Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2023-02-02

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 2

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9 →

Receipts

3,990 head

▼ 1,815 vs last sale 5,805▼ 1,170 vs year ago 5,160 · −22.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction in Valentine, NE light weight green steers, 500 lbs traded 15.00 higher, 550 lbs steers traded 9.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 7.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 550 lbs traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher, 600 lbs heifers traded 12.00 lower and 650 lbs heifers traded 3.00 higher. A demand still for replacement quality heifers Black and Bwf offerings from local Sandhill Ranches. Next Auction Dates Feb 9th Special Bred Female and Regular Auction, Feb 23rd Special Feeder 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 $198.26/cwt on 1,991 head.

Average price

$198.26

1,991 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$13.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.08

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	199.61	1,159	1,789
Medium and Large 1-2	559	186.26	1,042	202

One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $117 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 sale1,991 hd

198.26

—

NE average10 barns · 16,454 hd

189.18

+9.08

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	257.00/cwt	252.00–261.00	971	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	929	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,025	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	992	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	255.94/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,167	241
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	232.23/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,085	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	243.03/cwt	237.50–246.00	1,249	372
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	218.24/cwt	196.00–227.50	1,148	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	206.98/cwt	206.00–208.00	1,178	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	217.69/cwt	211.00–219.50	1,260	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	217.89/cwt	208.00–222.50	1,329	338
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	195.25/cwt	195.00–199.00	1,213	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	201.77/cwt	196.00–209.50	1,336	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	193.89/cwt	185.50–199.50	1,379	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	797	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,435	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	799	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	208.64/cwt	204.00–210.00	891	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	207.89/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,004	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	188.97/cwt	185.00–199.00	918	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	210.68/cwt	203.00–215.00	1,123	352
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,050	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	200.55/cwt	190.50–208.25	1,143	651
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	186.88/cwt	183.00–189.00	1,091	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	615	197.30/cwt	195.25–206.00	1,213	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	177.45/cwt	169.00–188.00	1,118	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	656	198.74/cwt	196.50–205.00	1,304	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	176.57/cwt	168.50–179.00	1,172	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	182.57/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,229	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	708	191.69/cwt	190.00–192.25	1,357	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,287	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	172.55/cwt	171.25–173.00	1,315	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,410	5

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 Feb 2, 2023

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

Receipts 3,990Last week 5,805Year ago 5,160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
651	—	570	190.50–208.25	200.55
5	—	832	169.50	169.50
91	—	483	206.00–209.00	207.89
115	—	630	169.00–188.00	177.45
35	—	762	171.25–173.00	172.55
81	—	673	180.00–187.00	182.57
11	—	727	177.00	177.00
35	—	427	204.00–210.00	208.64
352	—	533	203.00–215.00	210.68
41	—	363	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	584	183.00–189.00	186.88
10	—	541	194.00	194.00
34	—	664	168.50–179.00	176.57
74	—	486	185.00–199.00	188.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	656	196.50–205.00	198.74
79	—	708	190.00–192.25	191.69
178	—	615	195.25–206.00	197.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	569	206.00–208.00	206.98
25	—	445	223.00	223.00
53	—	526	196.00–227.50	218.24
8	—	383	242.50	242.50
51	—	467	225.00–237.00	232.23
77	—	621	195.00–199.00	195.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	456	253.00–259.00	255.94
85	—	711	185.50–199.50	193.89
25	—	797	180.00	180.00
62	—	378	252.00–261.00	257.00
8	—	441	232.50	232.50
372	—	514	237.50–246.00	243.03
153	—	579	211.00–219.50	217.69
135	—	662	196.00–209.50	201.77
338	—	610	208.00–222.50	217.89

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.