Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle trended steady to higher throughout the day. Good demand today with a lot of buyers in the seats and a very active internet. All cattle weaned and vaccinated 30+ days.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.67/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −109.31 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$332.67

83 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,860

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$26.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.78

vs NE average

+25.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	339.09	1,881	63
Medium and Large 1-2	573	312.46	1,790	20

One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $90 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $397.75, median $441.98 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 sale83 hd

332.67

—

NE average6 barns · 591 hd

324.89

+7.78

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+25.66

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−109.31

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

33 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	900–950	910	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,848	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,920	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	354.26/cwt	352.00–357.00	1,516	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	291.72/cwt	289.00–294.50	1,847	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	652	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,152	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	289.10/cwt	283.50–295.00	2,119	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	265.77/cwt	251.00–266.50	2,009	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	346.89/cwt	339.00–359.00	2,008	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	603	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	312.46/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,790	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	328.87/cwt	321.00–338.00	2,069	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	386.13/cwt	379.00–395.00	1,850	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	259.62/cwt	243.00–263.00	2,163	367
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	366.93/cwt	354.00–372.00	1,824	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	336.30/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,890	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	331.12/cwt	328.00–333.00	1,914	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,993	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	282.95/cwt	280.00–284.00	2,187	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	272.05/cwt	262.50–276.25	2,473	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	2,038	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,264	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	596	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,172	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	257.74/cwt	248.50–266.00	2,247	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	347.18/cwt	346.00–357.00	2,093	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	278.67/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,895	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	266.39/cwt	257.50–270.00	2,366	73

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,798Last week 2,815Year ago 2,238

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	381.00	381.00
24	400–450	428	352.00–357.00	354.26
46	450–500	497	354.00–372.00	366.93
15	500–550	531	348.00	348.00
48	550–600	562	330.00–344.00	336.30
29	600–650	633	289.00–294.50	291.72
159	650–700	680	272.00–283.00	278.67
21	700–750	706	272.00	272.00
84	750–800	756	251.00–266.50	265.77
367	800–850	833	243.00–263.00	259.62
143	850–900	872	248.50–266.00	257.74
3	900–950	910	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	386.00	386.00
6	600–650	603	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	573	300.00–322.50	312.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	550–600	596	364.50	364.50
15	650–700	652	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	1,475.00	1,475.00
6	400–450	419	408.00	408.00
34	450–500	479	379.00–395.00	386.13
28	500–550	518	393.50	393.50
67	550–600	579	339.00–359.00	346.89
28	600–650	603	346.00–357.00	347.18
3	650–700	653	312.00	312.00
73	700–750	733	283.50–295.00	289.10
89	750–800	773	280.00–284.00	282.95
38	800–850	813	278.50	278.50
73	850–900	888	257.50–270.00	266.39
234	900–950	909	262.50–276.25	272.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	451	359.00	359.00
25	500–550	543	367.00	367.00
37	550–600	578	328.00–333.00	331.12
23	600–650	629	321.00–338.00	328.87

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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