Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-03-10

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,706 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 1,798▼ 290 vs year ago 1,996 · −14.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended steady with heifers trending a tick lower. Good demand in the seats, with an active internet. All calves and yearlings weaned and preconditioned.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.83/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −108.24 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.
Average price
$321.83
92 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs NE average
+6.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552324.261,79186
Medium and Large 1-2586287.001,6826thin
One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $109 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 sale92 hd
321.83
—
NE average7 barns · 1,942 hd
326.23
−4.41
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
+6.87
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.06
−108.24
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

12 sales
473442411380median 430.0603/0204/1306/0809/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $393.54, median $430.06 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5604
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,7263
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,8105
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520362.66/cwt357.00–371.001,88633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8554
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,91613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622331.62/cwt330.00–340.002,06329
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678312.37/cwt303.00–322.002,11859
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,0649
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713300.06/cwt298.00–301.002,13913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,9897
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764289.87/cwt281.00–291.502,21588
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,2806
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884284.63/cwt274.50–285.002,516304
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,3526
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1953269.25/cwt269.25–269.252,56668
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 13601,485.00/head1,485.00–1,485.001,4853
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426372.92/cwt368.00–382.001,58911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478369.31/cwt364.00–372.001,76520
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485338.52/cwt335.00–350.001,64212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522332.33/cwt330.00–334.001,73524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564321.13/cwt315.00–328.001,81162
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6826
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633295.00/cwt290.00–300.001,867169
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677278.30/cwt272.00–284.501,88455
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728271.91/cwt270.50–278.001,980140
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762262.78/cwt261.00–264.002,00232
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830257.41/cwt248.50–260.002,137133
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868255.11/cwt252.00–262.002,214326
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1627

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.