Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Had a nice run of weaned calves to start off the sale, with the bulk of them having 2 rounds of shots in the spring and fall. The later half of the sale had a really nice run of yearling cattle. A very active market with a good crowd in the seats and an active internet market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $407.28/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 5 of 17 comparable sales and sits −34.69 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$407.28

62 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$58.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.83

vs NE average

+22.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	414.88	2,165	54
Medium and Large 1-2	592	356.00	2,108	8thin

One grade step is worth $58.88/cwt here — about $58 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

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 sale62 hd

407.28

—

NE average5 barns · 1,209 hd

432.11

−24.83

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

+22.89

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−34.69

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

40 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 1-2	550–600	591	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	352.83/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,876	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	466.61/cwt	456.00–475.00	2,515	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	458.77/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,931	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,172	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	398.15/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,313	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,331	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,108	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	423.99/cwt	420.00–426.00	2,158	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	354.04/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,361	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	529.98/cwt	527.50–535.00	2,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	495.45/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,329	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	308.76/cwt	308.50–310.00	3,189	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	444	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,282	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	518	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,569	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	454	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,406	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	580.00/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,914	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	362.07/cwt	354.00–370.00	2,223	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,284	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	334.09/cwt	329.00–336.50	3,114	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	344.49/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,821	341
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	337.03/cwt	331.00–349.50	2,949	628
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	446.71/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,122	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	487.46/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,979	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	330.67/cwt	329.50–333.00	3,184	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,564	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	472.49/cwt	468.00–477.50	2,093	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	343.83/cwt	342.00–349.00	2,548	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	526.12/cwt	515.00–535.00	1,978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,395	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,921	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,592	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	360.78/cwt	357.00–366.00	2,810	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	375.46/cwt	371.00–384.00	2,350	25

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 2,129Last week 2,805Year ago 1,671

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	502.50	502.50
5	450–500	490	480.00	480.00
6	500–550	539	432.50	432.50
3	550–600	591	360.00	360.00
16	600–650	648	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	602.00	602.00
9	350–400	384	527.50–535.00	529.98
21	400–450	443	468.00–477.50	472.49
11	450–500	470	487.50–505.00	495.45
50	500–550	539	456.00–475.00	466.61
13	550–600	581	390.00–407.50	398.15
25	600–650	626	371.00–384.00	375.46
16	650–700	680	377.00	377.00
6	700–750	730	363.00	363.00
14	750–800	779	357.00–366.00	360.78
41	800–850	815	351.00–355.00	352.83
14	850–900	872	335.00	335.00
141	900–950	932	329.00–336.50	334.09
95	950–1000	963	329.50–333.00	330.67
106	1000–1050	1,033	308.50–310.00	308.76
102	1050–1100	1,066	318.50	318.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	667	340.00–359.00	354.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	444	514.00	514.00
15	450–500	454	530.00	530.00
23	500–550	518	496.00	496.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	421	455.00–460.00	458.77
8	550–600	592	356.00	356.00
8	600–650	636	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	330	575.00–585.00	580.00
16	350–400	376	515.00–535.00	526.12
24	400–450	406	480.00–490.00	487.46
19	450–500	475	435.00–450.00	446.71
42	500–550	509	420.00–426.00	423.99
12	550–600	567	383.00	383.00
21	600–650	614	354.00–370.00	362.07
6	650–700	661	352.00	352.00
15	700–750	741	342.00–349.00	343.83
23	750–800	776	334.00	334.00
341	800–850	819	335.00–348.00	344.49
628	850–900	875	331.00–349.50	337.03

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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