Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers less than 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, 550 to 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers less than 550 lbs sold sharply higher on the day with several weights up to 20.00 higher, over 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Bulk of the sale sold in small packages with a few load lots on the day. Longtime weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers in the run. Buyers bid readily, especially, since the next sale here in West Point will be in two weeks and they were wanting to back fill empty pens locally.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.14/cwt on 255 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −124.28 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$355.14

255 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$26.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.36

vs NE average

+6.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	358.17	1,990	226
Medium and Large 1-2	580	331.56	1,923	29

One grade step is worth $26.61/cwt here — about $67 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

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 sale255 hd

355.14

—

NE average8 barns · 2,388 hd

361.51

−6.36

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+6.48

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−124.28

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

30 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 1Fleshy	800–850	840	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,108	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,762	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,562	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,064	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	267.66/cwt	263.00–270.00	2,042	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	365.87/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,939	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	363.37/cwt	360.50–367.00	1,751	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	314.59/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,960	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	331.56/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,923	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,498	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	354	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	351.49/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,032	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	339.65/cwt	319.50–346.00	2,109	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	281.41/cwt	274.00–285.50	2,299	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	395.36/cwt	384.00–410.00	1,633	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,439	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	331.28/cwt	318.00–336.00	1,888	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	313.62/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,173	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	299.53/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,160	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	382.84/cwt	376.00–394.00	1,841	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	279.57/cwt	272.00–284.50	2,164	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	296.60/cwt	291.00–304.00	1,860	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	284.97/cwt	282.50–293.00	1,938	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	364.50/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,527	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	344.40/cwt	339.00–352.00	1,818	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	368.23/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,768	88

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 1,799Last week 2,455Year ago 3,433

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	529	333.00	333.00
7	800–850	840	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	409	382.00	382.00
88	450–500	480	360.00–370.00	368.23
48	500–550	528	339.00–352.00	344.40
88	550–600	570	318.00–336.00	331.28
71	600–650	627	291.00–304.00	296.60
83	650–700	680	282.50–293.00	284.97
27	700–750	736	280.50	280.50
47	750–800	763	263.00–270.00	267.66
5	850–900	875	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	419	360.00–366.00	364.50
6	550–600	575	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	416.00	416.00
7	400–450	413	384.00–410.00	395.36
28	450–500	481	376.00–394.00	382.84
105	500–550	530	351.00–370.00	365.87
121	550–600	578	345.00–360.00	351.49
127	600–650	621	319.50–346.00	339.65
323	650–700	693	305.00–315.00	313.62
89	700–750	721	295.00–303.00	299.53
55	750–800	774	272.00–284.50	279.57
184	800–850	817	274.00–285.50	281.41
67	900–950	900	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	360.50–367.00	363.37
29	550–600	580	329.00–335.00	331.56
21	600–650	623	308.00–317.00	314.59
7	650–700	682	301.00	301.00
5	800–850	830	266.00	266.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	317.50	317.50

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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