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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 13

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Jan 6Jan 13Jan 20 →

Receipts

2,472 head

▲ 405 vs last sale 2,067▲ 362 vs year ago 2,110 · +17.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Cattle trended higher through the day with 500-700-pound steers trending 10.00-15.00 higher. In the heifer division cattle trended higher with 550-700 pound heifers trending 10.00-15.00 higher. Had great demand in the seats today with a lot of reputation cattle in town. Had a very active internet bid also.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.63/cwt on 230 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −98.77 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$349.63

230 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$17.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs NE average

+7.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	353.33	1,961	182
Medium and Large 1-2	547	335.61	1,835	48

One grade step is worth $17.72/cwt here — about $126 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 sale230 hd

349.63

—

NE average11 barns · 5,545 hd

357.10

−7.46

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+7.18

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−98.77

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

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

31 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	400.24/cwt	396.00–403.00	1,517	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	405.32/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,719	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	364.34/cwt	363.00–367.00	1,610	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	381.74/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,825	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	353.01/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,744	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	365.85/cwt	359.00–374.00	1,917	69
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	341.73/cwt	339.00–351.00	1,804	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	327.74/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,871	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	345.69/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,984	113
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	332.76/cwt	328.00–345.00	2,080	97
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	320.75/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,046	141
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	318.84/cwt	312.50–323.50	2,146	328
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	688	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,071	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	292.82/cwt	286.00–298.00	2,149	61
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,088	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	295.91/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,284	230
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	279.20/cwt	270.00–280.50	2,211	47
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,301	80
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	366.63/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,335	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	342.02/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,488	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	340.01/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,571	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,570	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	330.49/cwt	324.00–341.00	1,732	112
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,715	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	323.71/cwt	318.00–332.00	1,855	119
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	304.28/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,807	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	294.28/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,804	265
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	282.82/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,875	122
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	271.65/cwt	269.50–272.75	1,972	137
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,177	60

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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

Receipts 2,472Last week 2,067Year ago 2,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	688	301.00	301.00
47	750–800	792	270.00–280.50	279.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	442	363.00–367.00	364.34
19	450–500	494	345.00–361.00	353.01
27	500–550	528	339.00–351.00	341.73
21	550–600	571	326.00–330.00	327.74
141	600–650	638	319.00–323.00	320.75
7	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
4	750–800	751	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	379	396.00–403.00	400.24
34	400–450	424	395.00–407.50	405.32
43	450–500	478	370.00–387.00	381.74
69	500–550	524	359.00–374.00	365.85
113	550–600	574	340.00–359.00	345.69
97	600–650	625	328.00–345.00	332.76
328	650–700	673	312.50–323.50	318.84
61	700–750	734	286.00–298.00	292.82
230	750–800	772	285.00–301.00	295.91
80	800–850	846	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	355.00–372.50	366.63
30	400–450	435	334.00–350.00	342.02
69	450–500	462	329.00–347.00	340.01
112	500–550	524	324.00–341.00	330.49
119	550–600	573	318.00–332.00	323.71
265	600–650	613	280.00–297.00	294.28
122	650–700	663	271.00–287.00	282.82
137	700–750	726	269.50–272.75	271.65
60	850–900	857	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	548	313.00	313.00
34	550–600	594	301.00–308.00	304.28

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.