Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2023-10-12

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 12

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Receipts

1,790 head

▲ 465 vs last sale 1,325▼ 1,895 vs year ago 3,685 · −51.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last Thursdays Auction with 500 to 550 lbs steers trading steady to 16.00 lower. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Heavy rain in the area with high winds all day at the barn, conditions in favor of buyer today. Next Auction Monday, Oct 16th Weigh Ups and Bred Cows and Fall Pairs, Oct 19th Special Spring Calf Auction

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 $314.90/cwt on 1,419 head.

Average price

$314.90

1,419 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$38.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.86

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	316.75	1,700	1,351
Medium and Large 1-2	572	278.07	1,591	68

One grade step is worth $38.68/cwt here — about $109 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 sale1,419 hd

314.90

—

NE average10 barns · 14,475 hd

283.03

+31.86

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

Every lot

20 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	323	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,106	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,466	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,431	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	362.27/cwt	353.00–374.50	1,547	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	340.30/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,593	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	327.03/cwt	317.00–330.50	1,707	438
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	278.20/cwt	276.00–287.00	1,525	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,613	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	294.17/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,712	355
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,653	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	280.31/cwt	273.00–286.50	1,744	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	622	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,630	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	632	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,845	78
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	914	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,032	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	280.87/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,174	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	273.73/cwt	264.00–283.00	1,295	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,309	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,480	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	247.24/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,501	18

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 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,790Last week 1,325Year ago 3,685

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	473	264.00–283.00	273.73
92	—	544	272.00	272.00
6	—	313	292.00	292.00
58	—	418	277.00–286.00	280.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	607	245.00–250.00	247.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	248.00	248.00
6	—	403	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	286.00	286.00
25	—	548	276.00–287.00	278.20
5	—	426	336.00	336.00
22	—	610	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	622	273.00–286.50	280.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	391	375.00	375.00
137	—	468	338.00–345.00	340.30
355	—	582	289.00–300.00	294.17
152	—	427	353.00–374.50	362.27
12	—	323	342.50	342.50
438	—	522	317.00–330.50	327.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	622	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	632	292.00	292.00

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.