Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-08-06

Valentine

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

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Aug 6

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Jul 23Aug 6Aug 27 →

Receipts

2,055 head

▲ 410 vs last sale 1,645▲ 2,055 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 8 of 14 comparable sales and sits +3.64 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

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

Price by quality 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.

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 median14 sales

471.36

+3.64

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $428.87, median $471.36 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	466.95/cwt	445.00–471.00	2,937	92
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	756	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,438	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,976	40
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	378.54/cwt	376.00–383.00	3,168	218
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	365.54/cwt	364.00–368.00	3,166	281
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	356.78/cwt	349.00–362.50	3,279	298
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	335.59/cwt	326.50–346.75	3,259	173
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,001	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	3,458	57
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,063	328.41/cwt	327.00–329.00	3,491	368
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,790	42
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	351.15/cwt	343.00–356.50	2,876	143
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	321.64/cwt	314.00–327.00	2,843	39
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,995	31

This sale against other markets

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	756	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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.