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Valentine

Name: Valentine livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 3

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1836

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Receipts

380 head

▲ 334 vs last sale 46▲ 380 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleThu Oct 29, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special pair and bred female sale started the day with 1250 weigh ups followed by cow calf pairs tagged to match with shots. Majority of pairs in good condition with 150 to 300 lbs calves at side. Spring Cows bred to low birth weigh Angus bulls to calve Feb to April, and First Calf Hereford heifers, bred for Mar to May bred to Hereford bulls. Next Auction Date Thursday Nov 6th Special Spring Calf Sale Featuring Hereford & BWF and Red Angus

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)	1,532	$3,620	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,310	$3,238	121
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,024	$4,551	66
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,554	$4,696	79
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,409	$4,676	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,537	$3,986	22

Every lot

9 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,024	4,550.72/head	4,300.00–4,625.00	4,551	66
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,261	3,123.35/head	2,975.00–3,200.00	3,123	71
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,380	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	50
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,532	3,620.43/head	3,400.00–3,650.00	3,620	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,357	4,480.90/head	4,300.00–4,575.00	4,481	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,523	5,100.00/head	5,100.00–5,100.00	5,100	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,535	3,932.20/head	3,900.00–3,950.00	3,932	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,537	3,993.97/head	3,800.00–4,250.00	3,994	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,554	4,695.85/head	4,150.00–5,100.00	4,696	79

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.

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Valentine Livestock Auction Feeder/Replacement Cattle Special - Valentine, NE

Mon Nov 3, 2025

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

Receipts 380Last week 46Year 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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	66	—	1,024	4,300.00–4,625.00	4,550.72

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	71	—	1,261	2,975.00–3,200.00	3,123.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	—	1,380	3,400.00	3,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,532	3,400.00–3,650.00	3,620.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,535	3,900.00–3,950.00	3,932.20

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)	Open	12	—	1,523	5,100.00	5,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,357	4,300.00–4,575.00	4,480.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	79	—	1,554	4,150.00–5,100.00	4,695.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,537	3,800.00–4,250.00	3,993.97

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.