Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with the feeder auction two weeks ago, 500 to 700 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 10.00 lower and heifer offerings 500 to 650 lbs traded steady to 7.00 lower. Demand was good for the several offerings of replacement quality consignments, several buyers at the sale and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Feb 5th & 19th Special Feeder & Breedable Heifers, Feb 12th Special Bred Female Sale,

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $505.47/cwt on 862 head, down $5.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −5.13 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$505.47

▼ 5.13 vs prior sale

862 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$21.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.18

vs NE average

+21.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	508.36	2,820	747
Medium and Large 1-2	560	486.66	2,728	115

One grade step is worth $21.71/cwt here — about $93 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 sale862 hd

505.47

—

NE average10 barns · 2,828 hd

494.28

+11.18

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+21.37

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−5.13

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

41 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	Large 1	1100–1150	1,105	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	737	419.25/cwt	419.25–419.25	3,090	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	683	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	3,039	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,803	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,858	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,833	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,695	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	514.41/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,742	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	474.01/cwt	471.00–476.00	2,716	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	419.75/cwt	417.50–421.00	2,707	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,175	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	386.27/cwt	386.00–386.50	2,874	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,294	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,606	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	405.99/cwt	382.00–409.50	3,086	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	413.27/cwt	400.00–421.00	2,835	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	393.41/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,836	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	611	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,609	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	429.56/cwt	423.50–436.00	2,904	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	514.17/cwt	510.00–517.50	2,196	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	464.62/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,393	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	490.20/cwt	482.00–507.50	2,819	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	356.80/cwt	352.50–364.00	2,969	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	772	384.72/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,970	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	435.51/cwt	423.00–445.00	2,504	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	350.51/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,503	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	841	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,901	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	407.79/cwt	393.00–420.00	2,508	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	397.82/cwt	383.00–404.00	2,653	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	574.68/cwt	551.00–620.00	2,718	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	458.78/cwt	443.00–473.00	2,473	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	612.11/cwt	610.00–617.50	2,387	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,111	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,343	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	601.02/cwt	598.00–612.50	2,566	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	453.88/cwt	437.50–466.00	2,873	511
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	528.08/cwt	521.00–541.00	2,751	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,226	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	406.70/cwt	394.00–411.00	2,961	303

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 Jan 29, 2026

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

Receipts 4,210Last week 0Year ago 4,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,105	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	394	565.00	565.00
27	400–450	427	510.00–517.50	514.17
25	450–500	463	506.00	506.00
108	500–550	539	443.00–473.00	458.78
167	550–600	575	423.00–445.00	435.51
116	600–650	615	393.00–420.00	407.79
117	650–700	667	383.00–404.00	397.82
34	700–750	714	347.00–357.00	350.51
19	750–800	771	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	429	507.00	507.00
6	450–500	486	472.00	472.00
48	500–550	515	425.00–480.00	464.62
9	600–650	634	380.00	380.00
10	650–700	678	397.50	397.50
10	750–800	792	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	611	427.00	427.00
136	700–750	721	382.50–405.00	393.41
49	750–800	772	375.00–390.00	384.72
32	800–850	841	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	500–550	512	547.50	547.50
176	550–600	556	514.00	514.00
82	650–700	683	445.00	445.00
71	700–750	737	419.25	419.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	532.50	532.50
36	500–550	533	505.00–520.00	514.41
79	550–600	573	471.00–476.00	474.01
14	600–650	645	417.50–421.00	419.75
48	650–700	686	400.00–421.00	413.27
48	700–750	744	386.00–386.50	386.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	390	610.00–617.50	612.11
35	400–450	427	598.00–612.50	601.02
303	450–500	473	551.00–620.00	574.68
119	500–550	521	521.00–541.00	528.08
367	550–600	575	482.00–507.50	490.20
511	600–650	633	437.50–466.00	453.88
323	650–700	676	423.50–436.00	429.56
303	700–750	728	394.00–411.00	406.70
81	750–800	760	382.00–409.50	405.99
53	800–850	832	352.50–364.00	356.80
42	900–950	911	341.50	341.50

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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