WH_LS762
Kearney, NE    Thu Feb 2, 2012    USDA-NE Dept of Ag Market News

Valentine, NE - Valentine Livestock Auction
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/02/2012

Receipts:  3470    Last Week:  3170    Year Ago:  0

  A limited number of comparable offerings for steers and heifer
from last week a trend will not be given. Several consignments 
of replacement quality heifers and feeder calves with not many
buyers in the seats, but demand was still very good. Receipts
consisted of 15 percent steers, 85 percent heifers, with 48 percent
of total offerings weighting over 600 pounds.
Next Auction Date: Feb 9th No Sale, Feb 16th Bred Female
                   Feb 23rd Feeder and Replacement Heifer Sale

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   17      446       446       200.50         200.50
   14      455       455       211.00         211.00
  154    519-544     531    191.50-192.75     192.09
   11      562       562       197.00         197.00
  142    604-608     605    186.00-190.00     187.39
   16      740       740       158.00         158.00

                Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7      423       423       181.00         181.00
   39    488-496     492    181.50-191.00     187.29
    9      582       582       172.00         172.00
   73    603-634     610    176.00-180.25     179.28
   12      669       669       172.00         172.00

                Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   11      312       312       199.00         199.00
   25      391       391       198.00         198.00
   48    410-418     412    184.50-189.50     188.02
  235    453-491     467    185.00-192.50     189.56
  368    505-546     528    174.00-189.50     181.53
  477    551-598     576    165.00-178.50     171.88
   71      576       576       189.00         189.00   Fancy
   63    609-649     645       170.00         170.00
  232    618-642     635   1015.00-1205.00   1117.70   Per Head
  175    629-638     630    185.50-186.00     185.94   Replacement
  145    653-691     675    158.00-170.00     159.61
  336    657-691     672   1105.00-1315.00   1218.78   Per Head
   78    705-722     707    147.00-149.00     148.76
   86    712-746     730   1160.00-1310.00   1238.18   Per Head
   40      857       857       138.25         138.25

               Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   68    462-495     471    171.00-181.00     178.18
   83    514-549     534    170.00-175.00     173.07
   17      591       591       163.00         163.00
  106    609-640     618    147.00-167.00     163.27
    5      699       699       151.00         151.00
   10      743       743       142.50         142.50

Source:  NE Dept of Ag - USDA Market News Service, Kearney, NE
         Shareen Dearmont 308-237-7579
         24 Hr Recorded Markets (308)234-1059
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WH_LS762.txt

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