Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were 9.00 - 17.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good with a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.30/cwt on 128 head, down $34.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −16.41 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$463.30

▼ 34.40 vs prior sale

128 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,214

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3

$207.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.58

vs NE average

−19.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	494.22	2,836	96
Medium and Large 1-2	586	454.07	2,661	16thin
Small and Medium 2-3	565	287.00	1,622	16thin

One grade step is worth $207.22/cwt here — about $1,214 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 sale128 hd

463.30

—

NE average9 barns · 3,194 hd

493.88

−30.58

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−19.73

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−16.41

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

29 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	550–600	569	428.97/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,441	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,287	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,384	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	411.35/cwt	407.00–414.00	2,489	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	334.68/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,818	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	423.50/cwt	423.50–423.50	2,787	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	401.72/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,683	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2	850–900	876	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,032	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	360.19/cwt	355.00–361.00	3,011	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	550.66/cwt	545.00–552.50	2,671	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	454.07/cwt	452.00–455.00	2,661	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	374.69/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,911	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	421.09/cwt	419.00–422.00	2,628	20
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	565	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,622	16
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	682	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,937	16
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	721	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,578	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	375.90/cwt	373.00–385.00	2,552	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	405.39/cwt	403.50–414.00	2,939	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	365.35/cwt	365.00–365.50	2,616	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,498	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,883	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	486.63/cwt	474.00–490.00	2,866	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	368.25/cwt	368.25–368.25	3,152	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,688	19

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)

Receipts 1,100Last week 823Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steers were 9.00 - 17.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good with a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	462	495.00	495.00
13	500–550	545	437.50	437.50
12	550–600	569	427.50–430.00	428.97
21	600–650	605	407.00–414.00	411.35
34	650–700	679	373.00–385.00	375.90
51	700–750	716	365.00–365.50	365.35
122	800–850	842	325.00–337.00	334.68
102	850–900	858	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	643	388.50	388.50
6	700–750	741	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	595.00	595.00
20	450–500	485	545.00–552.50	550.66
19	500–550	512	525.00	525.00
77	550–600	589	474.00–490.00	486.63
20	600–650	624	419.00–422.00	421.09
17	650–700	658	423.50	423.50
38	700–750	725	403.50–414.00	405.39
54	750–800	777	374.00–380.00	374.69
44	800–850	836	355.00–361.00	360.19
134	850–900	856	368.25	368.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	511.00	511.00
16	550–600	586	452.00–455.00	454.07
16	650–700	668	400.00–403.00	401.72
8	750–800	769	361.00	361.00
5	800–850	822	330.00	330.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	565	287.00	287.00
16	650–700	682	284.00	284.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	721	357.50	357.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	876	232.00	232.00

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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