Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-10-08

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 8

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 12 →

Receipts

2,440 head

▲ 540 vs last sale 1,900▲ 74 vs year ago 2,366 · +3.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, offerings of steers and heifers, traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates, Monday Oct 12th Special Yearling Auction starting at 11:00 am , Thursday Oct 15th Special Spring Calf Sale

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $458.40/cwt on 1,017 head, down $0.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −12.96 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$458.40

▼ 0.44 vs prior sale

1,017 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$6.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.21

vs NE average

+28.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	458.52	2,536	998
Medium and Large 1-2	532	452.00	2,405	19thin

One grade step is worth $6.52/cwt here — about $132 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,017 hd

458.40

—

NE average10 barns · 4,534 hd

455.19

+3.21

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+28.04

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−12.96

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $428.87, median $471.36 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,931	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,142	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	528.60/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,241	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	561.54/cwt	542.50–577.50	2,437	136
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	502.36/cwt	492.00–526.00	2,446	190
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,425	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	473.26/cwt	456.00–490.50	2,485	496
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,405	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	443.96/cwt	424.00–459.00	2,579	502
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	412.01/cwt	409.00–420.00	2,517	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	434.67/cwt	425.00–443.00	2,743	386
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	424.29/cwt	423.00–425.00	2,800	114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,647	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	474.61/cwt	467.00–490.00	1,993	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	451.17/cwt	441.00–460.00	2,116	161
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	438.06/cwt	437.50–439.00	2,133	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	434.23/cwt	420.00–442.00	2,267	164
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,121	12

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 Oct 8, 2026

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

Receipts 2,440Last week 1,900Year ago 2,366

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	424	522.50–530.00	528.60
31	450–500	497	488.00	488.00
19	500–550	532	452.00	452.00
29	600–650	611	409.00–420.00	412.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	580.00	580.00
10	350–400	386	555.00	555.00
136	400–450	434	542.50–577.50	561.54
190	450–500	487	492.00–526.00	502.36
496	500–550	525	456.00–490.50	473.26
502	550–600	581	424.00–459.00	443.96
386	600–650	631	425.00–443.00	434.67
114	650–700	660	423.00–425.00	424.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	487	437.50–439.00	438.06
12	500–550	537	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	447.50	447.50
65	400–450	420	467.00–490.00	474.61
161	450–500	469	441.00–460.00	451.17
164	500–550	522	420.00–442.00	434.23

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.