Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last report, steers less than 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 11.00 higher, over 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Best test on the heifers were weights over 700 lbs and those sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate for light weight cattle with good demand for cattle going to the feedlot for finishing. Few, more buyers on the seats on Monday with an active internet buying. Most if not all of the yearling cattle came out of grow yards. Flesh conditions comprised of thin flesh to fleshy. Quiet a few load lots of yearling cattle in the run.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $449.45/cwt on 28 head, up $7.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 16 comparable sales and sits +7.03 against this barn's trailing median of $442.42.

Average price

$449.45

▲ 7.47 vs prior sale

28 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.40

vs NE average

+31.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	449.45	2,479	28

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $400.66, median $442.42 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 sale28 hd

449.45

—

NE average6 barns · 317 hd

452.85

−3.40

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

+31.19

This barn, trailing median16 sales

442.42

+7.03

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

23 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,445	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	454.39/cwt	451.00–456.00	2,822	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	562	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,973	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	754	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	426.68/cwt	422.00–431.00	2,940	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	491.36/cwt	487.50–494.00	2,732	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	411.46/cwt	402.00–413.00	2,942	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	348.02/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,934	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	382.07/cwt	380.50–382.50	2,980	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	351.92/cwt	332.00–360.00	3,027	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	383.74/cwt	373.00–389.50	2,709	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,782	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,772	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	349.59/cwt	344.00–353.00	3,353	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	3,119	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	360.97/cwt	355.75–364.00	3,270	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	439.84/cwt	435.00–442.00	2,503	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	388.50/cwt	388.50–388.50	2,704	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	466.74/cwt	463.00–472.50	2,427	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,797	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	692	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,633	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	848	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,892	57

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 May 18, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	385	635.00	635.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	533	520.00	520.00
10	550–600	556	487.50–494.00	491.36
15	600–650	621	451.00–456.00	454.39
29	650–700	689	422.00–431.00	426.68
21	700–750	715	402.00–413.00	411.46
28	750–800	780	380.50–382.50	382.07
68	800–850	835	373.50	373.50
193	900–950	906	355.75–364.00	360.97
198	950–1000	959	344.00–353.00	349.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	684	411.00	411.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	562	351.00	351.00
5	750–800	754	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	520	463.00–472.50	466.74
18	550–600	569	435.00–442.00	439.84
11	650–700	696	388.50	388.50
26	700–750	706	373.00–389.50	383.74
21	750–800	754	369.00	369.00
193	800–850	843	341.00–365.00	348.02
298	850–900	860	332.00–360.00	351.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
134	650–700	692	380.50	380.50
140	750–800	790	354.00	354.00
57	800–850	848	341.00	341.00

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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