Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A special Monday Yearling Sale today, with several loads of steers off Sandhill grass, the sale finished with heifers and pregged check open offerings. Demand was good with active bidding throughout the day. Next Auction Date Thursday Oct 18th 23rd and 30th. Special Monday Auctions Oct 20th and 27th

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.00/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$480.00

9 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.62

vs NE average

+10.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	480.00	2,674	9thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

480.00

—

NE average9 barns · 4,206 hd

480.62

−0.62

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+10.96

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

26 lots · USDA AMS · Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - 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	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	372.20/cwt	362.00–376.00	3,443	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	319.95/cwt	319.00–322.00	2,992	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	328.70/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,889	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	640	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,874	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	410.72/cwt	404.00–413.50	3,175	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	391.27/cwt	387.00–395.50	3,193	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	865	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	3,322	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	703	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,932	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	600–650	633	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	351.82/cwt	332.00–355.00	2,843	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	382.53/cwt	378.00–385.50	3,355	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	832	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,328	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	737	440.50/cwt	440.50–440.50	3,246	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	407.18/cwt	401.00–409.00	2,887	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,765	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	745	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,738	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,987	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	794	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	3,275	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,754	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	369.82/cwt	369.00–371.00	2,548	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,554	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,266	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,206	10
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,163	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,431	7
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,200	5

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 Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - Valentine, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	557	480.00	480.00
74	700–750	707	422.50	422.50
82	750–800	773	404.00–413.50	410.72
390	800–850	816	387.00–395.50	391.27
225	850–900	877	378.00–385.50	382.53
159	900–950	925	362.00–376.00	372.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
64	600–650	640	449.00	449.00
74	700–750	737	440.50	440.50
129	800–850	832	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
48	700–750	703	417.00	417.00
77	750–800	794	412.50	412.50
70	850–900	865	384.00	384.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	709	401.00–409.00	407.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	581	390.00	390.00
27	650–700	689	369.00–371.00	369.82
11	700–750	736	347.00	347.00
71	750–800	778	354.00	354.00
75	800–850	808	332.00–355.00	351.82
30	850–900	879	328.00–331.00	328.70
57	900–950	935	319.00–322.00	319.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	633	392.00	392.00
61	700–750	745	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	818	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,021	314.00	314.00
5	1050–1100	1,063	301.00	301.00
7	1150–1200	1,163	295.00	295.00

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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