Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 850 to 900 lbs steers traded 10.00 lower and no comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers at the barn and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 2nd

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.00/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −48.59 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$462.00

41 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+30.89

vs NE average

+48.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	462.00	2,518	41

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 sale41 hd

462.00

—

NE average7 barns · 516 hd

431.11

+30.89

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+48.48

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−48.59

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

25 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	700–750	715	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	366.63/cwt	353.00–374.50	3,142	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	705	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	2,824	57
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	329.29/cwt	328.00–330.00	3,408	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,073	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,335	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	341.84/cwt	332.50–346.10	3,336	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,424	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	399.84/cwt	393.00–409.00	2,935	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,691	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,534	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	462.21/cwt	434.00–465.00	2,870	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	334.17/cwt	325.00–343.00	2,590	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,518	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	359.62/cwt	355.50–366.00	2,780	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	356.50/cwt	330.00–361.00	3,323	460
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	402.50/cwt	391.25–409.25	3,135	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	343.27/cwt	339.00–351.00	2,877	89
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	348.49/cwt	348.00–349.00	3,492	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	335.84/cwt	331.00–339.50	3,096	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	355.42/cwt	351.00–355.50	3,444	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	378.47/cwt	377.00–379.00	3,126	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	338.65/cwt	331.00–344.00	2,933	85

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 2,470Last week 2,460Year ago 4,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	715	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	545	462.00	462.00
97	600–650	621	434.00–465.00	462.21
5	650–700	673	418.00	418.00
51	700–750	734	393.00–409.00	399.84
211	750–800	779	391.25–409.25	402.50
49	800–850	826	377.00–379.00	378.47
130	850–900	857	353.00–374.50	366.63
460	900–950	932	330.00–361.00	356.50
293	950–1000	969	351.00–355.50	355.42
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
235	1000–1050	1,002	348.00–349.00	348.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	700–750	705	400.50	400.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,035	328.00–330.00	329.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	470.00	470.00
47	500–550	543	430.00	430.00
73	650–700	650	414.00	414.00
6	700–750	741	368.00	368.00
76	750–800	773	355.50–366.00	359.62
89	800–850	838	339.00–351.00	343.27
85	850–900	866	331.00–344.00	338.65
106	900–950	922	331.00–339.50	335.84
67	950–1000	976	332.50–346.10	341.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	643	377.00	377.00
7	700–750	726	349.00	349.00
14	750–800	775	325.00–343.00	334.17

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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