Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago steer and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good for all offerings of yearlings and Fall calves. Next Auction Dates for July 16th Weigh-ups & Fall Bred Cows and Pair, July 23rd Special Yearling Sale and added to calendar Aug 6th Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.54/cwt on 125 head, up $8.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +3.94 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$514.54

▲ 8.76 vs prior sale

125 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$35.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

vs NE average

+55.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	518.23	2,886	112
Medium and Large 1-2	555	482.69	2,679	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.54/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale125 hd

514.54

—

NE average2 barns · 184 hd

509.78

+4.76

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

+55.06

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

+3.94

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

31 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	550–600	574	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,647	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	422.16/cwt	391.00–433.00	3,035	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,406	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	401.69/cwt	400.00–410.00	3,117	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,634	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	360.28/cwt	349.00–365.00	3,495	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	449.40/cwt	433.00–460.00	3,033	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	597.50/cwt	597.50–597.50	2,737	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,628	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,402	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,808	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	475.46/cwt	457.50–485.00	2,976	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,838	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	498.75/cwt	476.50–532.50	2,618	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	515.48/cwt	487.00–530.50	2,892	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	376.85/cwt	374.00–384.00	2,743	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,333	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,583	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	452.75/cwt	450.00–454.00	2,721	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	376.52/cwt	361.00–384.00	3,065	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	529.34/cwt	527.50–530.00	2,424	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	362.00/cwt	359.00–363.50	2,950	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	361.77/cwt	361.00–363.00	3,140	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,705	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	364.11/cwt	362.00–365.00	2,800	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,146	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,096	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,706	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,251	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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,930Last week 1,295Year ago 2,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	487.50	487.50
5	550–600	574	475.00	475.00
9	650–700	695	379.00	379.00
10	750–800	761	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	410	630.00	630.00
9	450–500	458	597.50	597.50
14	500–550	528	537.50	537.50
98	550–600	561	487.00–530.50	515.48
133	600–650	626	457.50–485.00	475.46
254	650–700	675	433.00–460.00	449.40
105	700–750	719	391.00–433.00	422.16
80	750–800	776	400.00–410.00	401.69
104	800–850	814	361.00–384.00	376.52
7	850–900	883	353.00	353.00
121	900–950	922	369.00	369.00
173	950–1000	970	349.00–365.00	360.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	485.00	485.00
13	600–650	645	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	413	545.00	545.00
31	450–500	458	527.50–530.00	529.34
97	500–550	525	476.50–532.50	498.75
19	550–600	588	460.00	460.00
74	600–650	601	450.00–454.00	452.75
10	650–700	660	410.00	410.00
60	700–750	728	374.00–384.00	376.85
17	750–800	769	362.00–365.00	364.11
93	800–850	815	359.00–363.50	362.00
114	850–900	868	361.00–363.00	361.77
16	900–950	912	345.00	345.00
14	950–1000	966	320.50	320.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	510	457.50	457.50

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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