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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 24

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Mar 10Mar 24Apr 7 →

Receipts

1,979 head

▲ 273 vs last sale 1,706▲ 272 vs year ago 1,707 · +15.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle trended steady to higher. Demand was good with an active internet bid. Had a good run of replacement quality heifers on the sale. All cattle weaned and pre-conditioned.

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 $353.79/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −94.61 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$353.79

61 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.43

vs NE average

−10.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	353.79	1,974	61

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

353.79

—

NE average5 barns · 454 hd

383.22

−29.43

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−10.19

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−94.61

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

40 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	399	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,895	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,037	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,833	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	361.46/cwt	354.00–372.50	1,919	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	331.24/cwt	331.00–332.00	1,954	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	345.11/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,126	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,073	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	668	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,315	109
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	311.26/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,120	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	325.70/cwt	319.00–327.50	2,221	63
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	305.72/cwt	303.50–312.00	2,262	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,127	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	305.95/cwt	292.00–308.50	2,356	137
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,346	24
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	278.12/cwt	273.00–279.75	2,450	342
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	272.34/cwt	256.00–275.00	2,484	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,571	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,548	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,859	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	380.17/cwt	377.50–388.00	1,836	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	342.07/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,799	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	551	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,890	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	319.10/cwt	311.00–323.00	1,857	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	311.57/cwt	303.00–321.00	1,935	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,926	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	299.02/cwt	298.00–299.50	2,003	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	286.68/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,067	87
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	731	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,053	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	275.13/cwt	273.00–276.00	2,088	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	771	2,416.86/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,417	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	257.02/cwt	255.50–260.50	2,162	36
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	858	2,561.60/head	2,500.00–2,575.00	2,562	363
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	2,249	77
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,218	3

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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,979Last week 1,706Year ago 1,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	462	441.00	441.00
13	550–600	580	365.00	365.00
109	650–700	668	346.50	346.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	378.00	378.00
6	600–650	632	328.00	328.00
9	650–700	681	300.00–317.00	311.26
7	750–800	757	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	399	475.00	475.00
13	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
31	500–550	531	354.00–372.50	361.46
17	550–600	590	331.00–332.00	331.24
24	600–650	616	339.00–355.00	345.11
63	650–700	682	319.00–327.50	325.70
34	700–750	740	303.50–312.00	305.72
137	750–800	770	292.00–308.50	305.95
24	800–850	816	287.50	287.50
342	850–900	881	273.00–279.75	278.12
60	900–950	912	256.00–275.00	272.34
72	950–1000	954	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
13	600–650	641	300.50	300.50
25	700–750	748	274.50	274.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	415.00	415.00
4	400–450	415	448.00	448.00
15	450–500	483	377.50–388.00	380.17
15	500–550	526	334.00–350.00	342.07
34	550–600	582	311.00–323.00	319.10
26	600–650	621	303.00–321.00	311.57
23	650–700	670	298.00–299.50	299.02
87	700–750	721	280.00–295.00	286.68
24	750–800	759	273.00–276.00	275.13
36	800–850	841	255.50–260.50	257.02
77	850–900	869	258.75	258.75
3	900–950	948	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	551	343.00	343.00
9	600–650	645	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
20	700–750	731	2,325.00	2,325.00
80	750–800	771	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,416.86
9	800–850	802	2,525.00	2,525.00
363	850–900	858	2,500.00–2,575.00	2,561.60

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.