Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-10-16

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 16

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

3,060 head

▲ 694 vs last sale 2,366▼ 3,150 vs year ago 6,210 · −50.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand was good for the Special Spring Calf Sale today with all consignments unweaned. Comparable offerings were sharply higher with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date: Mon. Oct 20th Special Fall Pair and Regular Sale, Oct 23rd 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 $509.55/cwt on 902 head. That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +38.18 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$509.55

902 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$55.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.46

vs NE average

+40.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	513.25	2,777	842
Medium and Large 1-2	553	457.56	2,530	60

One grade step is worth $55.70/cwt here — about $247 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 sale902 hd

509.55

—

NE average10 barns · 4,989 hd

493.09

+16.46

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+40.51

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

+38.18

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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	662.32/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,179	39
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,047	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	636.01/cwt	615.00–640.00	2,512	102
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	608.50/cwt	603.00–640.00	2,598	83
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	574.04/cwt	572.50–575.00	2,520	58
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	558.76/cwt	537.00–567.50	2,626	404
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	514.46/cwt	507.50–525.00	2,428	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	519.95/cwt	499.00–536.00	2,730	490
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	526	548.50/cwt	548.50–548.50	2,885	100
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	478.73/cwt	474.00–485.00	2,523	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	448.48/cwt	385.00–462.50	2,529	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	486.24/cwt	477.00–500.00	2,810	252
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	459.45/cwt	452.00–465.00	2,821	152
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,952	82
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	436.56/cwt	388.00–447.00	2,907	59
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	706	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,951	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	571.35/cwt	560.00–575.00	1,811	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	552.34/cwt	542.50–562.50	2,093	104
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	528.93/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,005	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,016	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	515.07/cwt	507.00–542.50	2,241	159
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	503.74/cwt	496.00–508.00	2,358	137
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	484	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,546	101
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	470.66/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,311	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	469.27/cwt	465.00–472.50	2,412	87
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	419.69/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,157	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,585	94
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	542	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,938	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	445.81/cwt	445.00–446.00	2,657	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,783	8

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 3,060Last week 2,366Year ago 6,210

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	450–500	484	526.00	526.00
94	500–550	517	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	317	560.00–575.00	571.35
104	350–400	379	542.50–562.50	552.34
159	400–450	435	507.00–542.50	515.07
137	450–500	468	496.00–508.00	503.74
87	500–550	514	465.00–472.50	469.27
57	550–600	596	445.00–446.00	445.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	379	520.00–540.00	528.93
15	400–450	429	470.00	470.00
31	450–500	491	460.00–477.50	470.66
15	500–550	514	405.00–450.00	419.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	500–550	542	542.00	542.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	651	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
100	500–550	526	548.50	548.50
82	600–650	615	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	344	595.00	595.00
58	400–450	439	572.50–575.00	574.04
30	450–500	472	507.50–525.00	514.46
18	500–550	527	474.00–485.00	478.73
42	550–600	564	385.00–462.50	448.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
152	600–650	614	452.00–465.00	459.45
59	650–700	666	388.00–447.00	436.56
12	700–750	706	418.00	418.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	300–350	329	630.00–670.00	662.32
102	350–400	395	615.00–640.00	636.01
83	400–450	427	603.00–640.00	608.50
404	450–500	470	537.00–567.50	558.76
490	500–550	525	499.00–536.00	519.95
252	550–600	578	477.00–500.00	486.24

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.