Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle trended steady to higher. Demand was good with an active internet bid. Had a good run of replacement quality heifers on the sale. All cattle weaned and pre-conditioned.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.79/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −125.63 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$353.79

61 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.43

vs NE average

−10.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	353.79	1,974	61

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale61 hd

353.79

—

NE average5 barns · 454 hd

383.22

−29.43

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−10.19

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−125.63

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

40 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 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,037	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,053	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	305.72/cwt	303.50–312.00	2,262	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,895	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,548	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	380.17/cwt	377.50–388.00	1,836	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	342.07/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,799	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	299.02/cwt	298.00–299.50	2,003	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,127	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	311.26/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,120	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,926	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	2,249	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,890	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	275.13/cwt	273.00–276.00	2,088	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	345.11/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,126	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	311.57/cwt	303.00–321.00	1,935	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	319.10/cwt	311.00–323.00	1,857	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	272.34/cwt	256.00–275.00	2,484	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	325.70/cwt	319.00–327.50	2,221	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	361.46/cwt	354.00–372.50	1,919	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	257.02/cwt	255.50–260.50	2,162	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	278.12/cwt	273.00–279.75	2,450	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	286.68/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,067	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	331.24/cwt	331.00–332.00	1,954	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	858	2,561.60/head	2,500.00–2,575.00	2,562	363
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,346	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	668	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,315	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	305.95/cwt	292.00–308.50	2,356	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	731	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	2,416.86/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,417	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,571	72

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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,979Last week 1,706Year ago 1,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	462	441.00	441.00
13	550–600	580	365.00	365.00
109	650–700	668	346.50	346.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	378.00	378.00
6	600–650	632	328.00	328.00
9	650–700	681	300.00–317.00	311.26
7	750–800	757	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	399	475.00	475.00
13	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
31	500–550	531	354.00–372.50	361.46
17	550–600	590	331.00–332.00	331.24
24	600–650	616	339.00–355.00	345.11
63	650–700	682	319.00–327.50	325.70
34	700–750	740	303.50–312.00	305.72
137	750–800	770	292.00–308.50	305.95
24	800–850	816	287.50	287.50
342	850–900	881	273.00–279.75	278.12
60	900–950	912	256.00–275.00	272.34
72	950–1000	954	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
13	600–650	641	300.50	300.50
25	700–750	748	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	415.00	415.00
4	400–450	415	448.00	448.00
15	450–500	483	377.50–388.00	380.17
15	500–550	526	334.00–350.00	342.07
34	550–600	582	311.00–323.00	319.10
26	600–650	621	303.00–321.00	311.57
23	650–700	670	298.00–299.50	299.02
87	700–750	721	280.00–295.00	286.68
24	750–800	759	273.00–276.00	275.13
36	800–850	841	255.50–260.50	257.02
77	850–900	869	258.75	258.75
3	900–950	948	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	551	343.00	343.00
9	600–650	645	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
20	700–750	731	2,325.00	2,325.00
80	750–800	771	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,416.86
9	800–850	802	2,525.00	2,525.00
363	850–900	858	2,500.00–2,575.00	2,561.60

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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