Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-05-15

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-15

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 15

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← May 8May 15May 29 →

Receipts

3,680 head

▲ 3,680 vs last sale 0▲ 3,680 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

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good for all offerings today with several buyers and active internet bidding. A much needed rain in the Sandhills and expected more in the following days. Next Auction Date May 29th Regular Sale & Special Pair and Fall Bred Female

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 $417.60/cwt on 562 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −53.76 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$417.60

562 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$12.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.18

vs NE average

+33.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	418.04	2,374	543
Medium and Large 1-2	526	405.21	2,131	19thin

One grade step is worth $12.83/cwt here — about $243 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 sale562 hd

417.60

—

NE average6 barns · 1,106 hd

411.42

+6.18

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+33.00

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−53.76

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

36 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	321	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,862	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	517.68/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,128	144
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	487.85/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,259	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	438.02/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,138	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	405.21/cwt	390.00–422.50	2,131	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	434.83/cwt	429.00–441.00	2,339	189
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	409.07/cwt	404.00–422.00	2,389	354
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,490	99
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	381.18/cwt	376.00–387.50	2,401	127
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,238	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	660	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,653	88
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,614	102
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	341.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,339	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	318.55/cwt	314.00–322.50	2,329	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,489	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	754	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,609	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,388	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,677	36
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	904	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,784	141
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	2,812	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,458	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	386	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,776	104
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	424.21/cwt	395.00–437.50	1,650	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,834	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	411.53/cwt	402.50–419.00	1,905	74
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	371.02/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,759	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	384.03/cwt	370.00–398.00	2,016	295
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	354.00/cwt	351.00–357.50	1,869	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	370.51/cwt	350.00–378.00	2,101	561
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,827	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	337.32/cwt	331.00–360.00	2,132	142
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	328.88/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,227	181
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	324.49/cwt	323.00–326.00	2,314	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,244	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	271.75/cwt	271.00–272.00	2,261	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,555	18

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 May 15, 2025

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

Receipts 3,680Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	488	425.00–445.00	438.02
19	500–550	526	390.00–422.50	405.21
9	600–650	644	347.50	347.50
48	650–700	686	335.00–350.00	341.00
11	700–750	731	314.00–322.50	318.55
8	750–800	763	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	600–650	621	401.00	401.00
88	650–700	660	402.00	402.00
75	750–800	754	346.00	346.00
141	900–950	904	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	321	580.00	580.00
144	400–450	411	500.00–525.00	517.68
41	450–500	463	482.50–490.00	487.85
189	500–550	538	429.00–441.00	434.83
354	550–600	584	404.00–422.00	409.07
127	600–650	630	376.00–387.50	381.18
102	650–700	679	385.00	385.00
75	700–750	733	339.50	339.50
36	850–900	858	312.00	312.00
57	950–1000	954	294.75	294.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	474	350.00–385.00	371.02
15	500–550	528	351.00–357.50	354.00
9	600–650	603	303.00	303.00
8	750–800	753	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	307	475.00	475.00
23	350–400	389	395.00–437.50	424.21
7	400–450	442	415.00	415.00
74	450–500	463	402.50–419.00	411.53
295	500–550	525	370.00–398.00	384.03
561	550–600	567	350.00–378.00	370.51
142	600–650	632	331.00–360.00	337.32
181	650–700	677	320.00–332.50	328.88
84	700–750	713	323.00–326.00	324.49
8	800–850	832	271.00–272.00	271.75
18	950–1000	964	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	350–400	386	460.00	460.00

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.