Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, A strong run of weaned and preconditioned calves. Steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. With a good crowd in the seats and an active internet bid. Next sale is Monday January 19th; all cattle will be 30+days weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $478.88/cwt on 161 head, up $1.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 17 comparable sales and sits −0.54 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$478.88

▲ 1.02 vs prior sale

161 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$39.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.66

vs NE average

+6.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	490.05	2,672	116
Medium and Large 1-2	589	450.09	2,649	45

One grade step is worth $39.96/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale161 hd

478.88

—

NE average11 barns · 4,406 hd

496.54

−17.66

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+6.90

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−0.54

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

46 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 1-2	650–700	682	363.98/cwt	356.00–376.00	2,482	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	546	426.62/cwt	425.00–427.00	2,329	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	533	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,359	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	820	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	943	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,027	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	576.45/cwt	570.00–585.00	1,897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	502.34/cwt	496.00–507.50	2,200	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	530.93/cwt	530.00–532.50	2,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	615	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,565	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	763	379.72/cwt	372.00–381.00	2,897	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	447.83/cwt	438.00–455.00	2,293	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	414.44/cwt	405.00–416.00	2,433	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	3,059	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	328.95/cwt	324.50–331.00	2,760	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	405.68/cwt	404.00–407.00	2,799	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	447.66/cwt	446.00–448.00	2,655	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,694	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	519	518.65/cwt	517.00–520.00	2,692	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	374.49/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,374	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,198	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	348.20/cwt	338.25–353.00	3,029	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	494.81/cwt	482.50–497.50	2,682	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	541.85/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,064	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	418.20/cwt	408.00–428.00	2,831	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	396.23/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,845	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	441.86/cwt	437.50–450.00	2,762	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	337.80/cwt	335.50–342.00	2,631	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	352.73/cwt	346.00–366.00	2,564	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	325.38/cwt	324.50–325.50	3,397	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	383.36/cwt	377.00–397.00	2,576	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	356.89/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,987	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	377.74/cwt	369.00–381.50	2,935	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	467.31/cwt	462.00–477.00	2,365	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	428.83/cwt	424.00–438.00	2,393	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	393.33/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,470	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	461.66/cwt	458.00–476.00	2,248	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	562.87/cwt	550.00–567.00	2,629	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	462.04/cwt	454.00–470.00	2,652	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	718	384.67/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,762	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,131	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	561.83/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,304	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,966	3

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 Jan 12, 2026

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

Receipts 3,101Last week 3,162Year ago 2,472

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	512	438.00–455.00	447.83
27	550–600	587	405.00–416.00	414.44
35	600–650	634	367.50–380.00	374.49
29	650–700	682	356.00–376.00	363.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	546	425.00–427.00	426.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	570.00–585.00	576.45
20	350–400	381	535.00–550.00	541.85
11	400–450	438	496.00–507.50	502.34
28	450–500	487	458.00–476.00	461.66
74	500–550	506	462.00–477.00	467.31
41	550–600	558	424.00–438.00	428.83
127	600–650	628	385.00–402.50	393.33
168	650–700	672	377.00–397.00	383.36
177	700–750	727	346.00–366.00	352.73
211	750–800	779	335.50–342.00	337.80
114	800–850	839	324.50–331.00	328.95
91	850–900	857	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	615	417.00	417.00
70	750–800	763	372.00–381.00	379.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	429	535.00	535.00
36	700–750	718	380.00–386.00	384.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	442.50	442.50
4	800–850	820	349.50	349.50
9	900–950	943	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	459	530.00–532.50	530.93
4	500–550	543	475.00	475.00
41	550–600	593	446.00–448.00	447.66
47	650–700	690	404.00–407.00	405.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	519	517.00–520.00	518.65
20	550–600	551	489.00	489.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	650.00	650.00
3	350–400	371	530.00	530.00
16	400–450	410	560.00–570.00	561.83
33	450–500	467	550.00–567.00	562.87
54	500–550	542	482.50–497.50	494.81
20	550–600	574	454.00–470.00	462.04
189	600–650	625	437.50–450.00	441.86
77	650–700	677	408.00–428.00	418.20
278	700–750	718	386.00–400.00	396.23
215	750–800	777	369.00–381.50	377.74
263	800–850	837	345.00–365.00	356.89
169	850–900	870	338.25–353.00	348.20
16	900–950	905	346.00	346.00
59	950–1000	984	325.00	325.00
81	1000–1050	1,044	324.50–325.50	325.38
7	1050–1100	1,052	316.00	316.00

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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