Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding throughout the day. Consignments today included a good selection of replacement heifers, summer born calves, weaned and non-weaned Fall calves. Rain and snow showers in the area. Next Auction Dates April 10th Special Spring Pair, Fall & Spring Bred Female & Regular Sale, April 24th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.24/cwt on 831 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −97.36 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$413.24

831 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$36.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.39

vs NE average

+44.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	419.87	2,251	680
Medium and Large 1-2	555	383.39	2,127	151

One grade step is worth $36.48/cwt here — about $124 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $475.00, median $510.59 across 13 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 sale831 hd

413.24

—

NE average7 barns · 2,390 hd

396.85

+16.39

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+44.23

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−97.36

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

44 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	350–400	362	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,321	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	296.57/cwt	290.00–299.00	2,156	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,341	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,916	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	348.36/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,191	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,827	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,793	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	389.89/cwt	384.00–402.50	2,055	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	377.30/cwt	366.00–390.00	2,192	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	339.17/cwt	337.00–343.00	1,798	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,954	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	773	297.49/cwt	295.75–299.00	2,300	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	366.93/cwt	364.00–370.00	1,923	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,072	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	414.01/cwt	403.00–422.50	2,045	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	422.76/cwt	418.00–427.50	2,359	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	669	369.82/cwt	368.00–374.00	2,474	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	336	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,630	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	625	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,425	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	737	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,602	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	465	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,823	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,674	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	313.75/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	844	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,397	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	300.02/cwt	298.00–307.00	2,055	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	397.79/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,299	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	441.48/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,106	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,742	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	234.20/cwt	227.00–247.00	2,286	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,580	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	447	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,204	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	446.25/cwt	445.00–448.00	1,946	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	399.41/cwt	396.00–402.50	1,721	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	317.65/cwt	307.00–321.00	2,433	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,762	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	415.27/cwt	408.00–427.50	2,184	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	340.50/cwt	320.00–356.00	1,965	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	367.21/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,803	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	354.79/cwt	348.00–371.50	2,200	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	323.68/cwt	315.00–328.50	2,004	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,177	33

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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,210Last week 4,020Year ago 2,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	362	365.00	365.00
42	400–450	431	396.00–402.50	399.41
127	450–500	491	360.00–375.00	367.21
74	500–550	524	364.00–370.00	366.93
91	550–600	577	320.00–356.00	340.50
200	600–650	619	315.00–328.50	323.68
109	650–700	685	298.00–307.00	300.02
81	700–750	727	290.00–299.00	296.57
19	800–850	842	278.00	278.00
11	950–1000	976	227.00–247.00	234.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	500–550	530	337.00–343.00	339.17
10	550–600	597	306.00	306.00
8	600–650	628	330.00	330.00
7	650–700	675	289.50	289.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	387.50	387.50
32	450–500	499	349.00	349.00
14	550–600	562	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
155	750–800	773	295.75–299.00	297.49
68	800–850	844	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	465	392.00	392.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	467	413.00	413.00
29	500–550	546	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	494	403.00–422.50	414.01
73	500–550	527	384.00–402.50	389.89
78	550–600	581	366.00–390.00	377.30
49	600–650	629	341.00–350.00	348.36
19	650–700	669	310.00–316.00	313.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	348	470.00	470.00
25	350–400	383	460.00	460.00
43	400–450	436	445.00–448.00	446.25
63	450–500	477	440.00–445.00	441.48
285	500–550	526	408.00–427.50	415.27
52	550–600	578	392.50–400.00	397.79
55	600–650	620	348.00–371.50	354.79
33	650–700	672	324.00	324.00
98	750–800	766	307.00–321.00	317.65
69	950–1000	983	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	336	485.00	485.00
115	400–450	447	493.00	493.00
110	500–550	500	455.00	455.00
204	550–600	558	418.00–427.50	422.76
95	600–650	625	388.00	388.00
138	650–700	669	368.00–374.00	369.82
70	700–750	737	353.00	353.00

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.

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