Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers less than 650 lbs sold sharply higher on the day with most weights at least 20.00 per cwt higher and some a little more than. Steers over 650 lbs sold 4.00 to 15.00 higher. Most heifers sold 10.00 to 17.00 higher throughout the sale. The bulk of the sale was yearling feeders coming out of backgrounding lots with some weaned and a handful of bawling fall calves in the mix. Demand was very good and the bidding was fast paced throughout the sale. With all time new highs on the CME feeder cattle boards today's game plan from buyers was ownership! Like a man said one day to win at this auction game you have to be the last bidder. That appeared to be the mind set at Monday's auction from a handful of order buyers, farmer/feeder and the internet buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.56/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −87.15 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$392.56

47 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.06

vs NE average

+7.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	392.56	2,224	47

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.71 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 sale47 hd

392.56

—

NE average7 barns · 887 hd

388.50

+4.06

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+7.96

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−87.15

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	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,493	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	726	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,946	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	983	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,779	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	885	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	954	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,662	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	360.91/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,960	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	386.25/cwt	382.00–389.00	1,815	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	305.83/cwt	304.00–311.00	2,077	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	309.58/cwt	304.50–312.00	2,183	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	375.96/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,301	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	386.93/cwt	378.00–390.00	2,236	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,767	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	296.67/cwt	284.50–300.25	2,715	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,747	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	322.34/cwt	321.00–323.00	2,285	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	293.59/cwt	291.50–296.50	2,595	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,913	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	356.78/cwt	353.00–367.50	2,415	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	305.16/cwt	293.00–309.50	2,521	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	460.32/cwt	447.50–463.00	2,159	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	331.02/cwt	328.00–332.00	1,950	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	424.08/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,815	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	282.47/cwt	278.75–285.00	2,441	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,001	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	2,715	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,514	7

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 May 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,425Last week 2,197Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,103	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	950–1000	954	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	375	510.00	510.00
36	450–500	469	447.50–463.00	460.32
39	550–600	578	378.00–390.00	386.93
32	600–650	612	360.00–384.00	375.96
23	650–700	677	353.00–367.50	356.78
9	700–750	709	321.00–323.00	322.34
54	800–850	826	293.00–309.50	305.16
104	850–900	884	291.50–296.50	293.59
262	900–950	915	284.50–300.25	296.67
128	950–1000	954	290.00	290.00
60	1000–1050	1,000	271.50	271.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	432.50	432.50
5	700–750	730	307.00	307.00
7	850–900	867	290.00	290.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	726	268.00	268.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	885	182.50	182.50
4	950–1000	983	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	520.00	520.00
34	400–450	428	415.00–455.00	424.08
22	450–500	470	382.00–389.00	386.25
33	500–550	543	360.00–362.00	360.91
6	550–600	570	351.00	351.00
7	600–650	610	345.00	345.00
22	650–700	679	304.00–311.00	305.83
22	700–750	705	304.50–312.00	309.58
286	850–900	864	278.75–285.00	282.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	589	328.00–332.00	331.02

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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