Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Started the day with several loads of yearlings off Sandhill grass and finished the sale with pregged checked open heifers. Next Auction dates Oct 6th regular sale; Oct 9th 13th 16th 23rd and 27th Special Spring calf and Yearling Sales; Oct 20th Special Fall Pair Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $458.62/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −51.98 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$458.62

56 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$38.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.56

vs NE average

+35.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	469.50	2,610	40
Medium and Large 1-2	557	431.41	2,402	16thin

One grade step is worth $38.09/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale56 hd

458.62

—

NE average4 barns · 869 hd

470.18

−11.56

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+35.97

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−51.98

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

36 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 1Fancy	650–700	699	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,796	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,122	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	427.50/cwt	417.50–432.50	2,155	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,407	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	376.85/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,510	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	313.71/cwt	307.50–323.00	3,056	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,694	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	339.93/cwt	327.00–348.00	2,957	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	326.47/cwt	317.00–335.00	3,013	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,811	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	325.94/cwt	311.00–333.00	3,025	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	352.63/cwt	347.00–355.50	2,518	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,167	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,586	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	346.57/cwt	343.00–359.00	2,814	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	361.89/cwt	352.00–367.50	3,156	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	353.57/cwt	340.00–362.25	2,708	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	380.04/cwt	369.00–389.50	2,751	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	900–950	912	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,265	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	800–850	841	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,129	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	783	359.25/cwt	359.25–359.25	2,813	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,755	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	390.54/cwt	386.75–397.00	2,453	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	343.57/cwt	331.00–348.50	2,848	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,539	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,660	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	399.34/cwt	390.25–406.00	3,055	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	3,298	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	411.62/cwt	408.00–421.00	2,766	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	338.21/cwt	330.00–346.50	2,990	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	341.48/cwt	341.00–342.50	3,357	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	399.69/cwt	383.00–420.00	2,890	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	366.32/cwt	364.00–367.00	2,964	27

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Receipts 3,290Last week 2,470Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	650–700	699	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	504	417.50–432.50	427.50
28	550–600	587	410.00	410.00
146	600–650	628	386.75–397.00	390.54
46	650–700	666	376.00–378.00	376.85
209	700–750	724	369.00–389.50	380.04
150	750–800	766	340.00–362.25	353.57
146	800–850	829	331.00–348.50	343.57
122	850–900	884	330.00–346.50	338.21
135	900–950	928	311.00–333.00	325.94
80	950–1000	974	307.50–323.00	313.71
8	1000–1050	1,044	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	649	340.00	340.00
111	700–750	714	347.00–355.50	352.63
18	750–800	797	338.00	338.00
6	850–900	875	319.00	319.00
6	950–1000	950	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	750–800	783	359.25	359.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	430.00	430.00
9	550–600	598	432.50	432.50
31	750–800	766	367.00	367.00
39	800–850	812	343.00–359.00	346.57
21	850–900	870	327.00–348.00	339.93
21	900–950	923	317.00–335.00	326.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	513	495.00	495.00
20	550–600	599	444.00	444.00
49	600–650	619	445.00	445.00
160	650–700	672	408.00–421.00	411.62
254	700–750	723	383.00–420.00	399.69
136	750–800	765	390.25–406.00	399.34
27	800–850	809	364.00–367.00	366.32
139	850–900	872	352.00–367.50	361.89
118	900–950	911	362.00	362.00
168	950–1000	983	341.00–342.50	341.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
179	800–850	841	372.00	372.00
60	900–950	912	358.00	358.00

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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