Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers less than 500 lbs sold sharply lower. Steers from 500 to 600 lbs sold steady, over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers from 500 to 600 lbs sold steady and over 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good even though the CME cattle boards continued to slide in a negative way the last three working days. Bulk of the light cattle going to the farmer/feeder buyers with the large drafts of feeder cattle going to mostly order buyers. Some cattle will state in the local feeding area with others going to Iowa.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.25/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −111.17 against this barn's trailing median of $442.42.

Average price

$331.25

220 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$28.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.46

vs NE average

+14.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	343.57	1,844	125
Medium and Large 1-2	576	315.03	1,816	95

One grade step is worth $28.53/cwt here — about $28 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 sale220 hd

331.25

—

NE average5 barns · 1,164 hd

343.71

−12.46

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

+14.70

This barn, trailing median16 sales

442.42

−111.17

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

50 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	850–900	899	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,396	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	361.78/cwt	360.50–363.00	2,196	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,109	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,024	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	282.46/cwt	278.00–283.50	2,325	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	385.79/cwt	381.00–409.00	1,709	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	383.76/cwt	377.50–391.00	1,639	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	358.79/cwt	350.00–361.00	1,891	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,468	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	361.24/cwt	349.00–366.00	1,756	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	259.38/cwt	257.00–265.00	2,404	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	322.15/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,187	41
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	600–650	600	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,278	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	700–750	701	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,535	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	422.52/cwt	406.00–436.00	1,551	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	336.65/cwt	326.00–347.00	1,956	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,118	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	354.91/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,998	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	267.46/cwt	264.50–269.00	2,065	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	1,364.48/head	1,325.00–1,385.00	1,364	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	315.38/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,713	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	1,289.47/head	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,289	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	254.70/cwt	251.75–265.00	2,224	435
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	805	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,029	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	315.54/cwt	298.00–321.00	1,846	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	345.16/cwt	331.00–352.00	1,643	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	281.56/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,889	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	340.36/cwt	330.00–350.50	1,909	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	378.16/cwt	372.00–380.00	1,456	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	297.94/cwt	288.00–305.00	1,850	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	348.66/cwt	341.00–353.00	1,810	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	587	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,843	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,664	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,579	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,519	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	366.34/cwt	353.00–377.00	1,725	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	361.10/cwt	359.00–364.00	1,914	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	387.99/cwt	387.50–389.00	1,893	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	778	2,279.28/head	2,075.00–2,305.00	2,279	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	269.46/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,919	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,062	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	328.78/cwt	323.00–344.00	2,025	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,236	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	340.21/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,820	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	274.48/cwt	271.00–279.00	2,108	59

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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Receipts 2,476Last week 1,979Year ago 3,589

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	367	406.00–436.00	422.52
15	450–500	488	387.50–389.00	387.99
25	500–550	530	359.00–364.00	361.10
58	550–600	563	349.00–360.00	354.91
57	600–650	607	360.50–363.00	361.78
41	650–700	679	320.00–326.00	322.15
10	700–750	715	295.00	295.00
59	750–800	768	271.00–279.00	274.48
42	800–850	823	278.00–283.50	282.46
30	850–900	899	266.50	266.50
208	900–950	927	257.00–265.00	259.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	427	377.50–391.00	383.76
6	450–500	491	362.00	362.00
56	500–550	527	350.00–361.00	358.79
7	650–700	664	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
10	550–600	585	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	366	401.00	401.00
17	400–450	443	381.00–409.00	385.79
25	450–500	486	349.00–366.00	361.24
67	550–600	581	326.00–347.00	336.65
38	600–650	616	323.00–344.00	328.78
10	750–800	790	261.00	261.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	600	213.00	213.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	701	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	273	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,289.47
8	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
9	350–400	357	1,325.00–1,385.00	1,364.48
22	350–400	385	372.00–380.00	378.16
12	400–450	420	376.00	376.00
77	450–500	471	353.00–377.00	366.34
49	500–550	519	341.00–353.00	348.66
38	550–600	561	330.00–350.50	340.36
51	600–650	621	288.00–305.00	297.94
105	650–700	671	279.00–287.00	281.56
98	700–750	712	257.00–271.00	269.46
132	750–800	772	264.50–269.00	267.46
29	800–850	825	271.00	271.00
435	850–900	873	251.75–265.00	254.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	415	366.00	366.00
29	450–500	476	331.00–352.00	345.16
21	500–550	543	315.00–316.00	315.38
45	550–600	585	298.00–321.00	315.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	805	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	381.00	381.00
29	550–600	587	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	348.00	348.00
35	450–500	466	357.00	357.00
38	500–550	535	340.00–341.00	340.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
70	750–800	778	2,075.00–2,305.00	2,279.28

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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