Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate today on a nice selection of cattle offered, Nice showing of replacement heifers offered..

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.15/cwt on 44 head, down $31.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −24.27 against this barn's trailing median of $442.42.

Average price

$418.15

▼ 31.33 vs prior sale

44 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$22.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−48.15

vs NE average

−2.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	421.17	2,369	38
Medium and Large 1-2	588	399.00	2,346	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $400.66, median $442.42 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 sale44 hd

418.15

—

NE average6 barns · 1,374 hd

466.30

−48.15

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−2.81

This barn, trailing median16 sales

442.42

−24.27

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

29 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 1Replacement	850–900	870	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	332.36/cwt	331.50–338.00	2,898	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	381.54/cwt	381.00–382.00	2,579	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	398.16/cwt	397.50–401.00	2,477	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,911	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	331.54/cwt	324.00–332.50	2,765	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	438.22/cwt	438.00–438.50	2,450	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	439.04/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,050	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,026	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	711	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,865	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	769	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	825	3,165.73/head	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,166	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	357.34/cwt	350.00–360.50	2,916	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	735	2,932.51/head	2,900.00–2,960.00	2,933	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,335	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,971	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	404.65/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,687	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	380.93/cwt	377.00–385.00	2,792	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	321.76/cwt	318.50–324.75	3,131	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	385.32/cwt	383.00–387.00	2,643	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,375	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	356.42/cwt	353.00–363.00	2,798	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,346	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,825	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	413.78/cwt	406.00–427.00	2,383	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	334.67/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,560	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	344.92/cwt	344.00–346.00	2,504	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,310	9

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Mon Mar 2, 2026

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

Receipts 1,682Last week 2,070Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate today on a nice selection of cattle offered, Nice showing of replacement heifers offered..

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
114	700–750	735	2,900.00–2,960.00	2,932.51
5	750–800	769	2,875.00	2,875.00
198	800–850	825	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,165.73
12	850–900	870	3,125.00	3,125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	445.00	445.00
29	550–600	576	406.00–427.00	413.78
37	600–650	622	397.50–401.00	398.16
60	650–700	676	381.00–382.00	381.54
13	700–750	726	344.00–346.00	344.92
24	750–800	765	334.00–336.00	334.67
128	800–850	834	324.00–332.50	331.54
126	850–900	872	331.50–338.00	332.36
140	900–950	907	321.00	321.00
31	950–1000	956	295.50	295.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	467	438.00–440.00	439.04
6	550–600	588	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	560.00	560.00
5	500–550	508	467.50	467.50
16	550–600	559	438.00–438.50	438.22
10	600–650	625	416.00	416.00
29	650–700	664	395.00–411.00	404.65
46	700–750	733	377.00–385.00	380.93
58	750–800	785	353.00–363.00	356.42
156	800–850	816	350.00–360.50	357.34
51	850–900	899	330.50	330.50
67	900–950	931	325.00	325.00
158	950–1000	973	318.50–324.75	321.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	711	403.00	403.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	686	383.00–387.00	385.32

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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