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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Dec 14

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

2,682 head

▲ 2,682 vs last sale 0▲ 867 vs year ago 1,815 · +47.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of bred heifers and bred cows on offer being both "AI" and bull bred. The run consisted of near 60 percent from complete herd dispersion and 30 percent bred heifers with the balance on other bred cows. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,278	$3,359	53
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$3,077	117
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,217	$2,725	487
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,404	$2,642	217
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$2,450	19
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,084	$2,300	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,133	$2,255	42
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,405	$2,057	65
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,272	$1,978	215
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,406	$1,769	271
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,281	$1,588	292
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,151	$3,225	10
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,073	$2,849	569
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,060	$2,704	149

Every lot

17 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,035	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,084	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,133	2,255.23/head	1,675.00–2,900.00	2,255	42
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,217	2,724.83/head	2,200.00–3,250.00	2,725	487
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,272	1,978.20/head	1,625.00–2,700.00	1,978	215
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,273	1,565.99/head	1,150.00–1,700.00	1,566	212
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,278	3,359.01/head	3,335.00–3,400.00	3,359	53
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,301	1,645.29/head	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,645	80
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,375	3,076.52/head	2,800.00–3,375.00	3,077	117
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,396	1,857.40/head	1,400.00–2,300.00	1,857	179
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,403	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	31
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,404	2,641.92/head	2,050.00–2,900.00	2,642	217
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,406	2,269.42/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,269	34
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,426	1,595.89/head	1,400.00–2,100.00	1,596	92
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,060	2,703.82/head	2,100.00–3,200.00	2,704	149
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,073	2,848.89/head	2,400.00–3,350.00	2,849	569
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,151	3,225.00/head	3,225.00–3,225.00	3,225	10

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Dec 14, 2023

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

Receipts 2,682Last week 0Year ago 1,815

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,084	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,035	2,450.00	2,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,406	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,269.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	117	—	1,375	2,800.00–3,375.00	3,076.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	215	—	1,272	1,625.00–2,700.00	1,978.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	487	—	1,217	2,200.00–3,250.00	2,724.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,133	1,675.00–2,900.00	2,255.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	179	—	1,396	1,400.00–2,300.00	1,857.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	217	—	1,404	2,050.00–2,900.00	2,641.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,278	3,335.00–3,400.00	3,359.01
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	80	—	1,301	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,645.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,403	1,825.00	1,825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	212	—	1,273	1,150.00–1,700.00	1,565.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	92	—	1,426	1,400.00–2,100.00	1,595.89

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	569	—	1,073	2,400.00–3,350.00	2,848.89
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	149	—	1,060	2,100.00–3,200.00	2,703.82
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,151	3,225.00	3,225.00

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.