Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 700 to 1000 lbs steers traded 9.00 to 25.00 higher. No comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers at the barn today, with little bidding from the internet. Several load lots of home raised yearlings off the Sandhills of NE, followed by pregged check open heifers to finish the day. Next Auction Sept 11th Special Yearlings Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $440.54/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −13.29 against this barn's trailing median of $453.83.

Average price

$440.54

53 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$28.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.67

vs NE average

+50.84 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	444.27	2,862	46
Medium and Large 1-2	690	416.00	2,870	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about −$8 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

14 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $475.03, low $430.60, median $453.83 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

440.54

—

NE average2 barns · 97 hd

432.87

+7.67

National average144 barns · 6,046 hd

389.70

+50.84

This barn, trailing median14 sales

453.83

−13.29

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 1Fancy	800–850	802	408.50/cwt	408.50–408.50	3,276	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,552	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	429.44/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,461	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	400.68/cwt	394.00–411.00	2,701	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	340.66/cwt	326.00–343.50	3,202	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	342.32/cwt	336.00–347.50	3,327	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,129	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,906	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	354.44/cwt	349.50–357.00	3,435	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	354.28/cwt	343.00–360.50	3,086	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	337.88/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,946	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	435.09/cwt	405.00–437.00	3,137	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	347.71/cwt	339.00–349.75	3,550	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,751	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	377.35/cwt	372.00–382.50	3,279	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	392.90/cwt	383.50–399.00	3,273	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	366.80/cwt	355.00–369.75	3,375	490
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	445.93/cwt	445.00–448.00	2,805	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	3,322	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	332.80/cwt	317.00–338.00	3,418	109

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 Sep 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,460Last week 2,735Year ago 3,630

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	800–850	802	408.50	408.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	690	416.00	416.00
7	700–750	724	380.00	380.00
10	800–850	830	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	629	445.00–448.00	445.93
26	650–700	656	443.00	443.00
101	700–750	721	405.00–437.00	435.09
70	750–800	791	420.00	420.00
213	800–850	833	383.50–399.00	392.90
332	850–900	869	372.00–382.50	377.35
490	900–950	920	355.00–369.75	366.80
185	950–1000	969	349.50–357.00	354.44
232	1000–1050	1,021	339.00–349.75	347.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	573	420.00–435.00	429.44
11	600–650	615	415.00	415.00
13	650–700	674	394.00–411.00	400.68
86	850–900	871	343.00–360.50	354.28
47	900–950	940	326.00–343.50	340.66
81	950–1000	972	336.00–347.50	342.32
109	1000–1050	1,027	317.00–338.00	332.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	850–900	872	336.00–340.00	337.88
5	900–950	924	324.00	324.00

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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