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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 8

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

620 head

▲ 620 vs last sale 0▲ 620 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

Majority of consigned offering in good condition, selection included Spring pairs, bred cows calving now and fall bred offerings. A few summer and winter bred offerings. Conversations of concern from buyers and sells, of short grass and not much rain in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date May 15th Special Feeder Sale, Fall weights and Yearlings

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)	1,224	$3,274	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,197	$3,044	79
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,234	$2,868	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,413	$2,803	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,228	$2,587	150
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,373	$2,500	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,196	$2,113	80
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,072	$2,952	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,412	$3,762	51
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,122	$3,736	45
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,153	$4,094	50

Every lot

14 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 · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,091	1,863.20/head	1,750.00–2,350.00	1,863	30
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,107	1,860.22/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,860	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,197	3,043.84/head	2,600.00–3,275.00	3,044	79
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,224	3,274.24/head	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,274	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,228	2,587.40/head	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,587	150
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,234	2,868.00/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,868	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,338	2,471.37/head	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,471	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,373	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,387	2,912.13/head	2,500.00–2,975.00	2,912	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,450	2,650.40/head	2,325.00–2,800.00	2,650	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,122	3,736.16/head	3,400.00–3,925.00	3,736	45
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,412	3,762.38/head	3,300.00–4,050.00	3,762	51
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,153	4,094.01/head	3,700.00–4,250.00	4,094	50
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,072	2,951.89/head	2,300.00–3,150.00	2,952	24

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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 620Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	7	—	1,387	2,500.00–2,975.00	2,912.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,338	2,300.00–2,900.00	2,471.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,234	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,868.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,373	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	150	—	1,228	2,450.00–2,950.00	2,587.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,224	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,274.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	79	—	1,197	2,600.00–3,275.00	3,043.84

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)	5	—	1,450	2,325.00–2,800.00	2,650.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,091	1,750.00–2,350.00	1,863.20

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,107	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,860.22

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,122	3,400.00–3,925.00	3,736.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	51	—	1,412	3,300.00–4,050.00	3,762.38

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	50	—	1,153	3,700.00–4,250.00	4,094.01

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)	24	—	1,072	2,300.00–3,150.00	2,951.89

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.