Sale reports / Nebraska / Valentine / 2025-11-10

Valentine

Replacement Cattle · Valentine, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 10
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1836
← Nov 3Nov 10latest
Receipts
690 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 380▲ 690 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Special Spring Bred Female and Regular Sale majority consists of black and black white face offerings bred black to calve Feb to March. Cows in good condition with yearly vaccination and poured. Next Auction Date Nov 13th Special Spring Calf Auction weaned and non-weaned

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,417$4,22344
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,094$4,22224
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,241$4,1006
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$3,10018
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,315$2,771394
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,153$2,7008
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)945$3,88363

Every lot

10 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19453,882.50/head3,800.00–4,000.003,88363
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29872,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1253,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,10018
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1294,662.54/head4,500.00–4,900.004,66318
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1532,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7008
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2342,001.50/head1,600.00–2,150.002,00241
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2414,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2973,085.57/head2,600.00–3,450.003,08630
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,3272,839.79/head2,450.00–3,100.002,840323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4174,222.95/head3,950.00–4,550.004,22344

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.