Valentine, NE Livestock Auction Market

WH_LS762
Kearney, NE    Thu Nov 15, 2012    USDA-NE Dept of Ag Market News

Valentine, NE - Valentine Livestock Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 11/15/2012

Receipts:  2915    Last Week:  2540    Year Ago:  2215

  Compared with two weeks ago steers traded stead to 6.00 higher
and heifers traded steady.  Demand was good for most all weaned and
non-weaned offerings today, consisting of Sandhill reputation replace-
ment heifers, drug free, age/source verified and NHTC lots.  Receipts
consisted of 74 percent steers, 26 percent heifers, with 14 percent
weighing over 600 pounds.  Next Auction Date: Nov 29th  

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    9      326       326       184.00         184.00
   41    364-387     377    174.00-181.00     176.73
   80    404-446     425    170.50-180.00     173.83
   39      408       408       195.00         195.00   Value Added
  296    453-498     482    167.00-177.50     171.72
   84      483       483       181.75         181.75   Fancy
  170    471-474     473    178.50-195.50     188.43   Value Added
  296    512-545     524    165.00-174.00     170.12
   82      500       500       180.00         180.00   Fancy
  338    559-592     578    159.00-169.00     166.12
  158    570-598     584       185.00         185.00   Value Added
  229    600-648     621    157.75-172.00     163.57
   50      616       616       157.50         157.50   Calves
   31      656       656       159.75         159.75   Calves
   16      731       731       140.00         140.00

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   16      357       357       166.00         166.00
   17      467       467       162.50         162.50
   28      542       542       156.50         156.50
   36    556-598     573    154.00-157.00     156.22
   12    604-605     604    145.00-155.00     149.17
    5      752       752       138.00         138.00

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   84    356-395     372    151.50-155.00     153.69
   93    404-445     415    151.50-158.50     153.40
   88    453-491     461    154.00-161.50     159.87
   41      453       453       176.00         176.00   Replacement
  237    500-541     518    147.00-156.00     152.43
    7      599       599       136.00         136.00
   18      562       562       152.00         152.00   Replacement
  101    601-615     603    143.50-145.00     144.74   Calves
   10      704       704       135.25         135.25
    7      859       859       130.25         130.25

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   13    451-490     466    145.00-151.00     148.57

Source:  NE Dept of Ag - USDA Market News Service, Kearney, NE
         Shareen Dearmont 308-390-5399
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         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WH_LS762.txt

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