Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-02-05

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 5

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 12 →

Receipts

3,955 head

▼ 255 vs last sale 4,210▲ 1,065 vs year ago 2,890 · +36.9%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week's auction on Thursday, steers and heifer traded sharply higher. Demand was very good for all offerings especially, replacement quality heifers, with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Feb 12th Special Bred Female & Regular Sale Feb 19th Special Feeder & Breed-able Heifer Sale

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $459.53/cwt on 659 head. That ranks 11 of 14 comparable sales and sits +10.89 against this barn's trailing median of $448.63.

Average price

$459.53

659 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$27.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs NE average

+27.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	462.12	2,568	596
Medium and Large 1-2	575	434.96	2,501	63

One grade step is worth $27.16/cwt here — about $67 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 sale659 hd

459.53

—

NE average9 barns · 2,762 hd

452.11

+7.41

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

+27.99

This barn, trailing median14 sales

448.63

+10.89

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $488.17, low $375.00, median $448.63 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

33 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,247	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	571.07/cwt	570.00–572.50	2,661	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	545.46/cwt	525.00–551.50	2,853	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,750	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	496.01/cwt	484.00–521.00	2,877	155
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	474.36/cwt	468.00–478.00	2,808	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	469.57/cwt	460.00–476.00	2,869	112
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,830	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	444.55/cwt	429.00–460.00	2,987	308
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	407.02/cwt	391.00–411.00	2,776	95
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	410.66/cwt	399.00–420.50	3,064	322
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	385.09/cwt	379.00–391.00	2,984	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,929	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	380.75/cwt	371.50–385.00	3,122	105
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,145	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	514.82/cwt	505.00–537.50	2,219	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,029	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	514.74/cwt	501.00–527.50	2,522	89
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	480.70/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,509	185
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,425	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	453.76/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,591	411
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	431.18/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,514	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	433.57/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,671	302
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,513	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	646	451.35/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,916	172
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	422.53/cwt	400.00–432.50	2,827	300
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	685	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	3,048	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,010	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	399.14/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,882	175
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	769	397.91/cwt	391.00–402.50	3,060	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	836	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	3,361	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	321.08/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,768	22
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,003	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,099	15

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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Receipts 3,955Last week 4,210Year ago 2,890

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,003	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	431	505.00–537.50	514.82
89	450–500	490	501.00–527.50	514.74
185	500–550	522	470.00–495.00	480.70
411	550–600	571	437.50–465.00	453.76
302	600–650	616	430.00–437.50	433.57
300	650–700	669	400.00–432.50	422.53
175	700–750	722	390.00–407.50	399.14
22	850–900	862	320.00–323.00	321.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	455.00	455.00
10	500–550	533	455.00	455.00
53	550–600	583	425.00–435.00	431.18
23	600–650	622	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
172	600–650	646	440.00–462.50	451.35
52	650–700	685	445.00	445.00
29	700–750	700	430.00	430.00
80	750–800	769	391.00–402.50	397.91
26	800–850	836	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	525.00	525.00
6	500–550	535	514.00	514.00
42	550–600	592	468.00–478.00	474.36
25	600–650	649	436.00	436.00
95	650–700	682	391.00–411.00	407.02
12	750–800	798	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	466	570.00–572.50	571.07
50	500–550	523	525.00–551.50	545.46
155	550–600	580	484.00–521.00	496.01
112	600–650	611	460.00–476.00	469.57
308	650–700	672	429.00–460.00	444.55
322	700–750	746	399.00–420.50	410.66
29	750–800	775	379.00–391.00	385.09
105	800–850	820	371.50–385.00	380.75
28	850–900	850	370.00	370.00

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.