Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

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 for all offerings today with several buyers and active internet bidding. A much needed rain in the Sandhills and expected more in the following days. Next Auction Date May 29th Regular Sale & Special Pair and Fall Bred Female

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $417.60/cwt on 562 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −92.99 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$417.60

562 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$12.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.18

vs NE average

+33.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	418.04	2,374	543
Medium and Large 1-2	526	405.21	2,131	19thin

One grade step is worth $12.83/cwt here — about $243 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 sale562 hd

417.60

—

NE average6 barns · 1,106 hd

411.42

+6.18

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+33.00

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−92.99

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

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	438.02/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,138	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	341.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,339	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,388	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,238	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	354.00/cwt	351.00–357.50	1,869	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	621	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,490	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	904	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,784	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	754	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,609	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	660	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,653	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,555	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	424.21/cwt	395.00–437.50	1,650	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	337.32/cwt	331.00–360.00	2,132	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,834	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	384.03/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,016	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	370.51/cwt	350.00–378.00	2,101	561
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,862	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,458	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	411.53/cwt	402.50–419.00	1,905	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	324.49/cwt	323.00–326.00	2,314	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,677	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	487.85/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,259	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	2,812	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,489	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	271.75/cwt	271.00–272.00	2,261	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	328.88/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,227	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	517.68/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,128	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	386	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,776	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,614	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	381.18/cwt	376.00–387.50	2,401	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	434.83/cwt	429.00–441.00	2,339	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	409.07/cwt	404.00–422.00	2,389	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	318.55/cwt	314.00–322.50	2,329	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	405.21/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,131	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	371.02/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,759	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,244	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,827	9

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	488	425.00–445.00	438.02
19	500–550	526	390.00–422.50	405.21
9	600–650	644	347.50	347.50
48	650–700	686	335.00–350.00	341.00
11	700–750	731	314.00–322.50	318.55
8	750–800	763	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	600–650	621	401.00	401.00
88	650–700	660	402.00	402.00
75	750–800	754	346.00	346.00
141	900–950	904	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	321	580.00	580.00
144	400–450	411	500.00–525.00	517.68
41	450–500	463	482.50–490.00	487.85
189	500–550	538	429.00–441.00	434.83
354	550–600	584	404.00–422.00	409.07
127	600–650	630	376.00–387.50	381.18
102	650–700	679	385.00	385.00
75	700–750	733	339.50	339.50
36	850–900	858	312.00	312.00
57	950–1000	954	294.75	294.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	474	350.00–385.00	371.02
15	500–550	528	351.00–357.50	354.00
9	600–650	603	303.00	303.00
8	750–800	753	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	307	475.00	475.00
23	350–400	389	395.00–437.50	424.21
7	400–450	442	415.00	415.00
74	450–500	463	402.50–419.00	411.53
295	500–550	525	370.00–398.00	384.03
561	550–600	567	350.00–378.00	370.51
142	600–650	632	331.00–360.00	337.32
181	650–700	677	320.00–332.50	328.88
84	700–750	713	323.00–326.00	324.49
8	800–850	832	271.00–272.00	271.75
18	950–1000	964	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	350–400	386	460.00	460.00

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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