Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's offerings consisted of weaned and non-weaned offerings featuring black white face and Hereford consignments, with complete vaccination program. A limited number of comparable offerings from last week's auction with 450 and 550 lbs steers trading unevenly steady and 500 lbs heifers trading 20.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers today. Next Auction Date Nov 20th Special Spring Calf featuring Weaned and Non-Weaned calves

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.01/cwt on 507 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −75.59 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$435.01

507 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,448

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$64.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.38

vs NE average

+10.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	440.58	2,480	463
Medium and Large 1-2	561	376.29	2,112	44

One grade step is worth $64.29/cwt here — about $367 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 sale507 hd

435.01

—

NE average8 barns · 5,528 hd

440.38

−5.38

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+10.14

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−75.59

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

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 and Large 1	350–400	375	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	429.58/cwt	422.50–435.00	1,770	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	436.61/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,083	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	420.74/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,369	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,412	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,341	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,155	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,274	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	405.03/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	332.80/cwt	325.00–352.50	2,120	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	379.44/cwt	310.00–400.00	2,246	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,025	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	646	397.33/cwt	397.00–399.00	2,567	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	366.42/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,466	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	342.76/cwt	322.50–382.50	1,782	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	481.17/cwt	457.00–495.00	2,353	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	657	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,513	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	462.76/cwt	453.00–484.00	2,355	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	526.47/cwt	512.50–545.00	2,006	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	392.36/cwt	387.50–395.00	1,895	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	369.39/cwt	337.50–407.50	2,102	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	521.05/cwt	516.00–522.00	2,173	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	407.79/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,536	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	438.02/cwt	410.00–456.00	2,492	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	2,004	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	421.51/cwt	404.00–445.00	2,221	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	395.78/cwt	384.00–398.50	2,711	114

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,820Last week 2,930Year ago 1,525

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	457.50	457.50
12	400–450	412	422.50–435.00	429.58
42	450–500	477	435.00–437.50	436.61
139	500–550	527	404.00–445.00	421.51
85	550–600	563	400.00–425.00	420.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	604	387.50	387.50
15	650–700	652	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	390	402.50–407.50	405.03
24	450–500	483	387.50–395.00	392.36
31	500–550	520	322.50–382.50	342.76
76	550–600	592	310.00–400.00	379.44
21	600–650	637	325.00–352.50	332.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	657	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	431	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	455	445.00	445.00
6	500–550	513	420.00	420.00
38	550–600	569	337.50–407.50	369.39
8	600–650	645	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
96	600–650	646	397.00–399.00	397.33
23	650–700	673	360.00–372.50	366.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	345	581.00	581.00
14	350–400	381	512.50–545.00	526.47
52	400–450	417	516.00–522.00	521.05
170	450–500	489	457.00–495.00	481.17
48	500–550	509	453.00–484.00	462.76
415	550–600	569	410.00–456.00	438.02
67	600–650	622	400.00–412.00	407.79
114	650–700	685	384.00–398.50	395.78

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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