Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2023-01-12

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 12

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Dec 29Jan 12Jan 19 →

Receipts

5,270 head

▲ 2,930 vs last sale 2,340▲ 5,270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, Thursday Sale Dec. 29th, 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to as much as 20.00 higher. Not enough comparable offering for heifers, a trend will not be given. A high demand for replacement quality heifers should be noted. Several buyers in the seats today with little bidding from the internet. Next Auction Dates Jan 19th and 26th

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 $220.53/cwt on 3,728 head.

Average price

$220.53

3,728 head · 612 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$19.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.57

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	221.79	1,362	3,493
Medium and Large 1-2	588	201.87	1,187	235

One grade step is worth $19.92/cwt here — about $175 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 sale3,728 hd

220.53

—

NE average14 barns · 30,482 hd

200.96

+19.57

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,141	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	406	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	962	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,135	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	252.05/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,197	323
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	228.54/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,120	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	239.14/cwt	234.00–243.50	1,263	318
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	227.49/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,203	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	573	230.64/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,322	398
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,001	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	219.32/cwt	216.50–223.00	1,270	285
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	211.96/cwt	201.00–218.50	1,337	444
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	634	223.44/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,417	787
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	206.62/cwt	198.50–212.50	1,391	359
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,161	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	708	208.51/cwt	207.50–209.50	1,476	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	200.33/cwt	186.50–204.00	1,432	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	1,371	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,387	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,519	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	683	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	897	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	961	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	197.53/cwt	197.00–198.00	915	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	211.92/cwt	209.50–219.00	990	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	986	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	200.63/cwt	196.50–205.00	1,073	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	558	203.21/cwt	200.00–203.75	1,134	177
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	973	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	187.71/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,106	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	612	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,184	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	186.02/cwt	173.00–189.50	1,155	277
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	659	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	672	182.98/cwt	181.50–185.00	1,230	149
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,156	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,006	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	703	1,395.76/head	1,235.00–1,535.00	1,396	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,213	40

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 Jan 12, 2023

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

Receipts 5,270Last week 2,340Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	227.00	227.00
8	—	445	216.00	216.00
40	—	705	172.00	172.00
277	—	621	173.00–189.50	186.02
50	—	535	196.50–205.00	200.63
57	—	688	168.00	168.00
143	—	589	180.00–195.00	187.71
88	—	467	209.50–219.00	211.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	689	146.00	146.00
29	—	463	197.00–198.00	197.53
9	—	586	166.00	166.00
6	—	350	195.00	195.00
9	—	516	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	672	181.50–185.00	182.98
25	—	612	193.50	193.50
56	—	659	1,300.00	1,300.00
93	—	703	1,235.00–1,535.00	1,395.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	558	200.00–203.75	203.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	406	237.00	237.00
21	—	575	174.00	174.00
61	—	679	171.00	171.00
39	—	740	185.25	185.25
77	—	490	218.00–231.00	228.54
25	—	529	225.00–229.00	227.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	631	201.00–218.50	211.96
41	—	397	287.50	287.50
83	—	762	182.00	182.00
10	—	425	267.00	267.00
323	—	475	240.00–254.00	252.05
75	—	828	183.50	183.50
203	—	715	186.50–204.00	200.33
285	—	579	216.50–223.00	219.32
318	—	528	234.00–243.50	239.14
359	—	673	198.50–212.50	206.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
787	—	634	222.00–225.00	223.44
398	—	573	226.00–236.00	230.64
167	—	708	207.50–209.50	208.51

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.