Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, this sale was a bell ringer with most weights of steers selling 20.00 to 30.00 higher with some light weight cattle trending up to 40.00 higher. Heifers sold unevenly steady with instances 10.00 higher on a flat 6 weight heifer. Demand was very good for the first sale of the New Year with several buyers and an active internet. All cattle were longtime weaned and full vaccinated. Some full load lots in the run with the bulk of the sale in package trades. Next special calf and yearling sale will be next Monday, January 12, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.87/cwt on 366 head, up $32.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 16 comparable sales and sits −1.84 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$477.87

▲ 32.36 vs prior sale

366 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$17.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

+11.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	481.46	2,755	291
Medium and Large 1-2	569	463.91	2,641	75

One grade step is worth $17.55/cwt here — about $115 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

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 sale366 hd

477.87

—

NE average1 barns · 366 hd

477.87

+0.00

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+11.54

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−1.84

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

36 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	400–450	447	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,038	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,906	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,635	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	465.07/cwt	455.00–473.00	2,265	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	426.66/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,278	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	3,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,852	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	390.59/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,855	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	483.73/cwt	481.00–490.00	2,617	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	410.26/cwt	400.00–413.50	2,810	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	372.90/cwt	371.00–376.00	2,375	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	396.85/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,318	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	358.54/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,456	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	406.77/cwt	400.00–411.00	2,127	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	535.41/cwt	535.00–537.00	2,506	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	451.42/cwt	449.00–457.50	2,650	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	377.79/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,595	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,288	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	529.66/cwt	525.00–532.50	1,981	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	563.00/cwt	563.00–563.00	2,646	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	492.55/cwt	482.50–500.00	1,822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	431.50/cwt	418.00–437.00	2,835	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	442.05/cwt	434.00–450.00	2,767	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	385.15/cwt	376.50–394.00	2,989	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	354.22/cwt	350.00–369.50	3,287	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	395.32/cwt	382.50–401.50	2,459	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	420.86/cwt	406.00–425.00	2,420	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	412.17/cwt	397.00–416.00	2,996	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	521.13/cwt	517.00–524.00	2,658	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	476.56/cwt	463.00–480.00	2,764	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	357.38/cwt	348.50–363.00	2,584	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	376.34/cwt	369.00–385.00	3,037	110

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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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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	381	535.00	535.00
6	400–450	447	466.00	466.00
67	450–500	487	455.00–473.00	465.07
79	500–550	534	421.00–435.00	426.66
254	550–600	575	406.00–425.00	420.86
184	600–650	622	382.50–401.50	395.32
303	650–700	687	365.00–383.00	377.79
139	700–750	723	348.50–363.00	357.38
41	750–800	782	337.00	337.00
22	850–900	861	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	482.50–500.00	492.55
5	450–500	486	431.00	431.00
8	500–550	523	400.00–411.00	406.77
36	550–600	584	387.50–400.00	396.85
21	600–650	637	371.00–376.00	372.90
83	650–700	685	345.00–362.50	358.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	505	453.00	453.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	468	535.00–537.00	535.41
29	500–550	541	481.00–490.00	483.73
46	550–600	587	449.00–457.50	451.42
3	600–650	621	420.00	420.00
39	650–700	685	400.00–413.50	410.26
27	700–750	731	380.00–395.00	390.59
26	750–800	790	361.00	361.00
6	800–850	830	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	525.00–532.50	529.66
3	400–450	428	500.00	500.00
15	450–500	470	563.00	563.00
32	500–550	510	517.00–524.00	521.13
259	550–600	580	463.00–480.00	476.56
160	600–650	626	434.00–450.00	442.05
155	650–700	657	418.00–437.00	431.50
366	700–750	727	397.00–416.00	412.17
173	750–800	776	376.50–394.00	385.15
110	800–850	807	369.00–385.00	376.34
192	900–950	928	350.00–369.50	354.22

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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