Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

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. Next Auction Dates: June 12th Special Fall Bred Female, Pair & Regular Sale, June 19th Regular Sale, June 26th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.31/cwt on 322 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −100.28 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$410.31

322 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$2.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs NE average

+31.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	411.08	2,392	214
Medium and Large 1-2	542	408.79	2,215	108

One grade step is worth $2.29/cwt here — about $177 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 sale322 hd

410.31

—

NE average5 barns · 543 hd

408.94

+1.37

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+31.73

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−100.28

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	850–900	873	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,492	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,892	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,401	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	391.87/cwt	381.00–400.00	1,999	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	353.74/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,257	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,004	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	426.36/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,025	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,135	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,380	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	368.12/cwt	365.00–384.00	2,360	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	413.95/cwt	410.00–424.00	2,223	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,375	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	445.33/cwt	445.00–445.50	2,338	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	322.45/cwt	316.50–323.00	2,696	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	407.58/cwt	399.00–421.00	2,490	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,722	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,077	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	338.61/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,401	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	405.06/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,398	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	478.14/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,023	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	574	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,302	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,981	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,086	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	371.12/cwt	369.00–377.00	2,535	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	344.43/cwt	330.00–354.50	2,656	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	350.01/cwt	343.50–354.50	2,576	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	335.23/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,196	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	372.48/cwt	369.00–377.50	2,160	108

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	456	415.00	415.00
57	500–550	510	381.00–400.00	391.87
108	550–600	580	369.00–377.50	372.48
66	600–650	638	350.00–359.00	353.74
90	650–700	655	334.00–338.00	335.23
151	700–750	709	335.00–343.00	338.61
12	750–800	769	324.00	324.00
39	800–850	807	297.50	297.50
10	850–900	873	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	350.00	350.00
26	500–550	546	367.00	367.00
12	550–600	577	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	550–600	574	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	627	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	475	415.00–437.50	426.36
96	500–550	537	410.00–424.00	413.95
12	550–600	581	367.50	367.50
42	600–650	641	365.00–384.00	368.12
13	650–700	678	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	642	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	368	495.00	495.00
16	400–450	423	475.00–480.00	478.14
19	450–500	456	457.50	457.50
32	500–550	525	445.00–445.50	445.33
182	550–600	592	400.00–428.00	405.06
132	600–650	611	399.00–421.00	407.58
136	650–700	683	369.00–377.00	371.12
163	700–750	736	343.50–354.50	350.01
143	750–800	771	330.00–354.50	344.43
80	800–850	836	316.50–323.00	322.45

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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