Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-09-11

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Sep 11

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Sep 4Sep 11Oct 2 →

Receipts

2,470 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 2,460▼ 1,910 vs year ago 4,380 · −43.6%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 850 to 900 lbs steers traded 10.00 lower and no comparable offerings for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers at the barn and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 2nd

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 $462.00/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −9.36 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$462.00

41 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+30.89

vs NE average

+48.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	462.00	2,518	41

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 sale41 hd

462.00

—

NE average7 barns · 516 hd

431.11

+30.89

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+48.48

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−9.36

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

25 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	545	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,518	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	462.21/cwt	434.00–465.00	2,870	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,813	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,735	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	399.84/cwt	393.00–409.00	2,935	51
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	402.50/cwt	391.25–409.25	3,135	211
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	378.47/cwt	377.00–379.00	3,126	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	366.63/cwt	353.00–374.50	3,142	130
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	356.50/cwt	330.00–361.00	3,323	460
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	355.42/cwt	351.00–355.50	3,444	293
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	348.49/cwt	348.00–349.00	3,492	235
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,073	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,335	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,424	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,691	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	705	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	2,824	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,534	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,727	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	359.62/cwt	355.50–366.00	2,780	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	334.17/cwt	325.00–343.00	2,590	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	343.27/cwt	339.00–351.00	2,877	89
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	338.65/cwt	331.00–344.00	2,933	85
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	335.84/cwt	331.00–339.50	3,096	106
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	341.84/cwt	332.50–346.10	3,336	67
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,035	329.29/cwt	328.00–330.00	3,408	17

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 Sep 11, 2025

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

Receipts 2,470Last week 2,460Year ago 4,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	715	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	545	462.00	462.00
97	600–650	621	434.00–465.00	462.21
5	650–700	673	418.00	418.00
51	700–750	734	393.00–409.00	399.84
211	750–800	779	391.25–409.25	402.50
49	800–850	826	377.00–379.00	378.47
130	850–900	857	353.00–374.50	366.63
460	900–950	932	330.00–361.00	356.50
293	950–1000	969	351.00–355.50	355.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
235	1000–1050	1,002	348.00–349.00	348.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	700–750	705	400.50	400.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,035	328.00–330.00	329.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	470.00	470.00
47	500–550	543	430.00	430.00
73	650–700	650	414.00	414.00
6	700–750	741	368.00	368.00
76	750–800	773	355.50–366.00	359.62
89	800–850	838	339.00–351.00	343.27
85	850–900	866	331.00–344.00	338.65
106	900–950	922	331.00–339.50	335.84
67	950–1000	976	332.50–346.10	341.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	643	377.00	377.00
7	700–750	726	349.00	349.00
14	750–800	775	325.00–343.00	334.17

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.