Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers, but internet bidding was lower today. High demand should be noted for red angus white face replacement heifers going out of state. Next Auction Date Monday Oct 27th Special Yearling and Regular Sale, Oct 30th Special Spring Calf Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $508.60/cwt on 1,041 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −2.00 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$508.60

1,041 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$23.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.10

vs NE average

+50.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	509.33	2,777	1,009
Medium and Large 1-2	516	485.56	2,505	32

One grade step is worth $23.77/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,041 hd

508.60

—

NE average11 barns · 6,701 hd

487.50

+21.10

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+50.46

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−2.00

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

29 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	600–650	623	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	552.62/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,796	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	518.10/cwt	512.50–525.00	1,922	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	464.61/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,653	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	467.44/cwt	462.00–480.00	2,473	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	521.64/cwt	502.50–525.00	2,196	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	425.71/cwt	417.50–439.00	2,444	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	522.17/cwt	507.50–535.00	2,527	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,140	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	443.63/cwt	435.00–449.00	2,968	387
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	473.66/cwt	430.00–487.50	2,051	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	532.99/cwt	505.00–560.00	2,244	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	446.00/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,275	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,527	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	485.56/cwt	465.00–492.50	2,505	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	673.34/cwt	660.00–700.00	2,209	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	572	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,860	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	524.91/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,745	617
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	599.53/cwt	594.00–605.00	2,434	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	644	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,789	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,911	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	452.69/cwt	443.00–460.00	2,843	428
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	513	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	3,104	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	551.11/cwt	539.00–554.00	2,590	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	484.80/cwt	465.00–496.00	2,812	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	477.75/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,279	182

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 3,600Last week 3,060Year ago 3,795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	325	540.00–580.00	552.62
41	350–400	371	512.50–525.00	518.10
109	400–450	421	502.50–525.00	521.64
182	450–500	477	470.00–490.00	477.75
106	500–550	529	462.00–480.00	467.44
67	550–600	571	455.00–485.00	464.61
8	600–650	623	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	470.00	470.00
17	400–450	433	430.00–487.50	473.66
5	450–500	457	450.00	450.00
68	500–550	510	430.00–455.00	446.00
51	550–600	574	417.50–439.00	425.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
78	500–550	513	605.00	605.00
22	550–600	572	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	635.00	635.00
12	400–450	421	505.00–560.00	532.99
52	450–500	484	507.50–535.00	522.17
32	500–550	516	465.00–492.50	485.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
428	600–650	628	443.00–460.00	452.69
387	650–700	669	435.00–449.00	443.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	328	660.00–700.00	673.34
17	350–400	398	635.00	635.00
127	400–450	406	594.00–605.00	599.53
114	450–500	470	539.00–554.00	551.11
617	500–550	523	510.00–540.00	524.91
392	550–600	580	465.00–496.00	484.80
15	600–650	623	446.00	446.00
14	650–700	677	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	644	433.00	433.00

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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