Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, cattle trended higher across the board. Demand was good with a full house with a active internet. Long time weaned and vaccinated calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.95/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −133.76 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$345.95

140 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$29.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.04

vs NE average

+3.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	348.08	1,843	130
Medium and Large 1-2	563	318.25	1,793	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.83/cwt here — about $50 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 sale140 hd

345.95

—

NE average3 barns · 1,052 hd

354.99

−9.04

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+3.87

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−133.76

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

36 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 1	300–350	325	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,277	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	355.87/cwt	353.00–360.00	1,523	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	327.91/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,581	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	341.51/cwt	341.00–342.00	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,726	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	394.22/cwt	392.00–397.00	1,415	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	302.49/cwt	299.00–305.50	1,912	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	282.23/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,761	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,281	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,723	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	361.48/cwt	348.00–364.00	1,797	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	253.22/cwt	248.50–264.00	1,950	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	322.04/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,668	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	312.48/cwt	302.00–321.50	1,791	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	268.45/cwt	262.50–276.00	1,844	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	261.81/cwt	251.50–265.00	1,898	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	299.06/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,043	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	1,991	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,297	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,240	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,584	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	399.91/cwt	399.00–401.00	1,648	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	335.33/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,871	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	318.71/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,998	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	274.26/cwt	266.00–284.00	2,120	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	285.87/cwt	279.00–290.50	2,058	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	354.60/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,826	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	263.37/cwt	260.00–269.50	2,168	141

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

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

Receipts 2,067Last week 1,511Year ago 2,110

Compared to last week, cattle trended higher across the board. Demand was good with a full house with a active internet. Long time weaned and vaccinated calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	263	1,085.00	1,085.00
8	300–350	325	393.00	393.00
4	350–400	380	373.00	373.00
17	400–450	428	353.00–360.00	355.87
49	450–500	482	325.00–336.00	327.91
101	500–550	518	316.00–335.00	322.04
103	550–600	573	302.00–321.50	312.48
152	600–650	624	268.00–288.00	282.23
111	650–700	687	262.50–276.00	268.45
125	700–750	725	251.50–265.00	261.81
81	750–800	770	248.50–264.00	253.22
26	800–850	810	245.75	245.75
4	850–900	850	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	364	352.00	352.00
23	650–700	696	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	359	392.00–397.00	394.22
5	400–450	425	356.00	356.00
6	450–500	470	341.00–342.00	341.51
3	500–550	513	337.50	337.50
7	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
36	600–650	632	299.00–305.50	302.49
7	650–700	697	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	409	422.00	422.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
13	250–300	272	1,225.00	1,225.00
13	350–400	378	419.00	419.00
13	400–450	412	399.00–401.00	399.91
19	450–500	497	348.00–364.00	361.48
86	500–550	515	340.00–358.00	354.60
44	550–600	558	320.00–338.00	335.33
195	600–650	627	307.00–327.00	318.71
164	650–700	683	295.00–305.00	299.06
62	700–750	720	279.00–290.50	285.87
277	750–800	773	266.00–284.00	274.26
141	800–850	823	260.00–269.50	263.37
28	850–900	899	255.50	255.50
4	900–950	943	237.50	237.50

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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