Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-04-07

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,476 head
▲ 497 vs last sale 1,979▼ 1,113 vs year ago 3,589 · −31.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers less than 500 lbs sold sharply lower. Steers from 500 to 600 lbs sold steady, over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers from 500 to 600 lbs sold steady and over 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good even though the CME cattle boards continued to slide in a negative way the last three working days. Bulk of the light cattle going to the farmer/feeder buyers with the large drafts of feeder cattle going to mostly order buyers. Some cattle will state in the local feeding area with others going to Iowa.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.25/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −98.82 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.
Average price
$331.25
220 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.46
vs NE average
+14.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537343.571,844125
Medium and Large 1-2576315.031,81695
One grade step is worth $28.53/cwt here — about $28 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 sale220 hd
331.25
—
NE average5 barns · 1,164 hd
343.71
−12.46
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
+14.70
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.06
−98.82
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

50 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,46814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367422.52/cwt406.00–436.001,55132
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427383.76/cwt377.50–391.001,63938
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443385.79/cwt381.00–409.001,70917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486361.24/cwt349.00–366.001,75625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488387.99/cwt387.50–389.001,89315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned491362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,7776
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527358.79/cwt350.00–361.001,89156
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530361.10/cwt359.00–364.001,91425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563354.91/cwt349.00–360.001,99858
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581336.65/cwt326.00–347.001,95667
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,02410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607361.78/cwt360.50–363.002,19657
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616328.78/cwt323.00–344.002,02538
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned664319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1187
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679322.15/cwt320.00–326.002,18741
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,10910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768274.48/cwt271.00–279.002,10859
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,06210
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823282.46/cwt278.00–283.502,32542
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1899266.50/cwt266.50–266.502,39630
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927259.38/cwt257.00–265.002,404208
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12731,289.47/head1,275.00–1,300.001,2897
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3118
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 13571,364.48/head1,325.00–1,385.001,3649
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385378.16/cwt372.00–380.001,45622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,51912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,57912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed430381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,6385
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned443348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5425
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,66435
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471366.34/cwt353.00–377.001,72577
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476345.16/cwt331.00–352.001,64329
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519348.66/cwt341.00–353.001,81049
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535340.21/cwt340.00–341.001,82038
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543315.38/cwt315.00–316.001,71321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561340.36/cwt330.00–350.501,90938
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585315.54/cwt298.00–321.001,84645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed587314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,84329
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621297.94/cwt288.00–305.001,85051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671281.56/cwt279.00–287.001,889105
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712269.46/cwt257.00–271.001,91998
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772267.46/cwt264.50–269.002,065132
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7782,279.28/head2,075.00–2,305.002,27970
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy805252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,02921
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,23629
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873254.70/cwt251.75–265.002,224435
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2600213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2786
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2701219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5355

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.