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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Apr 8

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

420 head

▲ 420 vs last sale 0▲ 420 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Several weigh ups today followed by baby calves $300 to $425 a head. Consignments today included Spring Heifers and Cows calving now to May, Fall cows bred for August. A few pairs, all in good condition. Next Auction Date April 22nd

Every lot

11 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 · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,128	1,850.00/cwt	1,850.00–1,850.00	20,868	6
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	2,060.51/cwt	2,000.00–2,130.00	23,284	18
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,161	1,419.77/cwt	1,175.00–1,450.00	16,484	91
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,279	1,538.27/cwt	1,175.00–1,670.00	19,674	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,279	1,346.63/cwt	1,050.00–1,440.00	17,223	54
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,329	939.69/cwt	910.00–950.00	12,488	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,351	1,130.96/cwt	1,000.00–1,250.00	15,279	56
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,381	1,058.35/cwt	1,010.00–1,150.00	14,616	24
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,390	1,218.16/cwt	1,100.00–1,400.00	16,932	52
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,453	866.78/cwt	775.00–900.00	12,594	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	1,667.54/cwt	1,600.00–1,725.00	17,176	59

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Apr 8, 2021

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

Receipts 420Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,128	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,130	2,000.00–2,130.00	2,060.51

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)	56	—	1,351	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,130.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,329	910.00–950.00	939.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	—	1,390	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,218.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	54	—	1,279	1,050.00–1,440.00	1,346.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,279	1,175.00–1,670.00	1,538.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	91	—	1,161	1,175.00–1,450.00	1,419.77

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	—	1,381	1,010.00–1,150.00	1,058.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,453	775.00–900.00	866.78

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)	59	—	1,030	1,600.00–1,725.00	1,667.54

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.