Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-06-16

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jun 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,679 head
▲ 254 vs last sale 1,425▲ 1,679 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Had a really nice run of feeder cattle today, with a strong market. Cattle sold steady to higher throughout the day. With a big supply of yearling cattle, Demand was good with a strong internet bid.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.37/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −84.69 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.
Average price
$345.37
82 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.91
vs NE average
+11.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545354.001,9293thin
Medium and Large 1571345.041,97179
One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale82 hd
345.37
—
NE average4 barns · 712 hd
375.28
−29.91
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
+11.26
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.06
−84.69
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,0753
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521405.82/cwt402.00–409.002,11416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,37711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632359.47/cwt353.00–370.002,27213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737323.90/cwt317.00–332.502,38725
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,54626
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,52249
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1943300.53/cwt289.00–303.002,834243
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy943280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,64519
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1964280.63/cwt263.00–281.502,70564
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,6693
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476388.65/cwt385.00–399.001,85011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,80326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,06412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,9293
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579336.81/cwt330.50–346.001,95067
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed625354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2139
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635313.74/cwt313.00–330.001,992111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,9673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684319.75/cwt318.00–324.002,18723
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731305.15/cwt298.00–314.002,23189
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,23619
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826293.07/cwt287.00–297.002,421211
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859288.88/cwt287.00–290.002,481217
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy893268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,39347
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912277.47/cwt275.00–283.002,531208
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy940261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,45310
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1557376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,09717
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7365
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9788

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.