Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle tended lower. Had a good run of feeders with all cattle being preconditioned and weaned 30+ days. Demand was good with a lot of buyers in the seats and an active internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.25/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −142.46 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$337.25

224 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.35

vs NE average

−1.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	338.03	1,901	213
Medium and Large 1-2	554	322.27	1,785	11thin

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale224 hd

337.25

—

NE average11 barns · 3,117 hd

365.60

−28.35

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−1.42

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−142.46

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	350–400	376	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,294	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,423	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,135	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	331.49/cwt	324.00–338.00	1,568	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	278.47/cwt	264.00–283.50	2,150	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,932	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,654	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	268.75/cwt	265.00–275.50	2,086	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	315.35/cwt	307.00–322.00	1,779	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	260.27/cwt	250.00–261.00	2,134	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,863	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,734	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	295.75/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,745	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	363.98/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,787	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	317.30/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,679	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	360.00/cwt	358.00–366.50	1,505	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	344.76/cwt	336.00–352.00	1,820	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	280.64/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,875	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	292.80/cwt	287.00–299.00	1,853	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	264.02/cwt	261.50–265.25	2,350	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	273.66/cwt	260.00–276.50	1,976	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	295.50/cwt	294.00–296.25	2,228	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	304.13/cwt	294.50–309.00	2,071	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	432.19/cwt	427.50–434.00	1,603	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,487	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	260.57/cwt	257.00–261.00	2,384	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	335.96/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,925	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	292.37/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,096	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	273.97/cwt	257.50–275.00	2,282	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	321.40/cwt	311.00–331.00	2,006	82

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 Feb 10, 2025

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

Receipts 2,815Last week 1,799Year ago 3,594

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	343	415.00	415.00
4	350–400	376	377.50	377.50
50	400–450	418	358.00–366.50	360.00
18	450–500	473	324.00–338.00	331.49
38	500–550	529	315.00–325.00	317.30
144	550–600	564	307.00–322.00	315.35
131	600–650	633	287.00–299.00	292.80
124	650–700	668	275.00–288.00	280.64
246	700–750	722	260.00–276.50	273.66
34	750–800	772	264.00–283.50	278.47
216	800–850	820	250.00–261.00	260.27
14	850–900	861	248.00	248.00
9	1000–1050	1,015	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	556	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	495	313.00	313.00
45	550–600	590	295.00–296.00	295.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	386.00	386.00
12	400–450	434	381.00	381.00
7	500–550	542	331.00	331.00
4	550–600	575	307.00	307.00
7	650–700	671	288.00	288.00
30	750–800	776	265.00–275.50	268.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	455	381.00	381.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	427.50–434.00	432.19
7	400–450	407	417.50	417.50
14	450–500	491	358.00–370.00	363.98
50	500–550	528	336.00–352.00	344.76
163	550–600	573	325.00–340.00	335.96
82	600–650	624	311.00–331.00	321.40
314	650–700	681	294.50–309.00	304.13
179	700–750	717	282.00–300.00	292.37
234	750–800	754	294.00–296.25	295.50
69	800–850	833	257.50–275.00	273.97
95	850–900	890	261.50–265.25	264.02
37	900–950	915	257.00–261.00	260.57
22	1000–1050	1,015	245.00	245.00

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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