Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Anniversary sale had a good set of yearling cattle with a few new crop calves, sharply higher undertone through the day. A good demand for cattle with a lot of buyers in the seats and an active internet bid.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.80/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −41.62 against this barn's trailing median of $442.42.

Average price

$400.80

40 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$16.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs NE average

+41.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	406.73	2,274	26
Medium and Large 1-2	532	389.78	2,074	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.95/cwt here — about $200 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

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 sale40 hd

400.80

—

NE average2 barns · 62 hd

397.05

+3.75

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+41.00

This barn, trailing median16 sales

442.42

−41.62

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	375.72/cwt	372.00–388.00	2,348	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	515	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,609	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	623	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,791	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	897	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,956	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	792	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,495	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	469.51/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,174	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	487.75/cwt	482.50–495.00	2,536	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	330.25/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,612	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,863	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	339.48/cwt	324.50–343.00	2,818	1,374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	333.40/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,924	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	384.61/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,292	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	353.25/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,515	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,194	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	375.48/cwt	363.00–378.00	2,673	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,136	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,135	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	344.05/cwt	335.50–348.00	3,000	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,064	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	368.42/cwt	364.00–376.00	2,450	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	352.09/cwt	349.00–369.00	2,718	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	443.38/cwt	432.50–450.00	2,510	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,510	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	544.00/cwt	544.00–544.00	2,372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	347.97/cwt	344.00–356.00	2,561	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,249	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	330.77/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,418	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	407.06/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,524	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	476.01/cwt	474.00–480.00	1,799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	432.54/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,232	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	389.78/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,074	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,296	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	385.33/cwt	378.00–398.00	2,466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,177	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 →

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Receipts 2,805Last week 1,679Year ago 2,032

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
3	500–550	528	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	302	1,750.00	1,750.00
9	350–400	378	474.00–480.00	476.01
9	450–500	463	460.00–477.50	469.51
12	500–550	516	425.00–435.00	432.54
14	550–600	596	375.00–390.00	384.61
42	600–650	625	372.00–388.00	375.72
52	650–700	673	326.00	326.00
22	700–750	712	346.00–361.00	353.25
94	750–800	791	326.00–342.00	330.25
1,374	800–850	830	324.50–343.00	339.48
131	850–900	877	326.00–336.00	333.40
97	950–1000	956	299.50	299.50
6	1050–1100	1,051	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	792	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	452.00	452.00
14	500–550	532	383.00–395.00	389.78
3	600–650	608	358.00	358.00
22	700–750	731	330.00–331.00	330.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	300–350	330	1,975.00	1,975.00
7	350–400	378	495.00	495.00
5	400–450	436	544.00	544.00
18	450–500	476	472.50	472.50
32	500–550	520	482.50–495.00	487.75
12	550–600	566	432.50–450.00	443.38
12	600–650	620	400.00–412.00	407.06
8	650–700	665	364.00–376.00	368.42
79	700–750	712	363.00–378.00	375.48
33	750–800	772	349.00–369.00	352.09
214	850–900	872	335.50–348.00	344.05
79	900–950	927	330.50	330.50
42	1100–1150	1,136	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	897	329.50	329.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	512.50	512.50
5	500–550	530	455.00	455.00
25	550–600	599	419.00	419.00
8	600–650	640	378.00–398.00	385.33
12	700–750	736	344.00–356.00	347.97
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	312.50	312.50
13	600–650	623	287.50	287.50

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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