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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Feb 12

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

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Receipts

670 head

▲ 670 vs last sale 0▲ 670 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 10, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A nice selection of Bred cows and Heifers today, starting with liquidations and bred heifers then onto other bred females. The majority of offerings were black and black white face offerings bred black Angus calving March to May. A few offerings of pairs and Fall bred cows. Next Auction Date Feb 19th Special Feeder and Replacement Heifer Sale

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,333	$4,080	104
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,284	$3,985	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,246	$3,717	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$3,693	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,601	$3,650	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,420	$3,628	167
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,379	$3,433	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,367	$3,296	40
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,476	$2,810	12
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,078	$4,692	120
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$4,455	44
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	956	$4,150	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,520	$4,900	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,516	$4,837	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,605	$4,307	6

Every lot

17 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	9
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,078	4,692.07/head	4,150.00–4,900.00	4,692	120
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,085	4,454.50/head	4,350.00–4,600.00	4,455	44
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,516	4,836.52/head	4,750.00–4,950.00	4,837	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,520	4,900.00/head	4,900.00–4,900.00	4,900	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,605	4,306.81/head	3,900.00–4,500.00	4,307	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,246	3,716.84/head	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,717	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,284	3,984.82/head	3,950.00–4,000.00	3,985	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	3,693.13/head	3,600.00–3,750.00	3,693	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,333	4,080.17/head	3,500.00–4,575.00	4,080	104
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,353	3,310.20/head	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,310	34
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,379	3,432.64/head	3,350.00–3,450.00	3,433	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,420	3,910.68/head	3,450.00–4,075.00	3,911	53
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,420	3,496.48/head	3,300.00–3,750.00	3,496	114
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,449	3,215.09/head	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,215	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,476	2,810.34/head	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,810	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,601	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	12

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages

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Valentine Livestock Auction - Valentine, NE

Thu Feb 12, 2026

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

Receipts 670Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	956	4,150.00	4,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	120	—	1,078	4,150.00–4,900.00	4,692.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	—	1,085	4,350.00–4,600.00	4,454.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,520	4,900.00	4,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,605	3,900.00–4,500.00	4,306.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,516	4,750.00–4,950.00	4,836.52

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,476	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,810.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	114	—	1,420	3,300.00–3,750.00	3,496.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,353	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,310.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,420	3,450.00–4,075.00	3,910.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	104	—	1,333	3,500.00–4,575.00	4,080.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,246	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,716.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	1,284	3,950.00–4,000.00	3,984.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,300	3,600.00–3,750.00	3,693.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,601	3,650.00	3,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,379	3,350.00–3,450.00	3,432.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,449	3,200.00–3,250.00	3,215.09

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.