Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady on a thin test of the market. Demand was moderate to good. Offering comprised of longtime weaned steers and heifers with full vaccination protocol. Some cattle didn't make it to the sale due to the artic temperatures in the area. Next Monday, February 2 will be a special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.70/cwt on 33 head, up $18.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 17 comparable sales and sits +18.27 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$497.70

▲ 18.27 vs prior sale

33 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$22.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.09

vs NE average

+13.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	502.46	2,683	26
Medium and Large 1-2	543	480.00	2,606	7thin

One grade step is worth $22.46/cwt here — about $77 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 sale33 hd

497.70

—

NE average8 barns · 2,296 hd

506.79

−9.09

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+13.60

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

+18.27

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

24 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	350–400	382	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,053	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	424.50/cwt	424.50–424.50	2,564	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	451.83/cwt	450.00–454.00	2,381	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	505.09/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,359	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	389.35/cwt	377.00–391.00	2,842	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,993	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	560.13/cwt	550.00–564.00	2,392	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,976	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,699	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	440.45/cwt	428.00–444.00	2,691	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,625	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	412.07/cwt	400.00–429.50	2,765	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	363.48/cwt	361.00–367.00	2,864	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,158	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,563	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	442.41/cwt	425.00–449.00	2,513	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	368.45/cwt	364.00–377.00	2,524	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,580	120

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 823Last week 2,087Year ago 1,799

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	537.50	537.50
5	400–450	445	522.50	522.50
15	450–500	467	495.00–510.00	505.09
11	500–550	527	450.00–454.00	451.83
66	550–600	568	425.00–449.00	442.41
10	600–650	604	424.50	424.50
87	650–700	685	364.00–377.00	368.45
24	700–750	724	354.00	354.00
120	750–800	770	335.00	335.00
14	800–850	830	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	445.00	445.00
4	600–650	649	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	552.50	552.50
14	400–450	427	550.00–564.00	560.13
20	500–550	525	514.00	514.00
6	550–600	564	464.00	464.00
28	600–650	611	428.00–444.00	440.45
41	650–700	671	400.00–429.50	412.07
77	700–750	730	377.00–391.00	389.35
54	750–800	788	361.00–367.00	363.48
14	800–850	848	351.00	351.00
117	850–900	854	350.50	350.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	543	480.00	480.00
6	600–650	628	418.00	418.00

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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