Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trend not applicable, Annual customer appreciation sale. Demand was good with a full set of seats, had a good string of yearling cattle with some fresh spring calves mixed in. Had a very active internet bid on the yearling cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.66/cwt on 48 head, down $42.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −41.31 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$400.66

▼ 42.20 vs prior sale

48 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.90

vs NE average

+49.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	400.66	2,180	48

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $397.75, median $441.98 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 sale48 hd

400.66

—

NE average3 barns · 76 hd

389.76

+10.90

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

+49.48

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−41.31

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

46 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	650–700	672	359.99/cwt	352.00–371.00	2,419	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	323.23/cwt	320.00–325.00	3,006	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	314.49/cwt	302.00–318.00	3,025	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	2,056.93/head	2,050.00–2,060.00	2,057	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	2,082.49/head	1,975.00–2,150.00	2,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	337.12/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,400	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	452.52/cwt	447.50–457.50	2,159	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	392.85/cwt	388.00–395.00	2,416	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	333.58/cwt	323.00–341.50	2,565	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,905	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	367.08/cwt	366.00–370.00	2,316	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	3,088	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	466.89/cwt	462.00–470.00	2,400	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	339.95/cwt	331.00–343.50	2,924	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	417.75/cwt	416.00–422.00	2,172	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	373.22/cwt	368.00–384.00	2,195	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	465.93/cwt	462.50–469.00	2,255	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	374.18/cwt	373.00–375.00	2,500	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	353.60/cwt	348.00–359.00	2,942	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,502	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	458.91/cwt	453.00–469.00	2,171	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	341.03/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,217	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	416.59/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,150	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	333.04/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,724	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	452.05/cwt	441.00–459.00	2,400	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,399	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,049	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	442.43/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,345	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	335.81/cwt	325.00–339.50	2,784	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	896	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	867	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,705	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,554	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,384	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	845	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,679	3

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	1,775.00	1,775.00
8	450–500	477	447.50–457.50	452.52
16	500–550	516	415.00–420.00	416.59
18	550–600	588	368.00–384.00	373.22
11	600–650	631	366.00–370.00	367.08
34	650–700	672	352.00–371.00	359.99
41	700–750	712	331.00–340.00	337.12
36	750–800	769	323.00–341.50	333.58
454	800–850	829	325.00–339.50	335.81
139	850–900	860	331.00–343.50	339.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
13	350–400	368	2,050.00–2,060.00	2,056.93
4	400–450	408	495.00	495.00
21	450–500	473	453.00–469.00	458.91
14	500–550	520	416.00–422.00	417.75
7	600–650	621	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	415.00	415.00
3	750–800	783	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	681	350.00	350.00
10	750–800	798	320.00	320.00
3	800–850	845	317.00	317.00
13	850–900	867	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	1,925.00	1,925.00
3	350–400	396	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	423	525.00	525.00
16	450–500	484	462.50–469.00	465.93
18	500–550	514	462.00–470.00	466.89
3	550–600	590	407.00	407.00
10	600–650	615	388.00–395.00	392.85
10	650–700	668	373.00–375.00	374.18
7	700–750	723	346.00	346.00
41	750–800	798	364.00	364.00
37	800–850	832	348.00–359.00	353.60
242	900–950	930	320.00–325.00	323.23
51	950–1000	962	302.00–318.00	314.49
125	1000–1050	1,038	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
10	300–350	337	1,975.00–2,150.00	2,082.49
13	400–450	421	2,250.00	2,250.00
10	450–500	457	525.00	525.00
40	500–550	531	441.00–459.00	452.05
4	550–600	550	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	481.00	481.00
9	500–550	530	437.00–445.00	442.43
5	550–600	585	379.00	379.00
6	750–800	777	339.00–343.00	341.03
17	800–850	818	330.00–334.00	333.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	896	308.00	308.00

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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