Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings for steers or heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Dec 4th Special Spring Calf Sale featuring weaned calves

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.54/cwt on 587 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −68.06 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$442.54

587 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$41.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.23

vs NE average

+32.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	447.90	2,453	512
Medium and Large 1-2	558	405.94	2,264	75

One grade step is worth $41.96/cwt here — about $189 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 sale587 hd

442.54

—

NE average8 barns · 2,526 hd

435.31

+7.23

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+32.46

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−68.06

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

27 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 1Fancy	500–550	501	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,495	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	751	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,876	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	675	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,680	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,457	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	1,819	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	446.65/cwt	425.00–458.00	1,880	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	408.66/cwt	402.50–418.00	2,293	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	394.61/cwt	360.00–412.50	2,308	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	372.15/cwt	364.00–374.00	2,065	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	379.84/cwt	376.00–382.00	2,507	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	433.26/cwt	420.00–442.00	2,470	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	2,090	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,058	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,507	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	416.86/cwt	415.00–422.50	2,022	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	407.43/cwt	389.00–434.00	2,514	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	457.13/cwt	445.00–501.00	2,222	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	514.28/cwt	502.50–521.00	2,258	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,024	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	420.36/cwt	402.50–440.00	2,198	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	465.45/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,262	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,679	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	377.19/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,542	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,166	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	500.31/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,371	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	459.24/cwt	450.00–476.00	2,356	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	410.64/cwt	399.00–419.00	2,579	259

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 2,160Last week 1,820Year ago 2,920

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	500–550	501	498.00	498.00
90	650–700	675	397.00	397.00
77	750–800	751	383.00	383.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	426	475.00	475.00
41	450–500	486	440.00–475.00	465.45
33	500–550	523	402.50–440.00	420.36
42	550–600	585	360.00–412.50	394.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	617	389.00–434.00	407.43
36	650–700	660	376.00–382.00	379.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	553.00	553.00
31	400–450	439	502.50–521.00	514.28
30	450–500	474	480.00–515.00	500.31
119	500–550	513	450.00–476.00	459.24
325	550–600	570	420.00–442.00	433.26
259	600–650	628	399.00–419.00	410.64
71	650–700	674	375.00–381.00	377.19
65	700–750	738	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	399	456.00	456.00
70	400–450	421	425.00–458.00	446.65
144	450–500	486	445.00–501.00	457.13
19	500–550	540	455.00	455.00
72	550–600	561	402.50–418.00	408.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	485	415.00–422.50	416.86
7	500–550	538	382.50	382.50
28	550–600	555	364.00–374.00	372.15
8	650–700	685	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	605	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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