Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-07-24

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Jul 24

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Jul 17Jul 24Aug 21 →

Receipts

1,727 head

▲ 1,727 vs last sale 0▲ 1,727 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

Compared with two weeks ago, steer offerings 850 to 950 lbs traded 2.00 to 8.00 higher, no comparable offerings for heifers. Cattle conditions were in the buyers favor with hot, humid weather in the Sandhills and scattered rain showers. Demand was very good for all offerings. Next Auction Date July 31st Regular 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 $425.92/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −45.44 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$425.92

25 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,333

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.38

vs NE average

+50.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	425.92	2,333	25

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

425.92

—

NE average2 barns · 76 hd

437.30

−11.38

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+50.18

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−45.44

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

18 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,238	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	415.19/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,379	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,356	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	403.94/cwt	395.00–413.00	2,573	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,680	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,426	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	380.02/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,881	120
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	351.38/cwt	350.00–353.50	2,969	313
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	343.30/cwt	336.75–349.50	3,021	655
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	335.88/cwt	328.00–337.50	3,060	156
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	321.75/cwt	321.50–322.00	3,160	115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,103	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	388.68/cwt	387.50–393.00	2,282	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	375.52/cwt	364.00–380.00	2,403	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	362.28/cwt	359.50–373.00	2,482	42
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	347.57/cwt	347.00–349.00	2,544	87

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 Jul 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,727Last 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
44	550–600	587	387.50–393.00	388.68
18	600–650	640	364.00–380.00	375.52
42	650–700	685	359.50–373.00	362.28
87	700–750	732	347.00–349.00	347.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	410.00	410.00
7	500–550	513	410.00	410.00
9	650–700	665	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	637	395.00–413.00	403.94
10	700–750	710	377.50	377.50
120	750–800	758	370.00–383.00	380.02
313	800–850	845	350.00–353.50	351.38
655	850–900	880	336.75–349.50	343.30
156	900–950	911	328.00–337.50	335.88
115	950–1000	982	321.50–322.00	321.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	503	445.00	445.00
16	550–600	573	410.00–420.00	415.19
13	600–650	624	377.50	377.50
8	700–750	722	336.00	336.00

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.