Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2022-09-22

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
1,800 head
▼ 1,820 vs last sale 3,620▲ 1,800 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 750 lbs steers traded 14.00 lower, and 850 to 900 lbs steers traded 7.00 lower. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 850 lbs offerings trading 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Not much internet bidding today. Next Auction Date Sept 29th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.39/cwt on 1,025 head.
Average price
$183.39
1,025 head · 883 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$37.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.28
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1887184.981,641900
Medium and Large 1-2829173.611,439117
Large 11,186147.001,7438thin
One grade step is worth $37.98/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale1,025 hd
183.39
—
NE average10 barns · 12,132 hd
197.66
−14.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2551213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1746
Steers—Medium and Large 1668196.96/cwt194.00–200.001,31622
Steers—Medium and Large 1745186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,38968
Steers—Medium and Large 1761193.10/cwt186.00–197.501,469132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2792173.05/cwt170.00–176.001,37171
Steers—Medium and Large 1843185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,56024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882172.38/cwt172.00–173.001,52016
Steers—Medium and Large 1887183.99/cwt180.50–186.251,632168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2922170.66/cwt169.50–172.001,57317
Steers—Medium and Large 1935182.93/cwt178.25–187.001,710360
Steers—Medium and Large 11,005180.75/cwt180.75–180.751,817126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,092155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,6987
Steers—Large 11,186147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7438
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,21616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771174.92/cwt170.00–175.501,34975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832174.63/cwt173.00–179.001,45388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2835162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868173.74/cwt172.00–175.501,508111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1929171.85/cwt169.50–174.001,59681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2953163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,5585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1983171.99/cwt170.00–173.251,69131
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,009169.14/cwt166.50–170.501,70767
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,052167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,7578
Heifers—Large 11,118149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,6717

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.