Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-01-06

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,067 head
▲ 556 vs last sale 1,511▼ 43 vs year ago 2,110 · −2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, cattle trended higher across the board. Demand was good with a full house with a active internet. Long time weaned and vaccinated calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.95/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −102.46 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$345.95
140 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.04
vs NE average
+3.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530348.081,843130
Medium and Large 1-2563318.251,79310thin
One grade step is worth $29.83/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale140 hd
345.95
—
NE average3 barns · 1,052 hd
354.99
−9.04
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
+3.87
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
−102.46
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

13 sales
522485448411median 448.4003/0204/1306/0809/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $424.71, median $448.40 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12721,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,22513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2359394.22/cwt392.00–397.001,41511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,58413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy409422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,72610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412399.91/cwt399.00–401.001,64813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,5135
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470341.51/cwt341.00–342.001,6056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1497361.48/cwt348.00–364.001,79719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515354.60/cwt340.00–358.001,82686
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558335.33/cwt320.00–338.001,87144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8147
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627318.71/cwt307.00–327.001,998195
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632302.49/cwt299.00–305.501,91236
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683299.06/cwt295.00–305.002,043164
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2697266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8547
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720285.87/cwt279.00–290.502,05862
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773274.26/cwt266.00–284.002,120277
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823263.37/cwt260.00–269.502,168141
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1899255.50/cwt255.50–255.502,29728
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1943237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,2404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12631,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0856
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,2778
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,28114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,4174
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428355.87/cwt353.00–360.001,52317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482327.91/cwt325.00–336.001,58149
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518322.04/cwt316.00–335.001,668101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573312.48/cwt302.00–321.501,791103
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624282.23/cwt268.00–288.001,761152
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687268.45/cwt262.50–276.001,844111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,72323
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725261.81/cwt251.50–265.001,898125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770253.22/cwt248.50–264.001,95081
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810245.75/cwt245.75–245.751,99126
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850240.50/cwt240.50–240.502,0444

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.