Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-10-09

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 9

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Receipts

2,366 head

▼ 924 vs last sale 3,290▼ 534 vs year ago 2,900 · −18.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from last week's auction a trend will not be given. Demand was very good for the several lots of Sandhills steers, just off the cow. Next Auction Dates: Monday Oct 13th Special Yearling Sale, Thursday, Oct 16th Special Spring Calf 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 $500.87/cwt on 862 head. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +29.51 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$500.87

862 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$57.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.26

vs NE average

+55.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	502.87	2,770	832
Medium and Large 1-2	582	445.40	2,592	30

One grade step is worth $57.47/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale862 hd

500.87

—

NE average8 barns · 3,436 hd

480.61

+20.26

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+55.02

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

+29.51

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,181	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	604.57/cwt	595.00–615.00	2,255	35
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	551.83/cwt	539.00–567.50	2,384	144
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,310	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	482	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	2,656	98
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	519.74/cwt	504.00–529.00	2,521	274
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	487.62/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,404	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	516.49/cwt	491.00–531.00	2,748	307
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	509.33/cwt	506.00–511.00	2,822	300
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	475.68/cwt	451.00–496.00	2,721	225
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	445.40/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,592	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	461.73/cwt	441.00–475.00	2,890	355
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	451.55/cwt	432.00–459.00	3,030	181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,822	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	501.34/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,920	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,895	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	476.98/cwt	475.00–481.00	2,032	100
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,218	92

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 Oct 9, 2025

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

Receipts 2,366Last week 3,290Year ago 2,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	450–500	482	551.00	551.00
300	550–600	554	506.00–511.00	509.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	349	625.00	625.00
35	350–400	373	595.00–615.00	604.57
144	400–450	432	539.00–567.50	551.83
274	450–500	485	504.00–529.00	519.74
307	500–550	532	491.00–531.00	516.49
225	550–600	572	451.00–496.00	475.68
355	600–650	626	441.00–475.00	461.73
181	650–700	671	432.00–459.00	451.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	438	527.50	527.50
23	450–500	493	485.00–490.00	487.62
30	550–600	582	444.00–450.00	445.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	525.00	525.00
46	350–400	383	500.00–505.00	501.34
100	400–450	426	475.00–481.00	476.98
92	450–500	473	469.00	469.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	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.