Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week a limited number of comparable offerings with 550 lbs steers trading 3.00 lower, heifer offerings 450 to 550 lbs traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers at the barn today, for several consignments of replacement quality heifers and the TK Angus and Arrowsmith Red Angus Bull sale. Next Auction Date Feb 13th Special Bred Female Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.39/cwt on 616 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −116.53 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$344.39

616 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$10.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.76

vs NE average

+45.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	345.04	1,906	579
Medium and Large 1-2	530	334.19	1,771	37

One grade step is worth $10.85/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $488.17, low $412.50, median $460.91 across 12 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 sale616 hd

344.39

—

NE average9 barns · 2,913 hd

332.62

+11.76

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

+45.53

This barn, trailing median12 sales

460.91

−116.53

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

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,379	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	291.51/cwt	288.00–294.00	1,825	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	383.74/cwt	372.50–397.50	1,454	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	306.93/cwt	306.00–308.00	2,366	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	307.53/cwt	303.00–312.00	2,254	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	308.29/cwt	285.00–320.00	2,099	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	365.32/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,538	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,038	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,945	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	338.65/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,927	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	425.66/cwt	412.50–447.00	1,826	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	334.19/cwt	334.00–335.00	1,771	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	351.25/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,146	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	391.38/cwt	386.00–393.00	1,930	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	621	317.76/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,973	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	357.68/cwt	344.00–363.00	1,878	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,123	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,879	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	564	345.70/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,950	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	363.77/cwt	363.00–365.00	1,964	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	386.50/cwt	386.00–388.00	1,936	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	367.48/cwt	349.00–379.00	1,746	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	393.43/cwt	389.00–396.00	1,676	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	332.43/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,908	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	322.33/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,179	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	683	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,281	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	361.65/cwt	355.00–366.00	2,087	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	417.75/cwt	400.00–426.00	1,897	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	713	334.97/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,388	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	462.18/cwt	462.00–462.50	1,900	48

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	395.00	395.00
42	350–400	379	372.50–397.50	383.74
116	400–450	426	389.00–396.00	393.43
335	450–500	475	349.00–379.00	367.48
236	500–550	525	344.00–363.00	357.68
242	550–600	574	320.00–343.00	332.43
36	600–650	626	288.00–294.00	291.51
111	650–700	681	285.00–320.00	308.29
75	700–750	733	303.00–312.00	307.53
46	750–800	771	306.00–308.00	306.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	421	360.00–367.50	365.32
37	500–550	530	334.00–335.00	334.19
26	650–700	676	278.00	278.00
14	700–750	715	272.00	272.00
37	750–800	759	268.50	268.50
18	800–850	826	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	550–600	564	345.00–348.00	345.70
264	600–650	621	310.00–340.00	317.76
36	650–700	683	334.00	334.00
86	700–750	713	332.00–342.00	334.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	429	412.50–447.00	425.66
26	450–500	493	386.00–393.00	391.38
28	500–550	540	363.00–365.00	363.77
26	550–600	569	325.00–347.50	338.65
10	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	411	462.00–462.50	462.18
70	450–500	454	400.00–426.00	417.75
52	500–550	501	386.00–388.00	386.50
192	550–600	577	355.00–366.00	361.65
97	600–650	611	340.00–352.00	351.25
177	650–700	676	310.00–337.00	322.33

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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