Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison of steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates May 8th Special Pair and Fall bred females, all Breed Bull Sale and Regular Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.28/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −115.63 against this barn's trailing median of $460.91.

Average price

$345.28

205 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$12.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs NE average

+15.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	347.46	1,896	170
Medium and Large 1-2	544	334.74	1,820	35

One grade step is worth $12.71/cwt here — about $76 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 sale205 hd

345.28

—

NE average7 barns · 1,700 hd

345.25

+0.04

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+15.33

This barn, trailing median12 sales

460.91

−115.63

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

39 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 1Fancy	600–650	641	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,199	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	679	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,465	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,235	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	309.13/cwt	298.00–317.00	2,210	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	329.19/cwt	324.00–332.50	2,028	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	442.68/cwt	432.50–444.00	2,094	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,202	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,217	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	318.59/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,816	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	335.90/cwt	311.00–338.00	2,371	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	485.96/cwt	482.50–495.00	1,856	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	421.36/cwt	410.00–426.00	2,174	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	419.29/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,021	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	299.65/cwt	289.00–310.00	2,361	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	359.94/cwt	347.50–367.50	2,088	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	316.15/cwt	313.50–317.50	2,450	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	402.79/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,696	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	355.02/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,843	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,817	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	340.57/cwt	332.00–344.00	1,941	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	808	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,416	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	769	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,499	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	283.32/cwt	269.00–293.00	2,184	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,435	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	303.14/cwt	295.50–327.50	1,995	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	395.78/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,456	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,388	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,681	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	357.13/cwt	355.00–359.00	2,246	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,482	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	387.89/cwt	379.00–398.00	2,246	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	346.25/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,337	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	692	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,498	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	384.01/cwt	377.50–387.00	1,809	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,614	71

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	641	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	368	380.00–412.50	395.78
81	400–450	421	385.00–415.00	402.79
128	450–500	471	377.50–387.00	384.01
81	500–550	519	340.00–367.00	355.02
89	550–600	570	332.00–344.00	340.57
204	600–650	616	324.00–332.50	329.19
29	650–700	658	295.50–327.50	303.14
163	700–750	715	298.00–317.00	309.13
94	750–800	771	269.00–293.00	283.32
11	850–900	853	262.00	262.00
11	900–950	933	256.00	256.00
60	950–1000	968	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	519	350.00	350.00
17	550–600	570	310.00–325.00	318.59
6	700–750	703	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	692	361.00	361.00
36	700–750	730	340.00	340.00
45	750–800	769	325.00	325.00
41	800–850	808	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
168	650–700	679	363.00	363.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	382	482.50–495.00	485.96
99	450–500	473	432.50–444.00	442.68
48	500–550	516	410.00–426.00	421.36
99	550–600	579	379.00–398.00	387.89
61	600–650	629	355.00–359.00	357.13
174	650–700	675	336.00–355.00	346.25
67	700–750	706	311.00–338.00	335.90
98	750–800	775	313.50–317.50	316.15
71	800–850	846	309.00	309.00
58	950–1000	954	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	386	472.50	472.50
28	450–500	482	410.00–422.50	419.29
6	500–550	518	395.00	395.00
23	550–600	580	347.50–367.50	359.94
12	600–650	623	353.50	353.50
13	650–700	677	327.50	327.50
16	750–800	788	289.00–310.00	299.65
8	800–850	832	292.00	292.00

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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