Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction featured Hereford, Black white face, and red angus non-weaned Spring calves. Compared with last week, steers and heifers traded lower, the majority of calves today had spring and fall pre-conditioning shots. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Dates, Monday Nov 10th: Special Bred Female and Regular Sale, Thursday, Nov 13th Special Spring Calf Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.40/cwt on 785 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −71.19 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$439.40

785 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$31.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.74

vs NE average

+20.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	447.26	2,465	591
Medium and Large 1-2	553	415.45	2,299	194

One grade step is worth $31.81/cwt here — about $166 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 sale785 hd

439.40

—

NE average12 barns · 6,697 hd

440.14

−0.74

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+20.30

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−71.19

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

28 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 1	500–550	500	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,980	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,602	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	462.32/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,566	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	448.36/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,897	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	484.21/cwt	462.00–492.50	1,806	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	412.44/cwt	411.00–417.50	2,343	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	440.81/cwt	428.00–469.00	2,473	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	377.85/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,373	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	457.41/cwt	453.00–465.00	2,186	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	399.05/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,239	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	538.15/cwt	536.00–542.50	2,126	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,639	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	395.15/cwt	385.00–404.00	2,644	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,144	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	421.70/cwt	417.50–425.00	2,205	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	481.05/cwt	469.00–510.00	2,242	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	455.25/cwt	430.00–466.00	2,454	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	477.39/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,888	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	421.65/cwt	419.00–432.00	1,982	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,245	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	408.43/cwt	400.00–413.00	1,969	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,076	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	501	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,530	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	619	538.10/cwt	515.00–550.00	3,331	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	400.47/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,131	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	408.46/cwt	403.00–413.00	2,622	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,153	6

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 Nov 6, 2025

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

Receipts 2,930Last week 3,540Year ago 1,685

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	500	396.00	396.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	532.50	532.50
49	350–400	373	462.00–492.50	484.21
41	400–450	423	440.00–460.00	448.36
134	450–500	470	419.00–432.00	421.65
130	500–550	532	390.00–417.50	400.47
38	550–600	555	445.00–465.00	462.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	482	400.00–413.00	408.43
23	500–550	529	392.50	392.50
18	550–600	561	390.00–410.00	399.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	605	475.00–480.00	477.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	611	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	501	505.00	505.00
110	600–650	619	515.00–550.00	538.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	600–650	605	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	494.00	494.00
44	450–500	478	453.00–465.00	457.41
63	500–550	523	417.50–425.00	421.70
131	550–600	568	411.00–417.50	412.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	395	536.00–542.50	538.15
6	400–450	412	522.50	522.50
283	450–500	466	469.00–510.00	481.05
264	500–550	539	430.00–466.00	455.25
327	550–600	561	428.00–469.00	440.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	628	375.00–385.00	377.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
294	600–650	642	403.00–413.00	408.46
138	650–700	669	385.00–404.00	395.15
14	700–750	725	364.00	364.00

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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