Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared two weeks ago, cattle trended lower through the day with the 450-500 lbs steers selling 25.00-30.00 lower and 850-900 lbs steers selling 45.00-50.00 lower. On the heifer side trending steady to slightly lower with 600-700 lbs heifers selling 10.00-15.00 lower. All cattle weaned 30+ days and preconditioned. Demand was good with active internet bid. Next special feeder calf auction will be in two weeks November 17th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.90/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −44.52 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$434.90

129 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$22.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.62

vs NE average

+15.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	439.52	2,410	102
Medium and Large 1-2	558	417.47	2,331	27

One grade step is worth $22.05/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.42 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 sale129 hd

434.90

—

NE average10 barns · 6,537 hd

452.52

−17.62

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+15.80

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−44.52

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,247	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	472.71/cwt	472.50–473.00	1,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	429.48/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,074	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,299	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,342	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	399.34/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,312	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	369.09/cwt	367.00–376.00	2,071	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	459.16/cwt	455.00–461.00	2,273	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	462.53/cwt	459.00–478.00	2,401	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	344.04/cwt	331.50–349.75	3,358	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,002	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,391	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	472.40/cwt	460.00–478.00	1,989	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	377.19/cwt	371.00–388.00	2,022	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,813	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	414.63/cwt	407.00–426.00	2,405	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,111	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	508.40/cwt	503.00–522.00	2,262	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	405.19/cwt	391.00–410.00	2,443	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	348.31/cwt	343.00–354.50	2,511	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	511.93/cwt	511.00–512.50	1,991	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	354.60/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,167	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,861	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,464	19

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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Receipts 951Last week 785Year ago 1,046

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	467.50	467.50
10	350–400	375	472.50–473.00	472.71
47	400–450	421	460.00–478.00	472.40
13	450–500	483	419.00–436.00	429.48
39	500–550	505	418.00	418.00
23	550–600	567	405.50	405.50
33	600–650	611	340.00–360.00	354.60
3	650–700	668	335.00	335.00
3	700–750	700	321.00	321.00
89	850–900	871	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	454.00	454.00
8	500–550	536	371.00–388.00	377.19
18	550–600	561	367.00–376.00	369.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	536	437.00	437.00
14	550–600	579	399.00–400.00	399.34
8	600–650	621	385.00	385.00
8	700–750	701	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	525.00	525.00
8	350–400	389	511.00–512.50	511.93
52	400–450	445	503.00–522.00	508.40
13	450–500	495	455.00–461.00	459.16
53	500–550	519	459.00–478.00	462.53
49	550–600	580	407.00–426.00	414.63
24	600–650	603	391.00–410.00	405.19
4	650–700	673	368.00	368.00
64	700–750	721	343.00–354.50	348.31
16	800–850	849	337.00	337.00
19	850–900	896	275.00	275.00
186	950–1000	976	331.50–349.75	344.04

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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