Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-06-05

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jun 5

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← May 29Jun 5Jul 10 →

Receipts

2,056 head

▲ 2,056 vs last sale 0▲ 2,056 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 with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: June 12th Special Fall Bred Female, Pair & Regular Sale, June 19th Regular Sale, June 26th 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 $410.31/cwt on 322 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −61.05 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$410.31

322 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$2.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs NE average

+31.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	411.08	2,392	214
Medium and Large 1-2	542	408.79	2,215	108

One grade step is worth $2.29/cwt here — about $177 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 sale322 hd

410.31

—

NE average5 barns · 543 hd

408.94

+1.37

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+31.73

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−61.05

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

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,822	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	478.14/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,023	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,086	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	426.36/cwt	415.00–437.50	2,025	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	445.33/cwt	445.00–445.50	2,338	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	413.95/cwt	410.00–424.00	2,223	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,135	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	405.06/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,398	182
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	407.58/cwt	399.00–421.00	2,490	132
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	368.12/cwt	365.00–384.00	2,360	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	642	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,375	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,380	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	371.12/cwt	369.00–377.00	2,535	136
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	350.01/cwt	343.50–354.50	2,576	163
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	344.43/cwt	330.00–354.50	2,656	143
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	322.45/cwt	316.50–323.00	2,696	80
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,892	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,722	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	391.87/cwt	381.00–400.00	1,999	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,004	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	574	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,302	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,077	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	372.48/cwt	369.00–377.50	2,160	108
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,981	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	353.74/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,257	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	335.23/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,196	90
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	338.61/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,401	151
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,492	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,401	39
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,523	10

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 Jun 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,056Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	456	415.00	415.00
57	500–550	510	381.00–400.00	391.87
108	550–600	580	369.00–377.50	372.48
66	600–650	638	350.00–359.00	353.74
90	650–700	655	334.00–338.00	335.23
151	700–750	709	335.00–343.00	338.61
12	750–800	769	324.00	324.00
39	800–850	807	297.50	297.50
10	850–900	873	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	350.00	350.00
26	500–550	546	367.00	367.00
12	550–600	577	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	550–600	574	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	627	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	475	415.00–437.50	426.36
96	500–550	537	410.00–424.00	413.95
12	550–600	581	367.50	367.50
42	600–650	641	365.00–384.00	368.12
13	650–700	678	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	642	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	368	495.00	495.00
16	400–450	423	475.00–480.00	478.14
19	450–500	456	457.50	457.50
32	500–550	525	445.00–445.50	445.33
182	550–600	592	400.00–428.00	405.06
132	600–650	611	399.00–421.00	407.58
136	650–700	683	369.00–377.00	371.12
163	700–750	736	343.50–354.50	350.01
143	750–800	771	330.00–354.50	344.43
80	800–850	836	316.50–323.00	322.45

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.