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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 4

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

850 head

▲ 850 vs last sale 0▼ 140 vs year ago 990 · −14.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The bred cow and heifer auction consisted of black, bwf and few red offerings, calving March to May. All cattle looked in good condition, weather in the area has turned to an early Spring with temperatures in the 60's today. Next Auction Dates for March 11th and 25th

Every lot

8 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 Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,068	1,210.48/cwt	1,125.00–1,325.00	12,928	37
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,316	864.26/cwt	850.00–875.00	11,374	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,327	1,507.50/cwt	1,425.00–1,625.00	20,005	49
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,341	1,471.21/cwt	1,300.00–1,650.00	19,729	100
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,385	1,001.31/cwt	750.00–1,175.00	13,868	89
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,411	1,162.03/cwt	1,050.00–1,325.00	16,396	78
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,445	1,178.77/cwt	1,075.00–1,275.00	17,033	60
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,062	1,522.75/cwt	1,310.00–1,650.00	16,172	388

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Mar 4, 2021

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

Receipts 850Last week 0Year ago 990

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)	78	—	1,411	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,162.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	100	—	1,341	1,300.00–1,650.00	1,471.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	1,327	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,507.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	1,068	1,125.00–1,325.00	1,210.48
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	60	—	1,445	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,178.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,316	850.00–875.00	864.26

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)	89	—	1,385	750.00–1,175.00	1,001.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	388	—	1,062	1,310.00–1,650.00	1,522.75

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.