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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 20

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Receipts

2,455 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 2,472▲ 2 vs year ago 2,453 · +0.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good throughout the sale. The market was off a little on Monday, mostly due to the artic weather in the trade area. Sale comprised of longtime weaned calves with most having two rounds of vaccinations with some having three rounds. Next Monday, Jan 27 expecting 2000 to 2500 head of weaned calves.

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 $348.16/cwt on 147 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −100.25 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$348.16

147 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$11.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.84

vs NE average

+7.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	349.92	1,917	125
Medium and Large 1-2	551	338.15	1,862	22

One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $55 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 sale147 hd

348.16

—

NE average10 barns · 7,114 hd

364.00

−15.84

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+7.22

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−100.25

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	402.63/cwt	402.50–403.00	1,510	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,591	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,649	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,659	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	367.88/cwt	363.00–392.50	1,803	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	359.49/cwt	351.50–375.00	1,912	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	344.67/cwt	344.00–347.00	1,861	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	334.03/cwt	333.00–335.00	1,917	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,855	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	616	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,054	171
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	621	317.31/cwt	316.00–319.00	1,970	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	322.80/cwt	311.50–332.00	2,014	117
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	309.06/cwt	298.00–312.00	2,086	159
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	298.81/cwt	293.50–299.50	2,184	317
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	277.54/cwt	272.00–282.50	2,170	125
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	2,265	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,240	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	267.25/cwt	264.50–269.75	2,381	44
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	1,326.61/head	1,300.00–1,345.00	1,327	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	364.27/cwt	357.00–367.50	1,552	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,605	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	349.19/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,687	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,691	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	319.18/cwt	316.00–323.00	1,797	122
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	586	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,805	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	601	304.75/cwt	304.75–304.75	1,832	155
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	291.77/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,768	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	654	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,897	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	276.74/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,890	118
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	266.72/cwt	265.50–268.00	1,907	55
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	725	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,099	120
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	734	259.59/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,905	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	266.29/cwt	264.00–268.50	2,048	183
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,123	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	923	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,192	43

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 20, 2025

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Receipts 2,455Last week 2,472Year ago 2,453

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	650–700	654	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	586	308.00	308.00
28	700–750	734	258.00–261.00	259.59
43	900–950	923	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	335	1,300.00–1,345.00	1,326.61
10	400–450	426	357.00–367.50	364.27
81	450–500	483	345.00–360.00	349.19
7	500–550	535	316.00	316.00
122	550–600	563	316.00–323.00	319.18
64	600–650	606	290.00–292.50	291.77
118	650–700	683	270.00–279.00	276.74
55	700–750	715	265.50–268.00	266.72
183	750–800	769	264.00–268.50	266.29
10	800–850	808	262.75	262.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
155	600–650	601	304.75	304.75
120	700–750	725	289.50	289.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	1,375.00	1,375.00
12	350–400	375	402.50–403.00	402.63
5	400–450	408	390.00	390.00
62	450–500	490	363.00–392.50	367.88
78	500–550	532	351.50–375.00	359.49
47	550–600	574	333.00–335.00	334.03
117	600–650	624	311.50–332.00	322.80
159	650–700	675	298.00–312.00	309.06
317	700–750	731	293.50–299.50	298.81
125	750–800	782	272.00–282.50	277.54
70	800–850	814	278.25	278.25
44	850–900	891	264.50–269.75	267.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	382.50	382.50
8	450–500	474	350.00	350.00
17	500–550	540	344.00–347.00	344.67
5	550–600	587	316.00	316.00
21	800–850	847	264.50	264.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
171	600–650	616	333.50	333.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	621	316.00–319.00	317.31

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.