Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-10-22

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 22

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 15Oct 22Oct 29 →

Receipts

3,585 head

▲ 555 vs last sale 3,030▼ 15 vs year ago 3,600 · −0.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special Spring Calf Sale featured several Red Angus offerings off grass. Demand was good with strong buyer participation at the barn. Steer offerings weighing 450 to 650 lbs traded $2.00 to $8.00 higher. While not enough comparable heifer offerings from last week to establish a trend, there was notably high demand for Red Angus replacement offerings. Next Auction Date Monday Oct 26th Special Bred Female and Weigh up Auction, Thursday Oct 29th Spring Calf Featuring Black White Face and Yearlings

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 $467.73/cwt on 1,186 head, up $3.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −3.64 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$467.73

▲ 3.02 vs prior sale

1,186 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$20.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.94

vs NE average

+28.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	468.86	2,641	1,119
Medium and Large 1-2	541	448.78	2,426	67

One grade step is worth $20.09/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,186 hd

467.73

—

NE average9 barns · 5,123 hd

460.78

+6.94

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+28.46

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−3.64

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

26 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	595.13/cwt	592.50–605.00	2,309	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,261	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	552.21/cwt	521.00–605.00	2,369	98
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	520.80/cwt	499.00–546.00	2,453	166
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	480.58/cwt	474.00–492.50	2,316	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	483.90/cwt	470.00–497.00	2,540	304
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,671	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	454.35/cwt	451.00–464.00	2,417	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	578	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,751	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	453.81/cwt	431.00–473.00	2,659	607
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,460	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	418.25/cwt	414.00–420.00	2,581	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	438.23/cwt	425.00–454.50	2,748	531
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	414.98/cwt	400.00–434.50	2,805	217
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,800	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	722	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,902	83
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	494.94/cwt	477.50–512.50	1,861	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	468.29/cwt	463.00–482.50	2,000	89
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,007	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,023	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	472.08/cwt	451.00–505.00	2,247	143
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	486	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,564	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	423.79/cwt	370.00–475.00	2,204	200
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	552	552.00/cwt	552.00–552.00	3,047	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,309	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,284	6

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 3,585Last week 3,030Year ago 3,600

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
110	500–550	530	504.00	504.00
98	550–600	578	476.00	476.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	388	592.50–605.00	595.13
98	400–450	429	521.00–605.00	552.21
166	450–500	471	499.00–546.00	520.80
304	500–550	525	470.00–497.00	483.90
607	550–600	586	431.00–473.00	453.81
531	600–650	627	425.00–454.50	438.23
217	650–700	676	400.00–434.50	414.98
84	700–750	700	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	413	547.50	547.50
43	450–500	482	474.00–492.50	480.58
57	500–550	532	451.00–464.00	454.35
10	550–600	590	417.00	417.00
47	600–650	617	414.00–420.00	418.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	722	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	376	477.50–512.50	494.94
89	400–450	427	463.00–482.50	468.29
143	450–500	476	451.00–505.00	472.08
200	500–550	520	370.00–475.00	423.79
11	600–650	606	381.00	381.00
6	650–700	667	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	486	527.50	527.50
52	550–600	552	552.00	552.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	441	455.00	455.00
11	450–500	463	437.00	437.00

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.