Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Today's consignment consisted of several offerings for pregged checked and guaranteed open heifers, followed by weaned Fall calves and yearlings finished the auction. Several buyers today at the barn but limited activity from the internet. Next Auction Date Sept 17th Special Bred Female and Regular Sale

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $428.87/cwt on 15 head, down $46.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −79.32 against this barn's trailing median of $508.19.

Average price

$428.87

▼ 46.13 vs prior sale

15 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.04

vs NE average

+38.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	428.87	2,290	15thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $428.87, median $508.19 across 12 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 sale15 hd

428.87

—

NE average2 barns · 34 hd

423.82

+5.04

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+38.28

This barn, trailing median12 sales

508.19

−79.32

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
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,210	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,771	8
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	254.63/cwt	237.00–269.00	2,826	9
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	285.17/cwt	279.00–287.50	3,031	15
Heifers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,292	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,545	18
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	294.46/cwt	291.00–297.00	3,012	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,199	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	308.45/cwt	301.00–314.00	2,822	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,444	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	369.49/cwt	363.00–373.50	2,690	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	323.05/cwt	317.00–328.00	2,523	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,590	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	341.00/cwt	329.00–345.00	3,359	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	364.91/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,894	72
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,121	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	335.82/cwt	320.00–339.50	3,392	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	349.76/cwt	344.25–354.75	3,078	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	350.62/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,644	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,124	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	342.32/cwt	322.00–357.00	3,160	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	319.84/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,792	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,905	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	365.62/cwt	363.00–370.00	2,267	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	371.87/cwt	357.00–382.50	3,060	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	333.70/cwt	317.00–339.75	2,766	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	303.70/cwt	289.00–311.00	2,946	77

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 Sep 10, 2026

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

Receipts 2,600Last week 3,635Year ago 2,470

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	1000–1050	1,023	291.00–297.00	294.46
15	1050–1100	1,063	279.00–287.50	285.17
9	1100–1150	1,110	237.00–269.00	254.63
8	1200–1250	1,210	229.00	229.00
18	1250–1300	1,292	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	475	401.00	401.00
6	550–600	591	372.00	372.00
26	600–650	620	363.00–370.00	365.62
63	750–800	781	317.00–328.00	323.05
66	800–850	829	317.00–339.75	333.70
226	850–900	873	311.00–327.00	319.84
100	900–950	915	301.00–314.00	308.45
77	950–1000	970	289.00–311.00	303.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	512	431.00	431.00
8	550–600	553	427.00	427.00
20	600–650	605	404.00	404.00
11	650–700	677	382.50	382.50
41	700–750	728	363.00–373.50	369.49
72	750–800	793	362.00–370.00	364.91
261	800–850	823	357.00–382.50	371.87
250	850–900	880	344.25–354.75	349.76
327	900–950	923	322.00–357.00	342.32
243	950–1000	985	329.00–345.00	341.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	1000–1050	1,010	320.00–339.50	335.82
11	1050–1100	1,095	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	754	350.00–351.00	350.62
8	950–1000	998	313.00	313.00

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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