Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Had a really nice run of feeder cattle today, with a strong market. Cattle sold steady to higher throughout the day. With a big supply of yearling cattle, Demand was good with a strong internet bid.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.37/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −96.61 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$345.37

82 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$42

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

$8.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.91

vs NE average

+11.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	354.00	1,929	3thin
Medium and Large 1	571	345.04	1,971	79

One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about −$42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale82 hd

345.37

—

NE average4 barns · 712 hd

375.28

−29.91

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

+11.26

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−96.61

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

31 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 1Fleshy	900–950	940	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,453	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	893	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,393	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	943	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,645	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,736	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,978	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,097	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,803	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,546	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	277.47/cwt	275.00–283.00	2,531	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	288.88/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,481	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	280.63/cwt	263.00–281.50	2,705	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,929	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	313.74/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,992	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	293.07/cwt	287.00–297.00	2,421	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	359.47/cwt	353.00–370.00	2,272	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	625	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,213	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	300.53/cwt	289.00–303.00	2,834	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,064	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	319.75/cwt	318.00–324.00	2,187	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	305.15/cwt	298.00–314.00	2,231	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,236	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	388.65/cwt	385.00–399.00	1,850	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,377	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	336.81/cwt	330.50–346.00	1,950	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	405.82/cwt	402.00–409.00	2,114	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,522	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	323.90/cwt	317.00–332.50	2,387	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,669	3

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 Jun 16, 2025

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

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Had a really nice run of feeder cattle today, with a strong market. Cattle sold steady to higher throughout the day. With a big supply of yearling cattle, Demand was good with a strong internet bid.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	850–900	893	268.00	268.00
10	900–950	940	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	498	362.00	362.00
3	500–550	545	354.00	354.00
3	650–700	660	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	411	406.00	406.00
11	450–500	476	385.00–399.00	388.65
12	500–550	528	391.00	391.00
67	550–600	579	330.50–346.00	336.81
111	600–650	635	313.00–330.00	313.74
23	650–700	684	318.00–324.00	319.75
89	700–750	731	298.00–314.00	305.15
19	750–800	753	297.00	297.00
211	800–850	826	287.00–297.00	293.07
217	850–900	859	287.00–290.00	288.88
208	900–950	912	275.00–283.00	277.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	625	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	900–950	943	280.50	280.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	486	427.00	427.00
16	500–550	521	402.00–409.00	405.82
13	600–650	632	353.00–370.00	359.47
25	700–750	737	317.00–332.50	323.90
26	750–800	774	329.00	329.00
49	800–850	835	302.00	302.00
243	900–950	943	289.00–303.00	300.53
64	950–1000	964	263.00–281.50	280.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	601	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	608	391.00	391.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	557	376.50	376.50
5	600–650	629	276.00	276.00
8	650–700	657	301.00	301.00

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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