Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2026-11-12

Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Thu, Nov 12

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1856

← Nov 5Nov 12latest

Receipts

2,695 head

▲ 705 vs last sale 1,990▲ 875 vs year ago 1,820 · +48.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle SpecialMon Nov 9, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction at Valentine Livestock Auction 500 to 600 lbs steers traded steady to 25.00 higher with no comparable offerings for heifers. A high demand for replacement quality breeding stock should be noted. Next Auction Dates: Nov 16th Special Bred Female & Regular Sale, Nov 19th Special Spring Calf Sale featuring weaned & non-weaned

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 $449.12/cwt on 537 head, up $18.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −17.70 against this barn's trailing median of $466.82.

Average price

$449.12

▲ 18.70 vs prior sale

537 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,485

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$17.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.53

vs NE average

+30.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	452.82	2,513	424
Medium and Large 1-2	547	435.22	2,382	113

One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $132 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 sale537 hd

449.12

—

NE average9 barns · 4,399 hd

445.59

+3.53

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+30.48

This barn, trailing median16 sales

466.82

−17.70

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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $531.78, low $428.87, median $466.82 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	549.25/cwt	525.00–575.00	2,109	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,830	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	523.62/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,241	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	499.46/cwt	491.00–513.00	2,372	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,091	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	471.07/cwt	452.50–485.00	2,473	141
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	438.17/cwt	427.50–452.50	2,344	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	443.73/cwt	432.00–454.00	2,529	283
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,530	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	412.64/cwt	401.00–425.00	2,571	454
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	389.98/cwt	384.00–395.00	2,504	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	396.48/cwt	385.00–408.00	2,637	220
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	704	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,834	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	382.49/cwt	377.00–388.00	2,796	118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	428.07/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,687	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	429.77/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,835	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,811	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	424.69/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,030	111
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	401.69/cwt	382.50–410.00	2,121	95
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,114	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	562	443.23/cwt	438.00–452.50	2,491	132
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	403.70/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,297	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	618	438.87/cwt	427.00–469.00	2,712	217
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	380.23/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,369	87
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,163	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	367.10/cwt	362.00–372.50	2,493	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	691	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,944	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	11

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 Nov 12, 2026

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

Receipts 2,695Last week 1,990Year ago 1,820

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	450	402.50	402.50
16	550–600	560	377.50	377.50
6	650–700	676	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
132	550–600	562	438.00–452.50	443.23
217	600–650	618	427.00–469.00	438.87
48	650–700	691	426.00	426.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	394	420.00–440.00	428.07
37	400–450	427	420.00–440.00	429.77
111	450–500	478	420.00–435.00	424.69
95	500–550	528	382.50–410.00	401.69
92	550–600	569	390.00–420.00	403.70
87	600–650	623	365.00–400.00	380.23
36	650–700	679	362.00–372.50	367.10
11	700–750	730	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	416	440.00	440.00
11	450–500	492	425.00	425.00
91	500–550	535	427.50–452.50	438.17
22	550–600	598	423.00	423.00
28	600–650	642	384.00–395.00	389.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	525.00–575.00	549.25
30	400–450	428	505.00–540.00	523.62
35	450–500	475	491.00–513.00	499.46
141	500–550	525	452.50–485.00	471.07
283	550–600	570	432.00–454.00	443.73
454	600–650	623	401.00–425.00	412.64
220	650–700	665	385.00–408.00	396.48
118	700–750	731	377.00–388.00	382.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	700–750	704	402.50	402.50

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.