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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2023-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-09

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 9

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

933 head

▲ 933 vs last sale 0▲ 273 vs year ago 660 · +41.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays Special Bred Female and Regular Sale consisted mostly of black and bwf cows bred black, a few consignments of Red Angus offering bred Red Angus. Several buyers at the sale today with a very active internet, demand was good for all offerings. Cold windy day in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date Feb 23rd

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,223	$2,118	57
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,384	$1,781	74
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,127	$1,516	76
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,340	$1,465	187
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$1,218	268
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,248	$1,158	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,268	$1,040	14
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,166	$1,838	28
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,084	$1,833	159
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$2,175	6

Every lot

18 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 · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,122	1,525.95/head	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,526	70
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,142	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,186	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,223	2,118.00/head	1,975.00–2,275.00	2,118	57
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,248	1,157.83/head	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,158	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,268	1,040.09/head	975.00–1,100.00	1,040	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	1,300.64/head	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,301	46
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,314	1,898.91/head	1,800.00–2,275.00	1,899	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,315	1,231.80/head	1,150.00–1,425.00	1,232	68
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,333	1,192.08/head	975.00–1,350.00	1,192	98
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,358	1,518.10/head	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,518	141
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,376	1,305.76/head	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,306	88
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,506	1,576.72/head	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,577	27
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	846	1,527.73/head	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,528	33
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	1,472.50/head	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,473	14
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,166	1,968.60/head	1,800.00–2,285.00	1,969	112
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,166	1,838.44/head	1,675.00–2,050.00	1,838	28

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Feb 9, 2023

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

Receipts 933Last week 0Year ago 660

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,200	2,175.00	2,175.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	88	—	1,376	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,305.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,314	1,800.00–2,275.00	1,898.91
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	141	—	1,358	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,518.10
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,248	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,157.83
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,268	975.00–1,100.00	1,040.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,223	1,975.00–2,275.00	2,118.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	70	—	1,122	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,525.95

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	68	—	1,315	1,150.00–1,425.00	1,231.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,506	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,576.72
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	—	1,285	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,300.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,186	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,142	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	98	—	1,333	975.00–1,350.00	1,192.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	846	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,527.73

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	—	1,166	1,675.00–2,050.00	1,838.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	112	—	1,166	1,800.00–2,285.00	1,968.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	990	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,472.50

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.