Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-01-09

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 9

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Dec 19Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

4,445 head

▲ 679 vs last sale 3,766▲ 5 vs year ago 4,440 · +0.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the New Year. Its been several weeks since a reported sale, a market comparison is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted throughout the day, with several loads of Sandhill raised offerings. Next Auction Date Jan 16th Special Feeder Sale and Breedable Heifers. Jan 23rd Special Bred Female and Regular Sale Diamond Lazy J Bull Sale. Jan 30th 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 $363.64/cwt on 1,224 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −107.72 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$363.64

1,224 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$19.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.51

vs NE average

+21.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	366.74	2,044	1,027
Medium and Large 1-2	558	347.49	1,940	197

One grade step is worth $19.25/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale1,224 hd

363.64

—

NE average9 barns · 4,744 hd

358.13

+5.51

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+21.56

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−107.72

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

34 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,512	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	418.33/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,786	98
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	371.88/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,647	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	386.34/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,831	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	399.35/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,917	149
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	376.31/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,957	454
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	352.96/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,910	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	342.19/cwt	336.00–348.50	1,968	100
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	359.16/cwt	350.00–381.00	2,108	573
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,182	92
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	338.02/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,096	320
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	312.84/cwt	309.00–315.00	2,002	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	303.61/cwt	301.00–305.00	2,010	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	668	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,231	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	320.94/cwt	311.00–329.50	2,182	640
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	299.00/cwt	273.75–320.00	2,132	152
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	293.46/cwt	290.50–295.50	2,260	162
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	283.15/cwt	277.50–284.00	2,319	86
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,068	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,379	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	364.47/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,400	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,401	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,470	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	350.85/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,642	133
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	322.15/cwt	322.00–322.50	1,556	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	332.86/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,754	101
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	312.31/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,655	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	303.78/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,689	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	322.82/cwt	310.00–336.00	1,872	106
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	277.82/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,742	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	298.26/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,882	138
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	273.41/cwt	263.50–287.00	1,826	92
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,883	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	270.66/cwt	265.00–273.75	1,946	91

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 4,445Last week 3,766Year ago 4,440

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	601	363.00	363.00
80	650–700	668	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	443	360.00–385.00	371.88
11	450–500	474	385.00–387.50	386.34
97	500–550	541	348.00–356.00	352.96
100	550–600	575	336.00–348.50	342.19
31	600–650	640	309.00–315.00	312.84
23	650–700	662	301.00–305.00	303.61
5	850–900	858	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	450.00	450.00
98	400–450	427	410.00–430.00	418.33
149	450–500	480	397.00–400.00	399.35
454	500–550	520	360.00–381.00	376.31
573	550–600	587	350.00–381.00	359.16
320	600–650	620	326.00–345.00	338.02
640	650–700	680	311.00–329.50	320.94
152	700–750	713	273.75–320.00	299.00
162	750–800	770	290.50–295.50	293.46
86	800–850	819	277.50–284.00	283.15
54	850–900	859	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	384	360.00–370.00	364.47
6	400–450	423	347.50	347.50
133	450–500	468	345.00–356.00	350.85
101	500–550	527	324.00–339.00	332.86
106	550–600	580	310.00–336.00	322.82
138	600–650	631	285.00–302.50	298.26
92	650–700	668	263.50–287.00	273.41
91	700–750	719	265.00–273.75	270.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	357.50	357.50
23	450–500	483	322.00–322.50	322.15
35	500–550	530	307.00–320.00	312.31
40	550–600	556	302.00–305.00	303.78
19	600–650	627	275.00–281.00	277.82
30	700–750	716	263.00	263.00

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.