Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-02-27

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 27

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Feb 6Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

3,825 head

▲ 935 vs last sale 2,890▲ 3,825 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

Due to postponement of auction last week, no comparable offerings for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and very active internet bidding. Next Auction date March 6th Special Bred Female & Regular Sale Along with Russell Angus Bull Sale, March 13th Special Feeder & Breedable Heifer Sale

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.60/cwt on 1,055 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −112.03 against this barn's trailing median of $448.63.

Average price

$336.60

1,055 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$22.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.51

vs NE average

+29.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	338.36	1,869	973
Medium and Large 1-2	564	315.72	1,780	82

One grade step is worth $22.64/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,055 hd

336.60

—

NE average10 barns · 2,940 hd

330.09

+6.51

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+29.59

This barn, trailing median14 sales

448.63

−112.03

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $488.17, low $375.00, median $448.63 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

38 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	315	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,630	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,785	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	441.90/cwt	433.00–445.00	1,860	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	427.13/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,973	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	382.63/cwt	362.50–402.50	1,867	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	385.47/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,997	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	368.34/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,941	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	339.31/cwt	337.00–344.00	1,900	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	359.75/cwt	349.00–373.00	2,065	161
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	349.14/cwt	333.00–353.00	2,126	149
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	314.09/cwt	309.00–323.00	2,013	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	329.97/cwt	321.00–343.50	2,237	177
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	314.68/cwt	314.00–315.00	2,171	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	312.86/cwt	306.50–318.00	2,293	180
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,306	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,270	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,663	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	407.18/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,596	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	391.18/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,674	64
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	357.60/cwt	351.00–373.00	1,709	125
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	347.35/cwt	346.00–348.00	1,712	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	506	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,847	94
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	340.16/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,820	365
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	326.85/cwt	326.00–327.50	1,749	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	325.72/cwt	314.50–339.00	1,863	438
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	579	369.60/cwt	355.00–378.00	2,140	76
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	308.23/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,797	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	309.83/cwt	299.00–316.00	1,936	533
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,832	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	637	327.47/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,086	65
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	294.63/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,962	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	690	318.90/cwt	309.00–334.00	2,200	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	280.52/cwt	274.75–290.00	2,003	117
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	716	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,413	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	777	297.62/cwt	281.00–313.00	2,313	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,057	34
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,077	30

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 Feb 27, 2025

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

Receipts 3,825Last week 2,890Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	380	437.50	437.50
64	400–450	428	387.50–400.00	391.18
125	450–500	478	351.00–373.00	357.60
365	500–550	535	330.00–357.00	340.16
438	550–600	572	314.50–339.00	325.72
533	600–650	625	299.00–316.00	309.83
82	650–700	666	286.00–300.00	294.63
117	700–750	714	274.75–290.00	280.52
34	750–800	788	261.00	261.00
30	800–850	802	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
76	550–600	579	355.00–378.00	369.60
65	600–650	637	322.50–330.00	327.47
61	650–700	690	309.00–334.00	318.90
44	700–750	716	337.00	337.00
56	750–800	777	281.00–313.00	297.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	392	395.00–412.50	407.18
21	450–500	493	346.00–348.00	347.35
33	500–550	535	326.00–327.50	326.85
49	550–600	583	295.00–312.50	308.23
5	600–650	636	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	506	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
31	450–500	488	362.50–402.50	382.63
42	500–550	527	355.00–375.00	368.34
24	550–600	560	337.00–344.00	339.31
25	600–650	641	309.00–323.00	314.09
28	650–700	690	314.00–315.00	314.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	315	517.50	517.50
8	350–400	388	460.00	460.00
28	400–450	421	433.00–445.00	441.90
42	450–500	462	425.00–430.00	427.13
45	500–550	518	380.00–392.50	385.47
161	550–600	574	349.00–373.00	359.75
149	600–650	609	333.00–353.00	349.14
177	650–700	678	321.00–343.50	329.97
180	700–750	733	306.50–318.00	312.86
33	750–800	751	307.00	307.00
31	800–850	818	277.50	277.50

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.