Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market report for today's Special Feeder Sale: It has been three weeks since our last feeder auction a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with active bidding at the barn and out of state bidders on the internet. The auction started the day with yearling steers and heifers off grass, then onto Fall calf offerings. Next Auction Dates for July 9th (Fall calve weights) 16th (Fall bred Female, Pairs and regular Sale and 23rd (Special Feeder Sale)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $505.78/cwt on 45 head, up $6.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −4.81 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$505.78

▲ 6.87 vs prior sale

45 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.45

vs NE average

+46.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	505.78	2,881	45

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $475.00, median $510.59 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

505.78

—

NE average5 barns · 274 hd

501.33

+4.45

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+46.73

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−4.81

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

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	437.96/cwt	425.00–440.00	3,184	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,831	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	493.83/cwt	490.00–502.50	2,533	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	447.05/cwt	446.00–448.00	2,879	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,514	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	374.76/cwt	349.00–379.00	3,392	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	407.57/cwt	406.00–409.00	2,706	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,930	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	418.22/cwt	416.50–420.00	3,266	129
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,406	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	393.92/cwt	388.00–400.00	3,403	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	419.82/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,594	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,973	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	373.00/cwt	369.00–377.00	2,816	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,914	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,571	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,122	7

How this sale compares

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 Jun 18, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	570.00	570.00
19	600–650	644	446.00–448.00	447.05
6	650–700	656	448.00	448.00
6	850–900	856	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	512	526.00	526.00
35	550–600	586	500.00	500.00
96	700–750	727	425.00–440.00	437.96
129	750–800	781	416.50–420.00	418.22
279	850–900	864	388.00–400.00	393.92
73	900–950	905	349.00–379.00	374.76
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,026	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	510.00	510.00
42	500–550	513	490.00–502.50	493.83
7	550–600	591	435.00	435.00
35	600–650	618	410.00–425.00	419.82
73	650–700	664	406.00–409.00	407.57
67	700–750	713	397.00	397.00
16	750–800	755	369.00–377.00	373.00
32	800–850	818	363.50	363.50
11	850–900	883	330.00	330.00

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.

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