Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, bawling steer calves less than 550 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher, 550 to 650 lbs sold 20.00 higher and a 850 lbs steers sold 6.00 higher. Heifer calves sold less than 550 lbs sold unevenly steady, 550 lbs sold 20.00 higher and 6 weights sold 4.00 higher all on a light test of the market. Demand was good from a light crowd of buyers on the seats with active internet buying on some weights. Usually a large crowd of farmer/feeders are on the seats on the special Monday sale, however those buyers are still busy picking fall crops. Most calves had fall shot records from area veterinarians with a few weaned calves in the run. Next special calf and feeder auction will be in two weeks on November 3rd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.97/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −41.74 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$437.97

79 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$412

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$28.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−57.91

vs NE average

−20.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	444.27	2,513	61
Medium and Large 1-2	535	417.00	2,231	11thin
Large 1	505	416.00	2,101	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $412 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale79 hd

437.97

—

NE average10 barns · 5,818 hd

495.88

−57.91

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−20.17

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−41.74

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

29 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	500–550	505	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,101	7
Steers	Large 1	700–750	730	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,555	18
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	518	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,875	7
Steers	Large 1	600–650	627	351.09/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,201	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	474	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,996	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,315	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	417.00/cwt	409.00–439.00	2,231	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	467.81/cwt	467.50–468.00	2,119	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,624	31
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	434.75/cwt	420.00–516.00	2,513	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	395.62/cwt	394.00–397.50	2,540	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,033	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,055	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	500.87/cwt	474.00–515.00	2,409	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,231	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	338.37/cwt	338.00–338.50	2,514	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,818	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,107	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,421	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,507	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	350.70/cwt	347.50–354.00	2,381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	366.13/cwt	360.50–384.00	2,211	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	432.93/cwt	423.00–451.00	2,069	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	410.81/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,157	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	405.88/cwt	401.00–418.00	2,326	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	487.64/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	435.24/cwt	416.00–448.00	2,698	86

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 Oct 20, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	505	416.00	416.00
24	600–650	627	350.00–359.00	351.09
18	700–750	730	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	453	467.50–468.00	467.81
11	500–550	535	409.00–439.00	417.00
23	600–650	642	394.00–397.50	395.62
31	700–750	731	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	537.50	537.50
59	450–500	481	474.00–515.00	500.87
23	500–550	545	460.00	460.00
38	550–600	578	420.00–516.00	434.75
86	600–650	620	416.00–448.00	435.24
11	650–700	682	355.00	355.00
9	800–850	805	350.00	350.00
31	850–900	896	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	421.00	421.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	587	380.00	380.00
7	600–650	616	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	485.00–490.00	487.64
9	400–450	428	475.00	475.00
26	450–500	478	423.00–451.00	432.93
53	500–550	525	400.00–432.00	410.81
78	550–600	573	401.00–418.00	405.88
25	600–650	604	360.50–384.00	366.13
6	650–700	679	347.50–354.00	350.70
20	700–750	743	338.00–338.50	338.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	643	360.00	360.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	297.50	297.50

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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