Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher with all classes of steers selling 20.00-25.00 higher. Heifers trending higher with 400-500-pound heifers 20.00-25.00 higher and 500-700-pound steers 5.00-15.00 higher. Demand was strong throughout the day with an active internet bid, and full set of buyers sitting in the seats. Next sale will be Monday December 22nd, all cattle will have 2 rounds of shots and weaned a minimum of 30 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.26/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −29.45 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$450.26

172 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$5.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.22

vs NE average

+6.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	450.98	2,525	148
Medium and Large 1-2	531	445.85	2,369	24

One grade step is worth $5.13/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale172 hd

450.26

—

NE average7 barns · 2,521 hd

470.48

−20.22

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+6.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−29.45

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

51 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	650–700	674	384.75/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,593	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	462.53/cwt	452.50–472.50	1,781	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,869	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	332.51/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,288	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	404.95/cwt	400.00–408.00	2,077	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	379.82/cwt	371.00–389.00	2,397	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	399.82/cwt	390.50–410.00	2,663	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	419.28/cwt	408.00–425.50	2,587	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	374.61/cwt	373.00–380.00	2,682	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,148	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	334.67/cwt	328.00–336.00	2,483	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	443.82/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	414.68/cwt	405.00–417.50	1,974	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	450.82/cwt	440.00–457.00	2,376	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	352.55/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,686	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	437.13/cwt	428.00–445.00	1,980	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,075	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	341.37/cwt	329.50–347.00	2,373	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	349.24/cwt	342.00–353.00	2,378	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	360.19/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,554	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	330.69/cwt	328.50–331.50	2,563	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	411.00/cwt	405.00–422.00	2,306	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	423.86/cwt	414.50–434.00	2,187	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,769	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	339.25/cwt	339.25–339.25	3,219	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,142	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	3,243	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	501.60/cwt	492.50–512.00	2,067	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	490.17/cwt	489.00–491.00	2,304	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	400.68/cwt	391.00–407.00	2,917	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	373.77/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,915	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	3,228	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	517.83/cwt	513.00–526.00	1,890	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	378.01/cwt	367.00–386.00	2,374	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	302.54/cwt	292.50–303.50	3,252	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	445.88/cwt	438.00–452.00	2,546	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,328	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	365.58/cwt	354.00–369.25	2,972	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	476.06/cwt	462.00–480.00	1,928	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	484.23/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,474	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	385.92/cwt	369.00–399.00	2,242	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,235	21

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 2,862Last week 2,049Year ago 3,057

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	475.00	475.00
4	350–400	360	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	446	485.00	485.00
7	450–500	462	465.00	465.00
20	500–550	527	440.00–457.00	450.82
4	550–600	553	421.00	421.00
20	600–650	631	371.00–389.00	379.82
50	650–700	674	377.00–390.00	384.75
24	700–750	716	373.00–380.00	374.61
16	750–800	762	340.00–356.00	352.55
13	850–900	893	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	552.50	552.50
11	350–400	365	513.00–526.00	517.83
21	400–450	412	492.50–512.00	501.60
15	450–500	470	489.00–491.00	490.17
28	500–550	511	480.00–495.00	484.23
116	550–600	571	438.00–452.00	445.88
122	600–650	617	408.00–425.50	419.28
192	650–700	666	390.50–410.00	399.82
258	700–750	728	391.00–407.00	400.68
71	750–800	780	371.00–380.00	373.77
198	800–850	813	354.00–369.25	365.58
5	850–900	854	342.00	342.00
80	900–950	949	339.25	339.25
34	950–1000	965	334.50	334.50
117	1050–1100	1,075	292.50–303.50	302.54
23	1100–1150	1,142	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	366.00	366.00
8	850–900	881	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	501.00	501.00
22	350–400	385	452.50–472.50	462.53
47	400–450	405	462.00–480.00	476.06
13	450–500	453	428.00–445.00	437.13
32	500–550	516	414.50–434.00	423.86
77	550–600	561	405.00–422.00	411.00
137	600–650	628	367.00–386.00	378.01
24	650–700	681	342.00–353.00	349.24
70	700–750	709	360.00–361.00	360.19
58	750–800	775	328.50–331.50	330.69
25	850–900	882	314.00	314.00
15	950–1000	976	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	336	451.00	451.00
8	400–450	424	442.50–445.00	443.82
43	450–500	476	405.00–417.50	414.68
30	500–550	513	400.00–408.00	404.95
173	550–600	581	369.00–399.00	385.92
21	600–650	619	361.00	361.00
8	650–700	688	330.00–334.00	332.51
62	700–750	742	328.00–336.00	334.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	393.00	393.00
25	650–700	695	329.50–347.00	341.37

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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