Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and active, out of state, internet bidding, for the weaned and non-weaned Fall calves and yearling offerings today. Very dry conditions in the Sandhills with little rain in the area. Some yearling offerings off grass pastures and replacement heifers in town today do to grass shortage.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $498.91/cwt on 248 head, down $32.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −11.69 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$498.91

▼ 32.88 vs prior sale

248 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$14.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs NE average

+38.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	501.34	2,814	206
Medium and Large 1-2	547	486.97	2,664	42

One grade step is worth $14.37/cwt here — about $150 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 sale248 hd

498.91

—

NE average3 barns · 622 hd

501.54

−2.63

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

+38.54

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−11.69

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

39 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	650–700	660	411.19/cwt	397.50–450.00	2,714	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,247	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	358.52/cwt	353.50–369.00	3,166	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	3,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,556	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,868	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,496	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,770	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	418.32/cwt	392.50–432.50	2,882	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	448.93/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,864	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,593	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,574	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,935	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	412.47/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,590	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	424.31/cwt	412.00–428.00	3,280	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	456.47/cwt	437.00–468.00	3,058	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,525	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	504.96/cwt	486.00–530.00	2,691	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,528	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	500.28/cwt	497.50–505.00	2,391	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	3,030	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	749	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,108	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	481.53/cwt	469.00–486.50	2,803	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	591.74/cwt	570.00–602.50	2,468	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	440.39/cwt	426.00–452.00	3,202	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	382.93/cwt	372.50–392.00	2,945	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	469.90/cwt	466.00–477.00	2,472	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,539	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	434.24/cwt	420.00–442.00	2,962	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	496.05/cwt	470.00–512.00	3,031	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	569.00/cwt	569.00–569.00	2,845	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	451.67/cwt	450.00–454.00	2,791	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	434.92/cwt	425.00–442.00	2,514	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,166	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	3,210	71

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 May 28, 2026

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

Receipts 2,510Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	562.50	562.50
16	450–500	478	497.50–505.00	500.28
18	500–550	520	480.00	480.00
35	550–600	578	425.00–442.00	434.92
35	600–650	618	450.00–454.00	451.67
91	650–700	660	397.50–450.00	411.19
25	700–750	740	387.50	387.50
98	750–800	769	372.50–392.00	382.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	588	430.00	430.00
24	600–650	628	405.00–415.00	412.47
12	650–700	693	395.00	395.00
7	700–750	710	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	526	466.00–477.00	469.90
21	550–600	589	431.00	431.00
13	600–650	642	401.00	401.00
17	650–700	677	447.50	447.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	417	570.00–602.50	591.74
7	450–500	455	555.00	555.00
44	500–550	500	569.00	569.00
128	550–600	582	469.00–486.50	481.53
152	600–650	611	470.00–512.00	496.05
214	650–700	670	437.00–468.00	456.47
183	700–750	727	426.00–452.00	440.39
471	750–800	773	412.00–428.00	424.31
91	850–900	883	353.50–369.00	358.52
57	950–1000	962	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	487	527.50	527.50
28	500–550	533	486.00–530.00	504.96
14	550–600	575	451.00	451.00
47	600–650	638	440.00–462.00	448.93
74	650–700	689	392.50–432.50	418.32
12	700–750	743	395.00	395.00
5	800–850	830	373.50	373.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	528	511.00	511.00
22	550–600	582	476.00	476.00
6	600–650	609	442.50	442.50
17	650–700	682	420.00–442.00	434.24
17	700–750	749	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	650–700	673	477.00	477.00

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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