Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-10-23

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 23

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 16Oct 23Oct 30 →

Receipts

3,600 head

▲ 540 vs last sale 3,060▼ 195 vs year ago 3,795 · −5.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers, but internet bidding was lower today. High demand should be noted for red angus white face replacement heifers going out of state. Next Auction Date Monday Oct 27th Special Yearling and Regular Sale, Oct 30th Special Spring Calf Auction

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 $508.60/cwt on 1,041 head. That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +37.23 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$508.60

1,041 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$23.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.10

vs NE average

+50.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	509.33	2,777	1,009
Medium and Large 1-2	516	485.56	2,505	32

One grade step is worth $23.77/cwt here — about $271 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 sale1,041 hd

508.60

—

NE average11 barns · 6,701 hd

487.50

+21.10

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+50.46

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

+37.23

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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	673.34/cwt	660.00–700.00	2,209	29
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,140	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,527	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	599.53/cwt	594.00–605.00	2,434	127
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	532.99/cwt	505.00–560.00	2,244	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	551.11/cwt	539.00–554.00	2,590	114
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	522.17/cwt	507.50–535.00	2,527	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	485.56/cwt	465.00–492.50	2,505	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	524.91/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,745	617
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	484.80/cwt	465.00–496.00	2,812	392
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,779	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	452.69/cwt	443.00–460.00	2,843	428
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	644	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,789	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	443.63/cwt	435.00–449.00	2,968	387
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,911	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	552.62/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,796	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	518.10/cwt	512.50–525.00	1,922	41
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,861	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	521.64/cwt	502.50–525.00	2,196	109
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	473.66/cwt	430.00–487.50	2,051	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	477.75/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,279	182
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	446.00/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,275	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	513	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	3,104	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	467.44/cwt	462.00–480.00	2,473	106
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	464.61/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,653	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	572	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,860	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	425.71/cwt	417.50–439.00	2,444	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,523	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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 3,600Last week 3,060Year ago 3,795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	325	540.00–580.00	552.62
41	350–400	371	512.50–525.00	518.10
109	400–450	421	502.50–525.00	521.64
182	450–500	477	470.00–490.00	477.75
106	500–550	529	462.00–480.00	467.44
67	550–600	571	455.00–485.00	464.61
8	600–650	623	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	470.00	470.00
17	400–450	433	430.00–487.50	473.66
5	450–500	457	450.00	450.00
68	500–550	510	430.00–455.00	446.00
51	550–600	574	417.50–439.00	425.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
78	500–550	513	605.00	605.00
22	550–600	572	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	635.00	635.00
12	400–450	421	505.00–560.00	532.99
52	450–500	484	507.50–535.00	522.17
32	500–550	516	465.00–492.50	485.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
428	600–650	628	443.00–460.00	452.69
387	650–700	669	435.00–449.00	443.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	328	660.00–700.00	673.34
17	350–400	398	635.00	635.00
127	400–450	406	594.00–605.00	599.53
114	450–500	470	539.00–554.00	551.11
617	500–550	523	510.00–540.00	524.91
392	550–600	580	465.00–496.00	484.80
15	600–650	623	446.00	446.00
14	650–700	677	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	600–650	644	433.00	433.00

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.