Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2024-02-22

Valentine

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 22
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
1,446 head
1,446 vs last sale 0 513 vs year ago 933 · +55.0%
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Very large crowd of buyers on hand at the bred female sale on a beautiful warm February day. The auction was fasted paced from start to finish with buyers gathering bred females to fill empty summer grass. Very active internet buying throughout the sale. Bred females to start calving in March and April for 30 to 60 days or there about. Most of the heifers were bull bred with some AI bred.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,109$2,768125
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,325$2,470220
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,304$1,981198
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,459$1,9756
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)993$2,716563

Every lot, as filed

13 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3342,123.78/head1,825.00–2,400.002,12482
Bred CowsMedium 11,1351,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3512,584.05/head2,040.00–2,900.002,584180
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1012,955.74/head2,660.00–3,100.002,95669
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3321,941.51/head1,750.00–2,050.001,94283
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4591,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9756
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2573,421.34/head3,375.00–3,450.003,42126
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19842,684.41/head2,500.00–3,125.002,684521
Bred HeifersMedium 18482,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,60016
Bred CowsMedium 11,1222,595.32/head2,400.00–2,750.002,59547
Bred CowsMedium 1Thin Fleshed1,1571,727.13/head1,700.00–1,800.001,72733
Bred CowsMedium 1Thin Fleshed1,2201,972.95/head1,950.00–2,000.001,97335
Bred CowsMedium 1Thin Fleshed1,1082,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2259

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.