Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2026-04-27

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 27
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,784 head
▼ 746 vs last sale 2,530▼ 413 vs year ago 2,197 · −18.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended steady. Heifers under 700 trended steady with heifers over 700 trending higher, 850-900 pound heifers trended 15.00-20.00 higher. With the well-timed rains there was a full barn with a good set of buyers in the seats and an active internet bid. Most cattle were preconditioned and weaned. A few of the lighter calves were fresh off the cow. Next Preconditioned sale will be Monday May 18th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $441.98/cwt on 139 head, down $17.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits +11.91 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.
Average price
$441.98
▼ 17.00 vs prior sale
139 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,409
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.73
vs NE average
+17.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535448.422,398112
Medium and Large 1-2588415.262,44027
One grade step is worth $33.16/cwt here — about −$42 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale139 hd
441.98
—
NE average5 barns · 1,180 hd
452.70
−10.73
National average166 barns · 11,250 hd
424.07
+17.91
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.06
+11.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales
473442411380median 430.0603/0204/1306/0809/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $393.54, median $430.06 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned321680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,1834
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned348647.50/cwt647.50–647.502,2534
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1398587.50/cwt587.50–587.502,3385
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,5606
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433586.42/cwt585.00–590.002,53914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,39514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,4486
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528512.37/cwt502.50–522.502,70531
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,66518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534493.91/cwt485.00–497.002,63711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552501.55/cwt490.00–504.002,76922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563477.34/cwt472.50–482.002,68717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573464.93/cwt461.00–469.002,6648
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633443.04/cwt437.50–455.002,80458
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657457.00/cwt457.00–457.003,00217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662428.77/cwt420.00–432.002,83821
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708407.24/cwt393.00–411.002,88341
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721378.71/cwt370.00–388.002,73029
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786374.23/cwt361.00–381.002,94115
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826368.33/cwt363.00–373.503,04254
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,9483
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924350.73/cwt346.50–354.003,241217
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1961331.03/cwt322.00–336.003,181156
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,0245
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322620.79/cwt615.00–630.001,9999
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375567.76/cwt565.00–570.002,1299
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405548.91/cwt547.50–550.002,2237
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned412528.00/cwt528.00–528.002,17511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,2483
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472480.01/cwt477.50–482.502,2666
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509461.15/cwt451.00–471.502,34754
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535447.45/cwt442.00–450.002,39425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,2555
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577428.31/cwt423.00–440.002,47133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598415.09/cwt414.00–415.502,48222
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610415.36/cwt409.00–422.002,53457
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687381.18/cwt377.00–388.002,61953
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,66554
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,60111
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774351.16/cwt344.00–356.002,71810
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836344.51/cwt335.00–350.002,880217
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870343.00/cwt335.00–347.502,984303
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,871111

This sale against other markets

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.