Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-01-30

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jan 30

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

4,300 head

▲ 4,300 vs last sale 0▲ 70 vs year ago 4,230 · +1.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 500 lbs steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Steer offerings 550 to 700 lbs traded steady to 5.00 higher and 550 lbs heifers traded steady. Demand was very good with several buyers at the auction with not much action from the internet. Next Auction Dates for Feb 6th 13th and 20th

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 $381.68/cwt on 1,178 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −89.69 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$381.68

1,178 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$22.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.98

vs NE average

+33.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	383.35	2,106	1,091
Medium and Large 1-2	557	360.62	2,010	87

One grade step is worth $22.73/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,178 hd

381.68

—

NE average10 barns · 4,922 hd

373.69

+7.98

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+33.02

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−89.69

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

32 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	461.37/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,716	81
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	471.15/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,993	203
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	428.96/cwt	422.50–450.00	1,840	73
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	427.97/cwt	420.00–434.00	2,007	110
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	392.30/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,875	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	396.65/cwt	380.00–413.00	2,067	534
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	369.33/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,980	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	384.55/cwt	381.00–386.00	2,169	154
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	365.28/cwt	359.00–373.50	2,122	403
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	349.39/cwt	349.00–352.00	2,044	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,225	90
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	344.96/cwt	331.00–355.00	2,149	392
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	328.18/cwt	307.00–335.00	2,074	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	322.69/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,156	96
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	310.89/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,273	111
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	312.62/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,354	98
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	383.14/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,487	50
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,507	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	383.17/cwt	380.00–389.00	1,701	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	378.65/cwt	368.00–389.00	1,821	197
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,639	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	357.49/cwt	350.50–367.00	1,884	140
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,824	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	333.49/cwt	322.00–347.50	1,921	486
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	315.15/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,853	65
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	592	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,205	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	310.03/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,959	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	638	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,061	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,004	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,974	27

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 4,300Last week 0Year ago 4,230

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
154	550–600	564	381.00–386.00	384.55
90	600–650	603	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	400–450	429	422.50–450.00	428.96
12	450–500	478	385.00–400.00	392.30
49	500–550	536	367.00–375.00	369.33
38	550–600	585	349.00–352.00	349.39
55	600–650	632	307.00–335.00	328.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	420.00	420.00
81	350–400	372	455.00–475.00	461.37
203	400–450	423	460.00–495.00	471.15
110	450–500	469	420.00–434.00	427.97
534	500–550	521	380.00–413.00	396.65
403	550–600	581	359.00–373.50	365.28
392	600–650	623	331.00–355.00	344.96
96	650–700	668	315.00–324.00	322.69
111	700–750	731	308.00–314.00	310.89
98	750–800	753	312.00–314.00	312.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	410.00	410.00
50	350–400	388	375.00–395.00	383.14
51	400–450	444	380.00–389.00	383.17
197	450–500	481	368.00–389.00	378.65
140	500–550	527	350.50–367.00	357.49
486	550–600	576	322.00–347.50	333.49
31	600–650	632	308.00–311.00	310.03
19	650–700	668	300.00	300.00
27	700–750	710	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	365.00	365.00
18	450–500	493	332.50	332.50
19	500–550	538	339.00	339.00
65	550–600	588	300.00–318.00	315.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	550–600	592	372.50	372.50
78	600–650	638	323.00	323.00

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.