Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Next Auction date Oct 30th Spring Calf Auction expecting 3750 head

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.00/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$365.00

10 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−58.07

vs NE average

−9.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	365.00	2,143	10thin

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 sale10 hd

365.00

—

NE average11 barns · 3,020 hd

423.07

−58.07

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−9.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,188	$2,538	19

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	324.90/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,690	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,380	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,188	2,538.21/head	2,350.00–2,575.00	2,538	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	312.84/cwt	305.00–318.50	2,900	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	327.51/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,564	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	319.65/cwt	319.50–320.00	2,848	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	288.50/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,451	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,052	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,003	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,146	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	711	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,489	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	331.80/cwt	327.50–337.50	2,230	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	790	391.75/cwt	359.00–416.00	3,095	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,467	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	353.31/cwt	342.50–354.50	2,922	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	653	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,449	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	3,003	2

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

Mon Oct 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 845Last week 3,055Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Next Auction date Oct 30th Spring Calf Auction expecting 3750 head

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	587	365.00	365.00
6	700–750	745	329.00	329.00
52	750–800	783	325.00–330.00	327.51
73	800–850	828	320.00–331.00	324.90
23	850–900	891	319.50–320.00	319.65
178	900–950	927	305.00–318.50	312.84
8	1000–1050	1,003	287.00–290.00	288.50
2	1050–1100	1,050	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
93	650–700	653	375.00	375.00
80	700–750	711	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	672	327.50–337.50	331.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
137	750–800	790	359.00–416.00	391.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	738	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	665	371.00	371.00
51	800–850	827	342.50–354.50	353.31
12	900–950	910	330.00	330.00
12	950–1000	969	315.00	315.00
8	1050–1100	1,081	291.00	291.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,188	2,350.00–2,575.00	2,538.21

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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