Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2020-12-17

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 17

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Receipts

4,930 head

▲ 4,930 vs last sale 0▼ 345 vs year ago 5,275 · −6.5%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 450 to 650 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 12.00 higher, a limited number of comparable offering for heifers with 500 lbs offerings 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Cooler weather in the area but no snow. Next Auction Date Jan 7th Special Feeder Sale (Replacement Heifers)

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 $171.35/cwt on 3,310 head.

Average price

$171.35

3,310 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$5.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.83

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	172.19	1,049	2,769
Medium and Large 1-2	576	167.09	962	541

One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about $86 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 sale3,310 hd

171.35

—

NE average8 barns · 16,820 hd

162.52

+8.83

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

Every lot

28 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	784	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	201.67/cwt	197.00–204.00	857	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	190.04/cwt	189.00–191.00	811	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	193.77/cwt	184.00–198.00	928	268
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	180.91/cwt	179.00–182.00	874	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	185.43/cwt	175.25–189.75	975	436
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	172.24/cwt	168.50–178.00	918	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	174.52/cwt	170.50–180.00	1,010	517
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	166.12/cwt	154.00–171.00	963	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	166.75/cwt	160.00–172.50	1,039	726
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	158.28/cwt	157.50–158.75	1,011	181
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	147.28/cwt	143.00–152.00	985	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	162.09/cwt	155.00–164.50	1,107	392
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	160.26/cwt	156.00–161.50	1,154	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	160.55/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,228	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	148.22/cwt	147.00–149.50	1,140	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	946	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,327	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	650	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	166.34/cwt	160.00–170.50	715	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	160.10/cwt	153.50–164.50	760	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	154.88/cwt	147.00–158.50	818	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	148.93/cwt	146.00–155.00	867	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	901	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	134.89/cwt	134.50–135.50	916	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,022	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	139.00/cwt	134.00–140.50	1,084	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,016	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,295	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,219	9

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Receipts 4,930Last week 0Year ago 5,275

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	580	154.00–171.00	166.12
24	—	427	189.00–191.00	190.04
12	—	769	147.00–149.50	148.22
157	—	533	168.50–178.00	172.24
42	—	483	179.00–182.00	180.91
181	—	639	157.50–158.75	158.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	479	184.00–198.00	193.77
392	—	683	155.00–164.50	162.09
35	—	425	197.00–204.00	201.67
726	—	623	160.00–172.50	166.75
60	—	946	140.25	140.25
198	—	720	156.00–161.50	160.26
77	—	765	156.00–161.00	160.55
436	—	526	175.25–189.75	185.43
14	—	386	203.00	203.00
517	—	579	170.50–180.00	174.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	669	143.00–152.00	147.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	528	147.00–158.50	154.88
123	—	582	146.00–155.00	148.93
80	—	780	134.00–140.50	139.00
59	—	430	160.00–170.50	166.34
81	—	475	153.50–164.50	160.10
34	—	730	140.00	140.00
27	—	609	148.00	148.00
26	—	1,016	127.50	127.50
26	—	679	134.50–135.50	134.89
15	—	377	172.50	172.50
9	—	1,055	115.50	115.50

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.