Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-10-01

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 1

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

1,900 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 2,000▼ 1,390 vs year ago 3,290 · −42.2%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Spring Calf Sale today, featuring the first large run of calves off the cow. Demand was good with strong buyer participation and a large crowd in attendance. Next Auction Dates: Monday, October 5th (Bred Cow); October 8th (Spring Calf Sale); Monday, October 12th (Special Yearling Sale); and October 15th (Spring Calf 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 $458.84/cwt on 720 head, up $29.97 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −12.52 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$458.84

▲ 29.97 vs prior sale

720 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$38.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.87

vs NE average

+44.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	460.62	2,542	687
Medium and Large 1-2	543	421.80	2,290	33

One grade step is worth $38.82/cwt here — about $253 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale720 hd

458.84

—

NE average5 barns · 1,356 hd

454.98

+3.87

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

+44.18

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−12.52

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

25 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,033	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	507.93/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,889	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	529.54/cwt	527.00–535.00	2,303	107
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	484.13/cwt	462.50–501.00	2,116	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,967	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	485.49/cwt	475.00–494.00	2,359	187
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	433.94/cwt	432.00–435.00	2,196	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	473.64/cwt	454.00–487.00	2,472	277
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,616	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	445.35/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,574	314
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	408.90/cwt	401.00–419.00	2,380	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,488	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	418.76/cwt	412.00–423.00	2,701	152
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,786	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	382.65/cwt	382.00–384.00	2,560	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,738	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,855	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,720	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	445.03/cwt	432.50–452.00	1,949	74
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,975	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,158	58
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	433.61/cwt	424.00–436.00	2,181	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,167	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	387.63/cwt	382.00–407.00	2,225	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,334	13

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 Oct 1, 2026

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

Receipts 1,900Last week 2,000Year ago 3,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	372	500.00–515.00	507.93
23	400–450	437	462.50–501.00	484.13
12	450–500	460	427.50	427.50
17	500–550	506	432.00–435.00	433.94
16	550–600	582	401.00–419.00	408.90
5	600–650	622	400.00	400.00
25	650–700	669	382.00–384.00	382.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	552.50	552.50
107	400–450	435	527.00–535.00	529.54
187	450–500	486	475.00–494.00	485.49
277	500–550	522	454.00–487.00	473.64
314	550–600	578	425.00–455.00	445.35
152	600–650	645	412.00–423.00	418.76
86	650–700	668	417.00	417.00
25	700–750	702	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	550–600	553	473.00	473.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	400	430.00	430.00
16	450–500	476	415.00	415.00
11	500–550	539	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	399	465.00	465.00
74	400–450	438	432.50–452.00	445.03
58	450–500	485	445.00	445.00
86	500–550	503	424.00–436.00	433.61
48	550–600	574	382.00–407.00	387.63
13	600–650	611	382.00	382.00

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.