Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago, steers from 500 to 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers weighing the same sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was mostly good. Run comprised of all weaned calves with a few yearling feeders in the run. Mostly package trade on the day with only a handful of load lots. Most lots went to farmer/feeders with order buyers picking up some cattle. Most weigh up conditions were in the sellers favor as cattle consumed top quality hay in the yards after the first wintery blast of the season over the weekend. Next special wean vac sale will be December 15th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.62/cwt on 217 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −57.81 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$421.62

217 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$29.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.64

vs NE average

−7.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	426.32	2,368	182
Medium and Large 1-2	569	397.17	2,261	35

One grade step is worth $29.15/cwt here — about $107 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

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 sale217 hd

421.62

—

NE average3 barns · 1,465 hd

449.26

−27.64

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−7.53

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−57.81

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

39 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	800–850	818	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,536	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,949	22
Steers	Large 1	700–750	702	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,253	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,463	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	583	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,414	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	669	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,331	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	599	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	641	340.38/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,182	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	434.65/cwt	422.50–452.50	2,299	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,633	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	397.46/cwt	381.00–408.00	2,484	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,414	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	364.38/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,492	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	306.82/cwt	296.00–316.00	2,356	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	364.05/cwt	351.00–379.00	2,264	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	342.06/cwt	339.00–344.00	2,128	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	403.20/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,887	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,549	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	332.70/cwt	322.00–338.00	2,555	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	432.45/cwt	422.50–440.00	1,855	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	417.15/cwt	411.00–425.00	2,407	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	335.07/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,242	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	408.65/cwt	402.50–412.50	2,170	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,366	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	314.60/cwt	313.00–316.00	2,702	234
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	404.94/cwt	402.50–409.00	2,296	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,201	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	392.04/cwt	389.00–394.00	2,305	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	413.73/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,556	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	441.83/cwt	415.00–469.00	2,134	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	387.60/cwt	372.50–397.00	2,016	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,128	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	359.00/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,316	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	375.85/cwt	371.00–379.00	2,180	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,449	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	724	332.11/cwt	325.00–336.00	2,404	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	350.32/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,386	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,122	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	461.72/cwt	460.00–462.50	1,875	10

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	702	321.00	321.00
9	800–850	818	310.00	310.00
22	1000–1050	1,042	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	561	439.00	439.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	580	371.00–379.00	375.85
38	650–700	669	348.50	348.50
34	700–750	724	325.00–336.00	332.11
26	750–800	775	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	500–550	529	422.50–452.50	434.65
63	550–600	577	411.00–425.00	417.15
298	600–650	625	381.00–408.00	397.46
120	650–700	684	355.00–374.00	364.38
30	700–750	708	360.00	360.00
75	750–800	768	322.00–338.00	332.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	406	460.00–462.50	461.72
26	450–500	483	415.00–469.00	441.83
9	500–550	515	412.00	412.00
26	550–600	588	389.00–394.00	392.04
10	600–650	645	358.00–360.00	359.00
44	650–700	681	340.00–357.00	350.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	583	414.00	414.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	599	348.00	348.00
40	600–650	641	335.00–343.00	340.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	429	422.50–440.00	432.45
11	450–500	468	402.50–405.00	403.20
75	500–550	531	402.50–412.50	408.65
41	550–600	567	402.50–409.00	404.94
87	600–650	622	351.00–379.00	364.05
130	650–700	669	325.00–341.00	335.07
31	700–750	718	329.50	329.50
20	750–800	768	296.00–316.00	306.82
107	800–850	836	315.00	315.00
234	850–900	859	313.00–316.00	314.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	605	399.00	399.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	412.50–415.00	413.73
38	500–550	520	372.50–397.00	387.60
7	550–600	557	382.00	382.00
29	600–650	622	339.00–344.00	342.06
14	650–700	675	326.00	326.00

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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