Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2022-10-20

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 20

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Receipts

3,170 head

▼ 515 vs last sale 3,685▲ 590 vs year ago 2,580 · +22.9%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 2.00 lower and 450 to 550 lbs heifers traded steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates Oct 27th and Monday, Oct 31st

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 $208.53/cwt on 1,638 head.

Average price

$208.53

1,638 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$17.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.86

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	210.28	1,233	1,471
Medium and Large 1-2	601	193.12	1,161	167

One grade step is worth $17.16/cwt here — about $72 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 sale1,638 hd

208.53

—

NE average9 barns · 11,963 hd

206.67

+1.86

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	800	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	232.22/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,001	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	232.57/cwt	221.00–245.50	1,098	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,062	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	514	229.53/cwt	228.50–230.00	1,180	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	217.95/cwt	212.00–223.50	1,146	222
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,075	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	209.81/cwt	201.00–218.75	1,196	227
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	193.94/cwt	183.00–199.00	1,140	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	204.15/cwt	195.50–209.00	1,282	448
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	646	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,244	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,182	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	675	193.59/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,307	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	689	179.21/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,235	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	722	186.02/cwt	182.50–188.00	1,343	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	211.91/cwt	207.00–215.00	807	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	779	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	200.38/cwt	196.00–206.00	862	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	204.13/cwt	202.00–214.00	970	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	197.19/cwt	194.00–199.00	939	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	182.74/cwt	179.00–185.00	947	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	527	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,136	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	196.21/cwt	190.50–203.00	1,040	228
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	180.87/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,033	222
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	579	193.68/cwt	191.50–197.00	1,121	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,058	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	180.45/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,130	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,187	12

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 20, 2022

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

Receipts 3,170Last week 3,685Year ago 2,580

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	381	207.00–215.00	211.91
100	—	430	196.00–206.00	200.38
161	—	475	202.00–214.00	204.13
222	—	571	176.00–186.00	180.87
228	—	530	190.50–203.00	196.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	190.00	190.00
6	—	615	172.00	172.00
108	—	476	194.00–199.00	197.19
16	—	518	179.00–185.00	182.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	527	215.50	215.50
81	—	579	191.50–197.00	193.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	656	181.00	181.00
71	—	626	175.00–184.00	180.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	646	192.50	192.50
32	—	689	176.00–183.00	179.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	722	182.50–188.00	186.02
180	—	675	187.00–200.00	193.59
448	—	628	195.50–209.00	204.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	588	183.00–199.00	193.94
8	—	494	215.00	215.00
24	—	532	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	392	204.00	204.00
9	—	664	178.00	178.00
37	—	431	231.00–233.00	232.22
222	—	526	212.00–223.50	217.95
147	—	472	221.00–245.50	232.57
227	—	570	201.00–218.75	209.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	514	228.50–230.00	229.53
80	—	715	200.00	200.00

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.