Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended steady with heifers trending a tick lower. Good demand in the seats, with an active internet. All calves and yearlings weaned and preconditioned.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.83/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −120.59 against this barn's trailing median of $442.42.

Average price

$321.83

92 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$37.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

vs NE average

+6.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	324.26	1,791	86
Medium and Large 1-2	586	287.00	1,682	6thin

One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $109 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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $400.66, median $442.42 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 sale92 hd

321.83

—

NE average7 barns · 1,942 hd

326.23

−4.41

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+6.87

This barn, trailing median16 sales

442.42

−120.59

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	257.41/cwt	248.50–260.00	2,137	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	271.91/cwt	270.50–278.00	1,980	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,867	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	255.11/cwt	252.00–262.00	2,214	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,162	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	372.92/cwt	368.00–382.00	1,589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	369.31/cwt	364.00–372.00	1,765	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	332.33/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,735	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	262.78/cwt	261.00–264.00	2,002	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	278.30/cwt	272.00–284.50	1,884	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,682	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	338.52/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,642	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,352	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,916	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	321.13/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,811	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	331.62/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,063	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	362.66/cwt	357.00–371.00	1,886	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	312.37/cwt	303.00–322.00	2,118	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	269.25/cwt	269.25–269.25	2,566	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	289.87/cwt	281.00–291.50	2,215	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	284.63/cwt	274.50–285.00	2,516	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	300.06/cwt	298.00–301.00	2,139	13

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 1,706Last week 1,798Year ago 1,996

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended steady with heifers trending a tick lower. Good demand in the seats, with an active internet. All calves and yearlings weaned and preconditioned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
9	650–700	696	296.50	296.50
7	700–750	742	268.00	268.00
6	850–900	891	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	420	411.00	411.00
5	450–500	480	377.00	377.00
33	500–550	520	357.00–371.00	362.66
13	550–600	586	327.00	327.00
29	600–650	622	330.00–340.00	331.62
59	650–700	678	303.00–322.00	312.37
13	700–750	713	298.00–301.00	300.06
88	750–800	764	281.00–291.50	289.87
6	800–850	835	273.00	273.00
304	850–900	884	274.50–285.00	284.63
68	950–1000	953	269.25	269.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	1,485.00	1,485.00
11	400–450	426	368.00–382.00	372.92
20	450–500	478	364.00–372.00	369.31
24	500–550	522	330.00–334.00	332.33
62	550–600	564	315.00–328.00	321.13
169	600–650	633	290.00–300.00	295.00
55	650–700	677	272.00–284.50	278.30
140	700–750	728	270.50–278.00	271.91
32	750–800	762	261.00–264.00	262.78
133	800–850	830	248.50–260.00	257.41
326	850–900	868	252.00–262.00	255.11
7	900–950	920	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	485	335.00–350.00	338.52
6	550–600	586	287.00	287.00

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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