Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2022-03-10

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Mar 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
3,355 head
▲ 3,355 vs last sale 0▼ 705 vs year ago 4,060 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 lbs steers traded considerable lower at 21.00 and 600 lbs steers trading 8.00 higher. Heifer offerings 550 to 700 lbs traded 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Date March 31 Regular Auction, April 7th Feeder Cattle and April 21st Bred cow and heifer auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.97/cwt on 1,225 head.
Average price
$195.97
1,225 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.50
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1611200.891,227859
Medium and Large 1-2607184.411,119366
One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about $108 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 sale1,225 hd
195.97
—
NE average8 barns · 11,130 hd
181.47
+14.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371215.00/cwt215.00–215.007988
Steers—Medium and Large 1386232.00/cwt232.00–232.008965
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427211.29/cwt208.00–212.0090232
Steers—Medium and Large 1446224.00/cwt224.00–224.0099935
Steers—Medium and Large 1481214.77/cwt213.00–216.001,03320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492201.00/cwt201.00–201.0098912
Steers—Medium and Large 1521221.39/cwt214.00–225.001,15387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529202.30/cwt201.00–205.001,07053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576191.05/cwt173.00–199.001,10053
Steers—Medium and Large 1581208.09/cwt196.00–209.251,209212
Steers—Medium and Large 1611205.19/cwt198.25–210.001,254264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,17436
Steers—Medium and Large 1669188.23/cwt184.50–192.001,259119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684169.49/cwt166.00–170.001,159145
Steers—Medium and Large 1708174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,23245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,17027
Steers—Medium and Large 1782159.68/cwt155.00–162.501,24972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414195.00/cwt195.00–195.008075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486195.31/cwt194.00–198.00949115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531179.00/cwt179.00–179.009505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535163.00/cwt163.00–163.0087210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564178.99/cwt173.25–183.251,010155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595153.77/cwt151.00–156.5091530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622164.18/cwt158.00–168.501,021291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642151.40/cwt149.00–154.50972103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666155.11/cwt149.50–159.251,033231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717149.84/cwt147.00–153.501,074112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement730162.80/cwt162.00–163.001,18840
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,04820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement751159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,19457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764139.95/cwt139.00–143.001,06943

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.