Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's market report for Valentine Livestock Market, compared with two weeks ago, no comparable offerings a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Auction consisted of yearlings and fall calves, off short, dry Sandhills grass. Next Auction Dates: Aug 20th Weigh-Ups, Aug 27th Special Feeder Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.00/cwt on 22 head, down $39.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −35.59 against this barn's trailing median of $510.59.

Average price

$475.00

▼ 39.54 vs prior sale

22 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.16

vs NE average

+60.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	475.00	2,508	22

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale22 hd

475.00

—

NE average3 barns · 37 hd

474.84

+0.16

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+60.76

This barn, trailing median13 sales

510.59

−35.59

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

14 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	3,458	57
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	328.41/cwt	327.00–329.00	3,491	368
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,790	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	351.15/cwt	343.00–356.50	2,876	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,995	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	321.64/cwt	314.00–327.00	2,843	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,976	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	466.95/cwt	445.00–471.00	2,937	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	335.59/cwt	326.50–346.75	3,259	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	378.54/cwt	376.00–383.00	3,168	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,438	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	365.54/cwt	364.00–368.00	3,166	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	356.78/cwt	349.00–362.50	3,279	298

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 Aug 6, 2026

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

Receipts 2,055Last week 1,645Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1000–1050	1,001	345.50	345.50
368	1050–1100	1,063	327.00–329.00	328.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	528	475.00	475.00
92	600–650	629	445.00–471.00	466.95
40	750–800	781	381.00	381.00
218	800–850	837	376.00–383.00	378.54
281	850–900	866	364.00–368.00	365.54
298	900–950	919	349.00–362.50	356.78
173	950–1000	971	326.50–346.75	335.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	756	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	700–750	744	375.00	375.00
143	800–850	819	343.00–356.50	351.15
39	850–900	884	314.00–327.00	321.64
31	950–1000	963	311.00	311.00

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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