Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-10-30

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Oct 30

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Receipts

3,540 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 3,600▼ 470 vs year ago 4,010 · −11.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's auction consisted of bawling calves from many Sandhill area ranches, majority of all consignments with Fall shots. Compared with last week, the market showed a significant downward trend for both steers and heifers. Demand was moderate to good with several buyer and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Nov 3rd Special Bred Female & Regular Sale, Nov 6th 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 $465.90/cwt on 1,266 head. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −5.46 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$465.90

1,266 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$37.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs NE average

+36.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	467.25	2,576	1,221
Medium and Large 1-2	552	429.49	2,372	45

One grade step is worth $37.76/cwt here — about $204 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 sale1,266 hd

465.90

—

NE average9 barns · 6,251 hd

460.80

+5.11

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+36.18

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

−5.46

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	652.50/cwt	652.50–652.50	2,049	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	565.03/cwt	535.00–591.00	2,170	78
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	2,382	101
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	553.59/cwt	540.00–561.00	2,292	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	510.72/cwt	500.00–521.00	2,252	57
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,470	116
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	506.38/cwt	494.00–516.00	2,365	256
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	466.06/cwt	465.00–467.50	2,260	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	499.45/cwt	493.00–512.50	2,562	275
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	446.23/cwt	437.50–462.50	2,329	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	463.63/cwt	446.00–475.00	2,499	372
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,651	63
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	421.93/cwt	421.00–422.50	2,388	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	451.59/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,619	511
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	601	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,344	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	424.70/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,667	353
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	415.84/cwt	413.00–416.50	2,745	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,624	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	500.11/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,905	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	468.92/cwt	455.00–487.50	1,979	105
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,940	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	468	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,363	79
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	434.85/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,057	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	470.51/cwt	447.50–487.50	2,235	153
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	440.58/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,326	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	431.50/cwt	431.00–432.00	2,309	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,631	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	441.89/cwt	437.50–452.50	2,744	54

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 3,540Last week 3,600Year ago 4,010

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	450–500	468	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	340	477.50	477.50
37	350–400	381	495.00–510.00	500.11
105	400–450	422	455.00–487.50	468.92
153	450–500	475	447.50–487.50	470.51
98	500–550	528	435.00–475.00	440.58
16	550–600	572	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	431	450.00	450.00
24	450–500	473	425.00–440.00	434.85
22	500–550	535	431.00–432.00	431.50
7	550–600	570	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	621	437.50–452.50	441.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	400–450	410	581.00	581.00
116	450–500	460	537.00	537.00
275	500–550	513	493.00–512.50	499.45
63	550–600	558	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	400–450	441	500.00–521.00	510.72
31	450–500	485	465.00–467.50	466.06
14	500–550	522	437.50–462.50	446.23
31	550–600	566	421.00–422.50	421.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
353	600–650	628	411.00–435.00	424.70
49	650–700	660	413.00–416.50	415.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	601	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	314	652.50	652.50
78	350–400	384	535.00–591.00	565.03
47	400–450	414	540.00–561.00	553.59
256	450–500	467	494.00–516.00	506.38
372	500–550	539	446.00–475.00	463.63
511	550–600	580	430.00–465.00	451.59

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.