Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction dates Sept 4th and 11th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $487.68/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −22.91 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$487.68

70 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.31

vs NE average

+87.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	487.68	2,763	70

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 sale70 hd

487.68

—

NE average3 barns · 172 hd

470.37

+17.31

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+87.79

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−22.91

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

26 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	550–600	592	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,492	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	393.15/cwt	386.00–396.50	2,666	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	345.17/cwt	340.00–351.00	3,031	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	402.24/cwt	397.50–410.00	2,136	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,048	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	311.41/cwt	308.00–313.50	3,170	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	500.13/cwt	493.00–503.00	2,726	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,809	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	332.93/cwt	305.00–355.00	2,464	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	3,019	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	409.84/cwt	408.00–411.00	2,926	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,509	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,973	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	362.81/cwt	350.00–365.50	3,109	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	386.27/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,209	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,586	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	357.23/cwt	348.50–364.75	3,251	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	419.85/cwt	416.00–423.50	2,918	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	381.71/cwt	374.50–387.50	2,993	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,380	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	363.98/cwt	358.25–375.50	2,828	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	353.39/cwt	340.00–363.75	2,912	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	375.76/cwt	359.50–381.00	3,126	385
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	339.30/cwt	318.00–346.00	3,322	156

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 Aug 21, 2025

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

Receipts 2,735Last week 1,727Year ago 3,905

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	531	397.50–410.00	402.24
68	550–600	592	421.00	421.00
116	650–700	678	386.00–396.50	393.15
182	750–800	777	358.25–375.50	363.98
275	800–850	824	340.00–363.75	353.39
129	850–900	878	340.00–351.00	345.17
25	900–950	907	336.00	336.00
37	1000–1050	1,018	308.00–313.50	311.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	572	385.00–387.50	386.27
19	650–700	680	369.00	369.00
7	750–800	765	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	608	442.50	442.50
18	700–750	740	305.00–355.00	332.93
5	750–800	781	370.00	370.00
33	900–950	906	333.25	333.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	545	493.00–503.00	500.13
28	550–600	599	469.00	469.00
72	600–650	636	467.50	467.50
39	650–700	695	416.00–423.50	419.85
141	700–750	714	408.00–411.00	409.84
73	750–800	784	374.50–387.50	381.71
385	800–850	832	359.50–381.00	375.76
72	850–900	857	350.00–365.50	362.81
242	900–950	910	348.50–364.75	357.23
156	950–1000	979	318.00–346.00	339.30
109	1000–1050	1,006	336.00	336.00

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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