Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers less than 850 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold mostly steady with some 8 weights 5.00 higher. Demand was good to instances very good. All offerings were longtime weaned and fully vaccinated. Bulk of the sale sold in packages with some load lots of heavier yearling weight cattle in the run. Mostly farmer feeder buyers on the seats with a handful of seasoned order buyers. Active internet buying throughout the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.26/cwt on 98 head, up $38.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 16 comparable sales and sits +22.55 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$502.26

▲ 38.96 vs prior sale

98 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$30.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.30

vs NE average

+14.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	509.09	2,869	76
Medium and Large 1-2	553	478.65	2,648	22

One grade step is worth $30.45/cwt here — about $221 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.71 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale98 hd

502.26

—

NE average5 barns · 816 hd

514.56

−12.30

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+14.91

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

+22.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	330.82/cwt	326.50–340.00	2,742	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	365.52/cwt	359.00–367.50	2,592	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,482	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	411.31/cwt	397.50–440.00	2,406	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	344.39/cwt	341.50–349.00	2,659	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	409.95/cwt	394.50–419.50	2,972	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	368.87/cwt	365.00–371.00	3,076	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	427.91/cwt	414.00–439.00	2,910	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	349.97/cwt	345.00–356.00	3,027	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	436	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	466.56/cwt	460.00–481.00	2,879	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	339.46/cwt	336.00–345.50	3,191	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	3,048	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	527.85/cwt	517.50–530.00	2,866	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	452.16/cwt	447.50–461.00	2,582	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,585	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,492	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	635	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	493.08/cwt	479.50–512.50	2,865	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,326	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	311	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,773	9
Steers	Large 1	700–750	701	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,608	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,197	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	453.59/cwt	449.00–456.00	2,436	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,741	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,245	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,445	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,311	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	386.97/cwt	382.50–394.00	2,790	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	386.57/cwt	376.00–398.00	2,536	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	790	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	3,128	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,928	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	484.31/cwt	482.00–492.50	2,543	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,560	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	403.63/cwt	391.00–415.00	2,515	96

How this sale compares

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	554	473.00	473.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	547.50	547.50
22	450–500	486	503.00	503.00
48	500–550	525	482.00–492.50	484.31
54	550–600	585	397.50–440.00	411.31
96	600–650	623	391.00–415.00	403.63
111	650–700	656	376.00–398.00	386.57
165	700–750	709	359.00–367.50	365.52
33	750–800	772	341.50–349.00	344.39
160	800–850	829	326.50–340.00	330.82
40	850–900	856	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	464	535.00	535.00
26	500–550	537	449.00–456.00	453.59
11	700–750	742	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	635	442.00	442.00
15	700–750	721	382.50–394.00	386.97
28	750–800	790	396.00	396.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	311	570.00	570.00
10	400–450	401	580.00	580.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	409	565.00	565.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	543	517.50–530.00	527.85
41	550–600	581	479.50–512.50	493.08
60	600–650	617	460.00–481.00	466.56
151	650–700	680	414.00–439.00	427.91
129	700–750	725	394.50–419.50	409.95
29	750–800	763	399.50	399.50
174	800–850	834	365.00–371.00	368.87
61	850–900	865	345.00–356.00	349.97
206	900–950	940	336.00–345.50	339.46
16	950–1000	953	335.50	335.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	436	595.00	595.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	550.00	550.00
6	450–500	453	550.00	550.00
8	500–550	522	525.00	525.00
14	550–600	571	447.50–461.00	452.16
10	600–650	623	415.00	415.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	701	372.00	372.00

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.

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