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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 14

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

490 head

▲ 490 vs last sale 0▲ 490 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

Special Pair and Bred female sale today consisted mostly of black and reds with 150 to 250 lbs calves at side, bred cows calving now to June. Fall bred cows calving Aug-Sept. Several buyers in the barn today and high internet bidding. Next Auction Date May 21st

Every lot

15 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	10,512	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,088	1,416.94/cwt	1,225.00–1,650.00	15,416	105
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,144	1,471.46/cwt	1,250.00–1,650.00	16,834	45
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,236	778.38/cwt	700.00–875.00	9,621	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,255	1,200.72/cwt	1,085.00–1,275.00	15,069	24
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,289	1,317.70/cwt	1,275.00–1,350.00	16,985	29
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,482	1,079.96/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	16,005	5
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,029	1,703.41/cwt	1,650.00–1,725.00	17,528	30
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,093	1,825.00/cwt	1,825.00–1,825.00	19,947	9
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,199	2,211.26/cwt	1,825.00–2,410.00	26,513	78
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,249	1,804.02/cwt	1,450.00–1,950.00	22,532	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,323	1,801.71/cwt	1,700.00–1,850.00	23,837	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,339	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	17,742	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,369	1,905.09/cwt	1,800.00–1,975.00	26,081	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,384	1,179.93/cwt	1,085.00–1,250.00	16,330	14

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu May 14, 2020

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

Receipts 490Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	876	1,200.00	1,200.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,482	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,079.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	—	1,144	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,471.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	—	1,289	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,317.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	105	—	1,088	1,225.00–1,650.00	1,416.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,255	1,085.00–1,275.00	1,200.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,236	700.00–875.00	778.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,029	1,650.00–1,725.00	1,703.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,199	1,825.00–2,410.00	2,211.26

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,093	1,825.00	1,825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,369	1,800.00–1,975.00	1,905.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,339	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,323	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,801.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,249	1,450.00–1,950.00	1,804.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,384	1,085.00–1,250.00	1,179.93

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.