Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-05-08

Valentine

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 8
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856
Receipts
620 head
620 vs last sale 0 620 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Majority of consigned offering in good condition, selection included Spring pairs, bred cows calving now and fall bred offerings. A few summer and winter bred offerings. Conversations of concern from buyers and sells, of short grass and not much rain in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date May 15th Special Feeder Sale, Fall weights and Yearlings

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)1,224$3,2745
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,197$3,04479
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,234$2,86812
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,413$2,80312
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,228$2,587150
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,373$2,5005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,196$2,11380
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,072$2,95224
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,412$3,76251
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,122$3,73645
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,153$4,09450

Every lot, as filed

14 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 11,3872,912.13/head2,500.00–2,975.002,9127
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,4502,650.40/head2,325.00–2,800.002,6505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3382,471.37/head2,300.00–2,900.002,47133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,0911,863.20/head1,750.00–2,350.001,86330
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2342,868.00/head2,800.00–3,000.002,86812
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1223,736.16/head3,400.00–3,925.003,73645
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 11,1534,094.01/head3,700.00–4,250.004,09450
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3732,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2282,587.40/head2,450.00–2,950.002,587150
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4123,762.38/head3,300.00–4,050.003,76251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2243,274.24/head3,100.00–3,400.003,2745
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1973,043.84/head2,600.00–3,275.003,04479
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0722,951.89/head2,300.00–3,150.002,95224
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1071,860.22/head1,800.00–1,900.001,86017

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.