Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-10-13

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1836
Receipts
3,055 head
▲ 3,055 vs last sale 0▲ 3,055 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A special Monday Yearling Sale today, with several loads of steers off Sandhill grass, the sale finished with heifers and pregged check open offerings. Demand was good with active bidding throughout the day. Next Auction Date Thursday Oct 18th 23rd and 30th. Special Monday Auctions Oct 20th and 27th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $480.00/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$480.00
9 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.62
vs NE average
+10.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557480.002,6749thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
480.00
—
NE average9 barns · 4,206 hd
480.62
−0.62
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
+10.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 lots · USDA AMS · Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,6749
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1NHTC640449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,87464
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural703417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,93248
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,98774
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709407.18/cwt401.00–409.002,88722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC737440.50/cwt440.50–440.503,24674
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773410.72/cwt404.00–413.503,17582
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural794412.50/cwt412.50–412.503,27577
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816391.27/cwt387.00–395.503,193390
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1NHTC832400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,328129
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Natural865384.00/cwt384.00–384.003,32270
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877382.53/cwt378.00–385.503,355225
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925372.20/cwt362.00–376.003,443159
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2669
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Spayed633392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,48113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689369.82/cwt369.00–371.002,54827
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,55411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Spayed745367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,73861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,75471
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808351.82/cwt332.00–355.002,84375
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,7658
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879328.70/cwt328.00–331.002,88930
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935319.95/cwt319.00–322.002,99257
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,021314.00/cwt314.00–314.003,20610
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,063301.00/cwt301.00–301.003,2005
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,163295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,4317

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.