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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jun 6

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

850 head

▲ 850 vs last sale 0▲ 850 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 Special Fall Bred Female, Summer Bred and Pair Sale, started out the day with weigh ups at 9:00 am. 2 year old Hereford bulls sold next, followed by baby calves weighing 262 lbs at $700 each. Pairs matched with calves at side, bred summer and fall cows followed, all offerings in good condition, ready to calve. Weigh ups finished the day. Next Auction Date June 20th Special Feeder Sale

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,223	$3,250	76
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,193	$3,004	251
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,383	$2,620	129
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,226	$2,579	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,377	$2,510	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,242	$2,172	112
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,187	$2,076	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,162	$2,649	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,266	$3,023	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,303	$2,887	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,330	$2,832	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,408	$2,669	29

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 · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,221	3,014.96/head	2,700.00–3,200.00	3,015	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,249	2,986.09/head	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,986	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,274	2,948.86/head	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,949	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,323	2,525.56/head	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,526	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,362	2,779.37/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,779	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,426	2,549.59/head	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,550	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,474	3,059.56/head	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,060	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,487	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,496	2,925.58/head	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,926	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,187	2,075.70/head	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,076	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,193	3,004.27/head	2,250.00–3,300.00	3,004	251
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,223	3,250.31/head	3,125.00–3,300.00	3,250	76
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,226	2,579.20/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,579	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,238	2,034.25/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,034	53
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,246	2,296.51/head	1,925.00–2,350.00	2,297	59
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,377	2,510.40/head	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,510	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,383	2,619.52/head	2,250.00–2,900.00	2,620	129
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,162	2,648.80/head	2,075.00–2,775.00	2,649	12

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 Jun 6, 2024

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

Receipts 850Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,323	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,525.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,249	2,950.00–3,000.00	2,986.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,221	2,700.00–3,200.00	3,014.96
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,274	2,700.00–3,100.00	2,948.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,362	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,779.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,474	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,059.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,487	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,426	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,549.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,496	2,900.00–2,950.00	2,925.58

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,377	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,510.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	129	—	1,383	2,250.00–2,900.00	2,619.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,226	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,579.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	251	—	1,193	2,250.00–3,300.00	3,004.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	76	—	1,223	3,125.00–3,300.00	3,250.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,187	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,075.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	59	—	1,246	1,925.00–2,350.00	2,296.51

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	53	—	1,238	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,034.25

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,162	2,075.00–2,775.00	2,648.80

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.