Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Had a little smaller run of cattle with minimal yearlings. Steers under #650 trending higher with steers weighing over #650 trending lower. Heifers trended steady to higher throughout the day. Next sale will be next week January 26th. All cattle pre-conditioned 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 $479.42/cwt on 124 head, up $0.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 16 comparable sales and sits −0.28 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$479.42

▲ 0.54 vs prior sale

124 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$63.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.90

vs NE average

+14.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	515.95	2,750	53
Medium and Large 1-2	573	452.15	2,593	71

One grade step is worth $63.80/cwt here — about $157 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

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 sale124 hd

479.42

—

NE average9 barns · 4,201 hd

501.32

−21.90

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+14.09

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−0.28

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

33 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	300–350	328	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,881	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	455.44/cwt	449.00–463.00	2,359	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	483.20/cwt	480.00–498.00	2,266	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	589.00/cwt	589.00–589.00	2,391	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	508.10/cwt	504.00–509.00	2,490	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	430.31/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,681	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	405.75/cwt	396.00–416.00	2,771	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	368.08/cwt	359.00–372.00	2,856	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	482.17/cwt	473.00–487.50	2,748	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	449.00/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,582	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	414.47/cwt	414.00–415.00	2,425	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	383.33/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,465	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	456.80/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,837	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	355.88/cwt	351.00–356.00	2,918	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	348.47/cwt	340.00–351.00	2,683	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	399.26/cwt	389.00–406.00	2,487	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	374.92/cwt	372.00–383.00	2,568	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	345.41/cwt	344.00–350.00	3,009	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	390.88/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,814	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	530.56/cwt	527.00–533.00	2,743	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	356.50/cwt	345.00–362.00	2,581	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	425.77/cwt	421.00–437.50	2,440	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	436.68/cwt	430.00–439.00	2,345	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,443	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	361.50/cwt	361.00–362.00	2,476	12

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 2,087Last week 3,101Year ago 2,455

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	580.00	580.00
4	350–400	365	557.50	557.50
7	400–450	428	473.00	473.00
27	450–500	469	480.00–498.00	483.20
24	500–550	518	449.00–463.00	455.44
68	550–600	573	421.00–437.50	425.77
105	600–650	623	389.00–406.00	399.26
193	650–700	685	372.00–383.00	374.92
63	700–750	724	345.00–362.00	356.50
92	750–800	770	340.00–351.00	348.47
15	800–850	828	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	477.50	477.50
23	500–550	537	430.00–439.00	436.68
23	550–600	585	414.00–415.00	414.47
29	600–650	643	380.00–385.00	383.33
12	650–700	685	361.00–362.00	361.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	517	472.50	472.50
10	550–600	560	448.00	448.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	600.00	600.00
8	400–450	406	589.00	589.00
6	450–500	456	542.50	542.50
37	500–550	517	527.00–533.00	530.56
16	550–600	570	473.00–487.50	482.17
33	600–650	621	455.00–460.00	456.80
219	650–700	683	396.00–416.00	405.75
77	700–750	720	385.00–397.00	390.88
318	750–800	776	359.00–372.00	368.08
125	800–850	820	351.00–356.00	355.88
75	850–900	871	344.00–350.00	345.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	490	504.00–509.00	508.10
4	500–550	547	505.00	505.00
67	550–600	575	442.50–455.00	449.00
62	600–650	623	425.00–432.50	430.31

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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