Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Several offerings of pregged checked open heifers and home raised guaranteed open Heifers off grass. Next Auction Date Oct 1st and 8th Spring Calf Sale, Monday, Oct 5th Weigh Ups and Bred Cow Sale, Monday, Oct 12th Special Yearling Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.00/cwt on 19 head, down $4.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −67.53 against this barn's trailing median of $459.53.

Average price

$392.00

▼ 4.00 vs prior sale

19 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−28.42

vs NE average

+35.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	392.00	2,078	19thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $488.17, low $392.00, median $459.53 across 11 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 sale19 hd

392.00

—

NE average4 barns · 340 hd

420.42

−28.42

National average175 barns · 11,689 hd

356.67

+35.33

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.53

−67.53

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

22 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	800–850	828	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,724	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,401	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,099	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	3,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	352.84/cwt	336.00–365.00	2,572	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	301.13/cwt	294.00–305.00	2,490	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	295.95/cwt	258.00–320.00	2,859	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	305.15/cwt	295.00–322.00	2,676	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,324	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	302.93/cwt	288.00–309.50	2,841	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	325.16/cwt	310.00–329.00	2,679	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	341.14/cwt	330.00–350.50	2,637	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,387	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	340.59/cwt	328.00–352.50	2,970	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	331.46/cwt	326.00–333.00	3,063	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	376.80/cwt	376.00–380.00	2,378	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	339.48/cwt	338.00–345.00	2,346	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,078	19
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	287.56/cwt	273.00–293.50	2,947	53
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	276.23/cwt	274.00–278.50	2,975	16
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,147	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,936	5

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 Sep 24, 2026

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 2,600Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	696	345.00	345.00
15	800–850	828	329.00	329.00
5	950–1000	971	318.00	318.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,099	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	850–900	872	328.00–352.50	340.59
82	900–950	924	326.00–333.00	331.46
176	950–1000	986	343.50	343.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	530	392.00	392.00
39	600–650	631	376.00–380.00	376.80
34	650–700	691	338.00–345.00	339.48
182	700–750	729	336.00–365.00	352.84
240	750–800	773	330.00–350.50	341.14
360	800–850	824	310.00–329.00	325.16
147	850–900	877	295.00–322.00	305.15
93	900–950	938	288.00–309.50	302.93
161	950–1000	966	258.00–320.00	295.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	727	327.00	327.00
9	750–800	785	296.00	296.00
23	800–850	827	294.00–305.00	301.13
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	1000–1050	1,025	273.00–293.50	287.56
16	1050–1100	1,077	274.00–278.50	276.23
5	1100–1150	1,147	256.00	256.00

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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