Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2023-09-14

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 14

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Sep 7Sep 14Oct 5 →

Receipts

2,700 head

▼ 495 vs last sale 3,195▼ 920 vs year ago 3,620 · −25.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 800 lbs steers traded 9.00 higher and 850 to 900 lbs steers traded steady to 2.00 lower. No comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Sept 28th

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 $265.44/cwt on 1,792 head.

Average price

$265.44

1,792 head · 863 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,291

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$12.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.15

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	867	266.40	2,309	1,649
Medium and Large 1-2	819	254.40	2,085	143

One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $224 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 sale1,792 hd

265.44

—

NE average4 barns · 3,537 hd

267.59

−2.15

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

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,972	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	292.19/cwt	287.00–294.50	2,139	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	270.33/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,979	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	256.29/cwt	256.00–256.50	2,007	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	792	267.84/cwt	262.50–269.00	2,121	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	274.29/cwt	268.50–280.50	2,263	464
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,076	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	260.35/cwt	254.75–265.00	2,301	320
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	886	246.35/cwt	245.50–247.50	2,183	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	914	230.53/cwt	230.00–231.00	2,107	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	257.70/cwt	254.25–266.00	2,371	495
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	951	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,378	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,553	118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,753	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	241.66/cwt	237.00–244.50	1,781	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,863	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	246.50/cwt	244.50–247.50	1,940	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	814	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,799	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	244.11/cwt	238.00–246.00	2,033	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	238.47/cwt	235.50–242.00	2,091	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	239.48/cwt	236.50–241.50	2,227	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,330	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,026	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	2,252	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,064	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,351	11

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 Sep 14, 2023

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

Receipts 2,700Last week 3,195Year ago 3,620

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,026	219.50	219.50
11	—	1,064	221.00	221.00
12	—	983	237.00	237.00
20	—	748	249.00	249.00
50	—	930	236.50–241.50	239.48
86	—	877	235.50–242.00	238.47
168	—	833	238.00–246.00	244.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	737	237.00–244.50	241.66
15	—	814	221.00	221.00
18	—	682	257.00	257.00
37	—	787	244.50–247.50	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	827	251.00	251.00
49	—	886	245.50–247.50	246.35
14	—	783	256.00–256.50	256.29
15	—	914	230.00–231.00	230.53
49	—	732	268.00–272.00	270.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
464	—	825	268.50–280.50	274.29
18	—	951	250.00	250.00
495	—	920	254.25–266.00	257.70
53	—	663	297.50	297.50
81	—	792	262.50–269.00	267.84
100	—	732	287.00–294.50	292.19
118	—	1,005	254.00	254.00
320	—	884	254.75–265.00	260.35

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.