50
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	353	—	1,018	1,350.00–1,960.00	1,674.50
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	254	—	1,079	1,650.00–1,925.00	1,851.41

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.