Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 500 to 600 lbs steers traded sharply higher. Not enough comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding for all offerings weaned and non-weaned. Next Auction Date Dec 11th Special Bred Female Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.28/cwt on 751 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −24.31 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$486.28

751 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$34.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.05

vs NE average

+57.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	492.30	2,747	619
Medium and Large 1-2	561	458.05	2,570	132

One grade step is worth $34.25/cwt here — about $177 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 sale751 hd

486.28

—

NE average8 barns · 3,866 hd

465.23

+21.05

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+57.13

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−24.31

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

32 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	1050–1100	1,090	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,664	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	397.89/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,499	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,491	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	484.37/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,092	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	384.49/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,665	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	408.33/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,626	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,846	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	428.11/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,470	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	443.44/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,572	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	393.18/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,221	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,039	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,232	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	436.05/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,084	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	484.81/cwt	460.00–497.50	2,759	390
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	365.56/cwt	360.00–372.00	2,296	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	482.00/cwt	465.00–487.00	2,555	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,727	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	541.52/cwt	527.50–553.00	2,296	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	428.18/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,261	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	521.00/cwt	508.00–527.50	2,537	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	626	423.36/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,650	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,647	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	511.41/cwt	494.00–516.00	2,721	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,645	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	436.97/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,766	403
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,724	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	392.08/cwt	389.50–397.00	2,803	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	417.71/cwt	403.00–427.00	2,820	186

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,600Last week 2,160Year ago 2,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	530.00	530.00
39	400–450	432	480.00–502.50	484.37
52	450–500	478	430.00–455.00	436.05
134	500–550	528	415.00–437.50	428.18
101	550–600	577	415.00–445.00	428.11
11	600–650	628	390.00–407.50	397.89
40	650–700	670	395.00	395.00
10	700–750	720	370.00	370.00
14	750–800	781	319.00	319.00
6	1050–1100	1,090	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	493	419.00	419.00
7	500–550	540	377.50	377.50
17	550–600	565	390.00–395.00	393.18
56	600–650	628	360.00–372.00	365.56
12	700–750	702	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	626	420.00–427.50	423.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	530	465.00–487.00	482.00
82	550–600	580	425.00–448.00	443.44
33	600–650	643	405.00–410.00	408.33
25	650–700	693	380.00–388.00	384.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	424	527.50–553.00	541.52
106	450–500	487	508.00–527.50	521.00
193	500–550	532	494.00–516.00	511.41
390	550–600	569	460.00–497.50	484.81
403	600–650	633	420.00–450.00	436.97
186	650–700	675	403.00–427.00	417.71
117	700–750	715	389.50–397.00	392.08
74	750–800	757	376.00	376.00
5	950–1000	951	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	579	471.00	471.00
27	600–650	618	428.00	428.00
33	650–700	688	396.00	396.00

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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