Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers trended unevenly steady to higher. Heifers under 700 sold 10.00-15.00 lower, with the heifers over 700 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand was good with an exceptional crowd and an active internet. Next sale Monday March 30th,

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $487.87/cwt on 23 head, up $42.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +8.16 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$487.87

▲ 42.68 vs prior sale

23 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.48

vs NE average

+15.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	487.87	2,561	23

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale23 hd

487.87

—

NE average6 barns · 1,553 hd

505.35

−17.48

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+15.75

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

+8.16

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

28 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	416.14/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,651	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	480.52/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,416	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,033	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	398.76/cwt	386.00–404.00	2,373	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,187	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	339.87/cwt	338.50–343.50	2,610	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	487.87/cwt	487.50–488.00	2,561	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	368.66/cwt	366.00–371.00	2,676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	366.82/cwt	363.00–370.00	2,443	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	327.47/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,679	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,205	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,937	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,354	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,995	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,973	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	360.30/cwt	350.00–363.25	3,102	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	337.74/cwt	337.50–338.00	2,975	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,996	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,850	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,483	5

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 1,088Last week 1,682Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	637	415.00–420.00	416.14
11	700–750	726	366.00–371.00	368.66
9	850–900	888	341.50	341.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	399	590.00	590.00
8	400–450	418	527.50	527.50
3	450–500	462	477.00	477.00
23	500–550	525	487.50–488.00	487.87
107	600–650	615	477.50	477.50
5	650–700	662	375.00	375.00
120	700–750	736	404.00	404.00
37	750–800	763	373.50	373.50
209	850–900	861	350.00–363.25	360.30
4	900–950	933	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	560.00	560.00
5	350–400	367	512.50	512.50
7	450–500	476	475.00–485.00	480.52
4	500–550	516	430.00	430.00
24	550–600	595	386.00–404.00	398.76
9	600–650	607	398.00	398.00
9	650–700	666	363.00–370.00	366.82
5	700–750	732	351.00	351.00
104	750–800	768	338.50–343.50	339.87
12	800–850	818	325.00–330.00	327.47
122	850–900	881	337.50–338.00	337.74
180	900–950	905	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	450.00	450.00
8	450–500	486	450.00	450.00
3	600–650	647	375.00	375.00

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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