Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

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 very good with several buyers and active internet. Next Auction Date July 17th Special Bred Female and Regular Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.07/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −40.52 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$470.07

80 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.68

vs NE average

+90.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	470.07	2,665	80

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale80 hd

470.07

—

NE average2 barns · 371 hd

457.39

+12.68

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+90.94

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−40.52

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

22 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 1NHTC	850–900	874	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,033	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	388.70/cwt	383.00–391.50	2,814	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	486.50/cwt	486.50–486.50	2,262	20
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,132	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,915	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	329.71/cwt	311.00–332.75	3,023	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	341.19/cwt	329.00–348.75	2,992	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,412	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	313.31/cwt	285.00–318.75	3,049	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	437.59/cwt	425.00–456.00	2,748	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	380.76/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,604	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	334.46/cwt	323.50–345.00	2,736	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	470.07/cwt	462.00–487.50	2,665	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,741	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,954	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	419.99/cwt	398.00–429.00	2,176	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	458.88/cwt	450.00–461.00	1,987	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	313.44/cwt	312.00–318.00	2,385	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	401.57/cwt	399.00–405.00	2,257	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	349.36/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,288	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,488	18

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 Jul 10, 2025

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 2,056Year ago 2,067

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
121	850–900	874	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	465	486.50	486.50
80	550–600	567	462.00–487.50	470.07
66	600–650	628	425.00–456.00	437.59
28	650–700	684	372.00–385.00	380.76
81	700–750	724	383.00–391.50	388.70
38	750–800	771	355.50	355.50
41	800–850	818	323.50–345.00	334.46
298	850–900	877	329.00–348.75	341.19
309	900–950	917	311.00–332.75	329.71
117	950–1000	973	285.00–318.75	313.31
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,132	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	624	420.00	420.00
17	650–700	652	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	573	341.00	341.00
56	650–700	655	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	433	450.00–461.00	458.88
83	500–550	518	398.00–429.00	419.99
32	550–600	562	399.00–405.00	401.57
31	650–700	655	330.00–355.00	349.36
33	750–800	761	312.00–318.00	313.44
18	850–900	864	288.00	288.00

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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