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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2022-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-08

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 8

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

1,815 head

▲ 1,815 vs last sale 0▼ 420 vs year ago 2,235 · −18.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Another cold day in the Sandhills of NE, with a very welcomed wet snow. Today's Bred cow and Heifer auction consisted of several lots of Sandhill raised AI and bull bred replacement heifers. Calving Date starting Feb to Mar. The auction followed with Dispersions and then all ages of Bred Females. Next Auction Date Dec. 15th

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,256	$1,757	100
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,558	$1,600	34
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,376	$1,563	83
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,259	$1,403	49
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,257	$1,285	86
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,406	$1,167	54
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,366	$1,014	339
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,112	$1,934	467
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,052	$1,881	423
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	930	$1,160	6

Every lot

13 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,256	1,757.35/head	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,757	100
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,257	1,284.91/head	1,050.00–1,400.00	1,285	86
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,259	1,403.45/head	1,385.00–1,425.00	1,403	49
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,359	958.70/head	725.00–1,185.00	959	227
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,376	1,563.46/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,563	83
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,381	1,125.67/head	825.00–1,250.00	1,126	112
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,406	1,167.43/head	1,100.00–1,185.00	1,167	54
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,558	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	34
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	1,412.55/head	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,413	70
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	6
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,076	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	8
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,078	1,973.90/head	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,974	353
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,113	1,939.29/head	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,939	459

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Dec 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,815Last week 0Year ago 2,235

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	—	1,406	1,100.00–1,185.00	1,167.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,558	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	100	—	1,256	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,757.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	86	—	1,257	1,050.00–1,400.00	1,284.91
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,259	1,385.00–1,425.00	1,403.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	112	—	1,381	825.00–1,250.00	1,125.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	83	—	1,376	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,563.46

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	227	—	1,359	725.00–1,185.00	958.70

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	70	—	918	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,412.55
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,076	1,635.00	1,635.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	459	—	1,113	1,700.00–2,200.00	1,939.29
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	930	1,160.00	1,160.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	353	—	1,078	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,973.90

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.