Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Cattle trended higher through the day with 500-700-pound steers trending 10.00-15.00 higher. In the heifer division cattle trended higher with 550-700 pound heifers trending 10.00-15.00 higher. Had great demand in the seats today with a lot of reputation cattle in town. Had a very active internet bid also.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.63/cwt on 230 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −129.79 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$349.63

230 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$17.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs NE average

+7.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	353.33	1,961	182
Medium and Large 1-2	547	335.61	1,835	48

One grade step is worth $17.72/cwt here — about $126 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

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.42 across 17 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 sale230 hd

349.63

—

NE average11 barns · 5,545 hd

357.10

−7.46

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+7.18

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−129.79

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

31 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 1Fleshy	650–700	688	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,071	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	792	279.20/cwt	270.00–280.50	2,211	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	366.63/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,335	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	342.02/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,488	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,177	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	340.01/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,571	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	341.73/cwt	339.00–351.00	1,804	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	327.74/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,871	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	320.75/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,046	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	364.34/cwt	363.00–367.00	1,610	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,301	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	271.65/cwt	269.50–272.75	1,972	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	282.82/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,875	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	294.28/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,804	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	353.01/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,744	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	405.32/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,719	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	304.28/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,807	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	345.69/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,984	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	332.76/cwt	328.00–345.00	2,080	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	400.24/cwt	396.00–403.00	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	318.84/cwt	312.50–323.50	2,146	328
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	295.91/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,284	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	292.82/cwt	286.00–298.00	2,149	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	323.71/cwt	318.00–332.00	1,855	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	381.74/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,825	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	365.85/cwt	359.00–374.00	1,917	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	330.49/cwt	324.00–341.00	1,732	112

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 Jan 13, 2025

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

Receipts 2,472Last week 2,067Year ago 2,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	688	301.00	301.00
47	750–800	792	270.00–280.50	279.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	442	363.00–367.00	364.34
19	450–500	494	345.00–361.00	353.01
27	500–550	528	339.00–351.00	341.73
21	550–600	571	326.00–330.00	327.74
141	600–650	638	319.00–323.00	320.75
7	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
4	750–800	751	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	396.00–403.00	400.24
34	400–450	424	395.00–407.50	405.32
43	450–500	478	370.00–387.00	381.74
69	500–550	524	359.00–374.00	365.85
113	550–600	574	340.00–359.00	345.69
97	600–650	625	328.00–345.00	332.76
328	650–700	673	312.50–323.50	318.84
61	700–750	734	286.00–298.00	292.82
230	750–800	772	285.00–301.00	295.91
80	800–850	846	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	355.00–372.50	366.63
30	400–450	435	334.00–350.00	342.02
69	450–500	462	329.00–347.00	340.01
112	500–550	524	324.00–341.00	330.49
119	550–600	573	318.00–332.00	323.71
265	600–650	613	280.00–297.00	294.28
122	650–700	663	271.00–287.00	282.82
137	700–750	726	269.50–272.75	271.65
60	850–900	857	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	548	313.00	313.00
34	550–600	594	301.00–308.00	304.28

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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