Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-10-27

Valentine

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 27
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1836
Feeder Cattle receipts
845 head
▼ 2,210 vs last sale 3,055▲ 845 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 0▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Next Auction date Oct 30th Spring Calf Auction expecting 3750 head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $365.00/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$365.00
10 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,143
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−58.07
vs NE average
−9.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587365.002,14310thin
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 sale10 hd
365.00
—
NE average11 barns · 3,020 hd
423.07
−58.07
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−9.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,188$2,53819

Every lot

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,4676
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3809
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827353.31/cwt342.50–354.502,92251
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,00312
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,05212
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,081291.00/cwt291.00–291.003,1468
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,14310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1NHTC653375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,44993
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672331.80/cwt327.50–337.502,23014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1NHTC711350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,48980
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4516
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783327.51/cwt325.00–330.002,56452
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement790391.75/cwt359.00–416.003,095137
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828324.90/cwt320.00–331.002,69073
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1891319.65/cwt319.50–320.002,84823
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927312.84/cwt305.00–318.502,900178
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003288.50/cwt287.00–290.002,8948
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050286.00/cwt286.00–286.003,0032
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1882,538.21/head2,350.00–2,575.002,53819

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.