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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-10

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 10

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 6Oct 10Oct 13 →

Receipts

2,700 head

▲ 50 vs last sale 2,650▲ 490 vs year ago 2,210 · +22.2%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks 750 lbs steers traded 5.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs heifers traded 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with some internet bidding today. Next Auction Dates Oct. 13th, 20th, & 27th Special Spring Calf Sales, Oct 31st Bred Female Sale, and Oct 17th and 24th Regular Sale

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.48/cwt on 1,310 head.

Average price

$177.48

1,310 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,379

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.26

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	777	177.48	1,379	1,310

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,310 hd

177.48

—

NE average9 barns · 10,287 hd

185.74

−8.26

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	180.28/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,183	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	187.13/cwt	185.50–188.50	1,349	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	187.68/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,456	246
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	188.95/cwt	184.50–192.50	1,540	225
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	868	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,593	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	181.34/cwt	176.00–188.00	1,592	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	184.69/cwt	174.00–188.25	1,671	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	981	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,771	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,072	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,895	106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,006	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	182.94/cwt	179.00–185.50	1,163	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	187.62/cwt	179.00–191.50	1,246	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	702	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,260	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	176.47/cwt	167.00–179.75	1,283	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	732	187.75/cwt	187.75–187.75	1,374	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	179.01/cwt	174.00–184.75	1,391	363
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	170.41/cwt	167.50–172.00	1,418	282
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	166.23/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,556	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	164.73/cwt	156.00–169.50	1,591	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,086	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,738	10

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

Mon Oct 10, 2022

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

Receipts 2,700Last week 2,650Year ago 2,210

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	732	187.75	187.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	553	182.00	182.00
10	—	1,086	160.00	160.00
38	—	636	179.00–185.50	182.94
48	—	966	156.00–169.50	164.73
82	—	936	162.00–168.00	166.23
158	—	727	167.00–179.75	176.47
282	—	832	167.50–172.00	170.41
363	—	777	174.00–184.75	179.01
151	—	664	179.00–191.50	187.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	702	179.50	179.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	981	180.50	180.50
106	—	1,072	176.75	176.75
22	—	656	177.00–185.00	180.28
246	—	776	180.00–190.00	187.68
60	—	905	174.00–188.25	184.69
225	—	815	184.50–192.50	188.95
130	—	721	185.50–188.50	187.13
156	—	878	176.00–188.00	181.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	868	183.50	183.50

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.