Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-05-07

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, May 7

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Apr 16May 7May 14 →

Receipts

5,880 head

▲ 5,880 vs last sale 0▲ 5,880 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

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. However, a higher undertone was noted on most weights. Demand was very good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Most cattle sold in light flesh with weigh-up in the buyers favor. Several consignments in town due to loss of pasture grass from recent fires and the lingering drought across the trade area. Ranchers have opted to sell would be yearling cattle to save grass for cow/calf pairs on the ranch. Next Auction Dates May 14th Weigh-up, Bred Cows, and May 21st Weigh-ups

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 $531.78/cwt on 755 head, up $0.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +60.42 against this barn's trailing median of $471.36.

Average price

$531.78

▲ 0.51 vs prior sale

755 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$27.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.78

vs NE average

+44.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	535.28	2,984	658
Medium and Large 1-2	561	508.03	2,848	97

One grade step is worth $27.25/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale755 hd

531.78

—

NE average5 barns · 1,800 hd

518.00

+13.78

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+44.23

This barn, trailing median14 sales

471.36

+60.42

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

44 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	607.43/cwt	600.00–620.00	2,624	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,571	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	569.88/cwt	553.00–610.00	2,781	112
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	546.73/cwt	511.00–571.00	2,892	226
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	519.88/cwt	510.00–541.00	2,802	59
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	3,023	105
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	567	544.00/cwt	544.00–544.00	3,084	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	519.68/cwt	509.00–534.00	3,009	231
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	489.64/cwt	486.00–500.00	2,908	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	480.84/cwt	474.00–497.00	3,044	458
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	646	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,230	184
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,884	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	459.01/cwt	445.00–476.00	3,085	265
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	434.58/cwt	434.00–436.00	2,986	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	405.99/cwt	383.00–416.00	2,935	44
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	442.31/cwt	421.00–449.00	3,211	530
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,831	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	403.89/cwt	382.50–423.00	3,114	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	415.11/cwt	404.00–416.75	3,346	363
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	383.11/cwt	379.00–387.00	3,187	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	367.92/cwt	367.25–372.50	3,300	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	366.47/cwt	365.00–368.00	3,386	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,054	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,153	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,474	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	549.84/cwt	539.00–567.50	2,601	144
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	492.84/cwt	487.50–502.50	2,356	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	501.05/cwt	487.50–517.50	2,656	257
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,633	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	472.06/cwt	455.00–487.50	2,733	339
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,665	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	448.81/cwt	435.00–481.00	2,769	149
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	623	481.29/cwt	480.00–483.00	2,998	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,688	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	665	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	3,132	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	423.51/cwt	410.00–457.50	2,846	183
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	398.12/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,723	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,995	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	379.10/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,786	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	759	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,150	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,860	51
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	807	366.56/cwt	363.00–370.00	2,958	53
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,197	55
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,065	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,089	5

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 May 7, 2026

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

Receipts 5,880Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,065	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	623	480.00–483.00	481.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	395	520.00	520.00
8	400–450	434	570.00	570.00
144	450–500	473	539.00–567.50	549.84
257	500–550	530	487.50–517.50	501.05
339	550–600	579	455.00–487.50	472.06
149	600–650	617	435.00–481.00	448.81
183	650–700	672	410.00–457.50	423.51
18	700–750	720	416.00	416.00
51	750–800	790	362.00	362.00
55	850–900	893	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	418	515.00	515.00
26	450–500	478	487.50–502.50	492.84
6	500–550	540	487.50	487.50
20	550–600	589	452.50	452.50
22	600–650	625	430.00	430.00
51	650–700	684	390.00–405.00	398.12
32	700–750	735	377.50–385.00	379.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	650–700	665	471.00	471.00
17	750–800	759	415.00	415.00
53	800–850	807	363.00–370.00	366.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	550–600	567	544.00	544.00
184	600–650	646	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	451	570.00	570.00
59	500–550	539	510.00–541.00	519.88
38	550–600	594	486.00–500.00	489.64
10	600–650	648	445.00	445.00
67	650–700	687	434.00–436.00	434.58
44	700–750	723	383.00–416.00	405.99
12	750–800	750	377.50	377.50
60	800–850	832	379.00–387.00	383.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	432	600.00–620.00	607.43
112	450–500	488	553.00–610.00	569.88
226	500–550	529	511.00–571.00	546.73
231	550–600	579	509.00–534.00	519.68
458	600–650	633	474.00–497.00	480.84
265	650–700	672	445.00–476.00	459.01
530	700–750	726	421.00–449.00	442.31
78	750–800	771	382.50–423.00	403.89
363	800–850	806	404.00–416.75	415.11
70	850–900	897	367.25–372.50	367.92
120	900–950	924	365.00–368.00	366.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
105	550–600	563	537.00	537.00

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.