Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago, cattle trended higher through the day. With the yearling steers weighing 850-950 trending 20.00-25.00 higher. Demand was good with a active internet bid and plenty of buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.33/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −101.64 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$340.33

49 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$2.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.48

vs NE average

+10.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	340.60	1,900	44
Medium and Large 1-2	518	338.00	1,751	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.60/cwt here — about $149 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

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 sale49 hd

340.33

—

NE average7 barns · 1,652 hd

350.81

−10.48

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+10.99

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−101.64

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

39 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 1Replacement	850–900	857	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,485	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	335.81/cwt	326.00–339.00	1,830	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	308.63/cwt	299.00–318.00	2,102	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	367.72/cwt	363.00–375.00	1,945	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	296.74/cwt	295.50–298.00	2,012	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	2,690	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,069	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,981	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	478.92/cwt	477.50–480.00	1,782	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	343.61/cwt	337.50–347.00	2,144	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	451	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	290.25/cwt	289.00–291.00	2,580	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	303.01/cwt	299.00–307.00	2,294	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,895	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	329.78/cwt	328.00–334.00	1,929	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,668	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	329.14/cwt	324.00–341.00	2,251	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	274.22/cwt	273.00–277.00	2,128	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	284.70/cwt	273.50–292.00	2,611	471
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	407.37/cwt	400.00–419.00	1,972	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	388.99/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,712	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	504	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,082	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,456	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	371.34/cwt	368.00–377.00	2,276	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,777	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	386.62/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,084	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	319.56/cwt	305.00–324.00	2,381	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	367.93/cwt	358.00–373.00	2,160	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	263.43/cwt	255.00–270.25	2,323	447
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	285.72/cwt	284.50–286.75	2,100	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	270.76/cwt	269.25–273.00	2,228	339

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	850–900	857	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	545	326.00–339.00	335.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	305	485.00	485.00
5	350–400	355	450.00	450.00
22	400–450	440	385.00–400.00	388.99
26	450–500	479	371.00	371.00
10	500–550	529	363.00–375.00	367.72
18	550–600	585	328.00–334.00	329.78
10	650–700	678	295.50–298.00	296.74
85	700–750	735	284.50–286.75	285.72
13	750–800	776	273.00–277.00	274.22
339	800–850	823	269.25–273.00	270.76
447	850–900	882	255.00–270.25	263.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	401	378.00	378.00
5	500–550	518	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	681	299.00–318.00	308.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	512.50	512.50
7	350–400	372	477.50–480.00	478.92
8	400–450	426	465.00	465.00
49	450–500	484	400.00–419.00	407.37
11	500–550	539	380.00–392.00	386.62
40	550–600	587	358.00–373.00	367.93
35	600–650	613	368.00–377.00	371.34
72	650–700	684	324.00–341.00	329.14
21	700–750	745	305.00–324.00	319.56
30	750–800	757	299.00–307.00	303.01
20	800–850	841	292.00	292.00
29	850–900	889	289.00–291.00	290.25
471	900–950	917	273.50–292.00	284.70
60	1000–1050	1,036	257.50	257.50
55	1050–1100	1,056	254.75	254.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	434.00	434.00
4	450–500	493	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	540	351.00	351.00
17	550–600	597	346.50	346.50
13	600–650	624	337.50–347.00	343.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	504	413.00	413.00

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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