Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2023-10-05

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 5

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Sep 14Oct 5Oct 12 →

Receipts

1,325 head

▼ 1,375 vs last sale 2,700▼ 1,325 vs year ago 2,650 · −50.0%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First show of spring calves today, a trend will be given for steers or heifers. The seats were full with several buyers and observers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Oct 9th, 12th, 16th, 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 $314.75/cwt on 753 head.

Average price

$314.75

753 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$23.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.79

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	317.98	1,736	648
Medium and Large 1-2	537	294.83	1,584	105

One grade step is worth $23.15/cwt here — about $152 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 sale753 hd

314.75

—

NE average9 barns · 8,234 hd

282.96

+31.79

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

Every lot

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,511	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	335.08/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,474	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	338.59/cwt	332.00–342.50	1,554	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	308.62/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,534	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	328.72/cwt	323.00–336.00	1,706	239
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	302.04/cwt	291.00–314.00	1,571	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	310.90/cwt	294.00–315.50	1,797	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	276.86/cwt	256.00–285.00	1,614	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	288.79/cwt	281.00–292.50	1,779	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	278.04/cwt	277.00–278.50	1,838	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,261	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,352	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	266.18/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,171	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	299.72/cwt	293.00–303.00	1,430	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,210	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	297.52/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,556	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	265.63/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,389	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	264.89/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,507	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,702	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	602	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,583	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,659	30

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 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,325Last week 2,700Year ago 2,650

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	602	263.00	263.00
30	—	661	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	394	320.00	320.00
23	—	581	293.00	293.00
42	—	523	291.00–300.00	297.52
53	—	439	308.00	308.00
91	—	477	293.00–303.00	299.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	245.00	245.00
23	—	440	265.00–268.00	266.18
25	—	569	261.00–271.00	264.89
29	—	523	256.00–270.00	265.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	440	330.00–340.00	335.08
70	—	459	332.00–342.50	338.59
174	—	578	294.00–315.50	310.90
239	—	519	323.00–336.00	328.72
16	—	380	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	583	256.00–285.00	276.86
56	—	520	291.00–314.00	302.04
15	—	497	299.00–315.00	308.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	616	281.00–292.50	288.79
67	—	661	277.00–278.50	278.04

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.