Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2021-10-14

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 14

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

2,210 head

▼ 685 vs last sale 2,895▼ 778 vs year ago 2,988 · −26.0%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 8.00 lower, 500 to 550 lbs heifers traded 13.00 to 18.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Cooler weather in the area with a freeze in the Sandhills. Next Auction Dates Oct. 21st, 25th & 28th

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 $175.69/cwt on 1,453 head.

Average price

$175.69

1,453 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$9.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.92

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	176.59	1,051	1,310
Medium and Large 1-2	536	167.52	898	143

One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,453 hd

175.69

—

NE average12 barns · 17,077 hd

173.77

+1.92

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	389	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	817	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	196.52/cwt	195.00–197.50	871	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	203.60/cwt	203.00–206.00	955	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	182.70/cwt	176.00–189.50	890	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	156.65/cwt	155.00–160.00	800	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	187.71/cwt	181.50–189.50	1,004	282
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	175.79/cwt	154.00–180.00	991	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	161.59/cwt	155.00–167.00	931	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	168.57/cwt	161.00–174.50	1,062	467
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	169.02/cwt	164.00–172.25	1,141	278
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	164.37/cwt	160.00–167.00	674	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	451	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	686	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	158.89/cwt	154.00–164.00	763	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	146.04/cwt	142.00–154.00	768	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	159.91/cwt	159.00–163.00	852	167
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	151.03/cwt	148.00–152.50	873	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	154.92/cwt	154.00–155.00	957	84

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 14, 2021

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

Receipts 2,210Last week 2,895Year ago 2,988

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	535	181.50–189.50	187.71
278	—	675	164.00–172.25	169.02
170	—	564	154.00–180.00	175.79
57	—	469	203.00–206.00	203.60
42	—	443	195.00–197.50	196.52
14	—	389	210.00	210.00
467	—	630	161.00–174.50	168.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	576	155.00–167.00	161.59
46	—	487	176.00–189.50	182.70
25	—	511	155.00–160.00	156.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	451	152.00	152.00
28	—	526	142.00–154.00	146.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	533	159.00–163.00	159.91
123	—	578	148.00–152.50	151.03
84	—	618	154.00–155.00	154.92
84	—	480	154.00–164.00	158.89
21	—	410	160.00–167.00	164.37

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.