Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 550 to 600 lbs steers and 450 to 600 lbs heifers traded sharply higher. Demand was good with several buyers at the sale barn and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date April 3rd Special Feeder and Replacement Heifer Auciton

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.69/cwt on 830 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −117.23 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$343.69

830 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$39

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

$2.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.00

vs NE average

+28.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	346.12	1,879	94
Medium and Large 1	559	343.37	1,919	736

One grade step is worth $2.75/cwt here — about −$39 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.

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 sale830 hd

343.69

—

NE average8 barns · 2,564 hd

334.68

+9.00

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+28.73

This barn, trailing median12 sales

460.91

−117.23

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

30 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	400–450	433	400.50/cwt	388.00–408.00	1,734	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	289.78/cwt	282.50–292.50	2,107	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	369.33/cwt	363.50–390.00	1,802	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	309.94/cwt	300.00–320.50	1,953	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,432	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	414.82/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,580	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,747	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,151	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,222	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	415.59/cwt	415.00–416.00	2,041	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	369.24/cwt	369.00–370.00	2,153	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	430.23/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,069	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	382.08/cwt	376.00–393.50	2,143	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	396.99/cwt	392.50–409.00	2,128	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	367.38/cwt	355.00–375.50	2,281	560
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,368	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	346.12/cwt	343.00–347.50	1,879	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	749	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,442	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	321.95/cwt	310.00–326.00	2,312	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	449.28/cwt	437.50–456.00	1,927	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	335.27/cwt	333.00–337.00	2,344	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	273.97/cwt	260.00–275.50	2,362	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	361.49/cwt	351.00–367.00	1,894	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	317.18/cwt	296.00–319.75	2,093	491
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	334.39/cwt	322.00–349.00	1,926	492
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	378.39/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,669	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	356.26/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,753	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	284.41/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,948	59

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 Mar 13, 2025

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

Receipts 4,020Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	350–400	381	395.00–425.00	414.82
59	400–450	433	388.00–408.00	400.50
167	450–500	488	363.50–390.00	369.33
244	500–550	524	351.00–367.00	361.49
492	550–600	576	322.00–349.00	334.39
209	600–650	630	300.00–320.50	309.94
491	650–700	660	296.00–319.75	317.18
163	700–750	727	282.50–292.50	289.78
17	1000–1050	1,003	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	441	375.00–382.50	378.39
34	450–500	492	352.00–360.00	356.26
94	500–550	543	343.00–347.50	346.12
59	650–700	685	277.00–288.00	284.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	700–750	749	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	455.00	455.00
5	400–450	413	425.00	425.00
24	450–500	491	415.00–416.00	415.59
75	550–600	583	369.00–370.00	369.24
13	650–700	666	323.00	323.00
14	750–800	785	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	485.00	485.00
58	400–450	429	437.50–456.00	449.28
185	450–500	481	420.00–435.00	430.23
327	500–550	536	392.50–409.00	396.99
257	550–600	561	376.00–393.50	382.08
560	600–650	621	355.00–375.50	367.38
67	650–700	699	333.00–337.00	335.27
27	700–750	718	310.00–326.00	321.95
55	750–800	754	314.00	314.00
85	850–900	862	260.00–275.50	273.97

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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