Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2022-07-21

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jul 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
2,020 head
▲ 2,020 vs last sale 0▼ 860 vs year ago 2,880 · −29.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of consignments today, compared with two weeks ago. A trend will be given for 800 lbs steers trading steady and 800 lbs heifers trading 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers. Some consignments due to grass shortage as Sandhills receiving little to no rain. Next Auction Date Aug 4th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.27/cwt on 1,452 head.
Average price
$190.27
1,452 head · 871 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.50
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1873190.831,6661,360
Medium and Large 1-2843181.881,53392
One grade step is worth $8.95/cwt here — about $133 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 sale1,452 hd
190.27
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NE average5 barns · 4,250 hd
199.77
−9.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned492230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,22620
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned622212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,32218
Steers—Medium and Large 1633208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,31721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,35811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,3618
Steers—Medium and Large 1731201.39/cwt199.50–206.001,472136
Steers—Medium and Large 1795200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,59457
Steers—Medium and Large 1830193.31/cwt186.00–201.501,604171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2866180.52/cwt180.00–181.501,56320
Steers—Medium and Large 1890190.28/cwt186.00–193.001,693414
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy905196.25/cwt196.25–196.251,776193
Steers—Medium and Large 1938181.00/cwt179.75–185.501,698239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2969162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,5706
Steers—Medium and Large 11,021172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,756103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,072164.25/cwt164.25–164.251,76127
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned466204.00/cwt204.00–204.009519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,01725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,11118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,12516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,18526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667188.89/cwt184.50–190.001,260102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736183.95/cwt176.50–185.501,35498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836174.30/cwt173.50–177.251,457179

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.