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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 18

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Jun 16Aug 18Oct 6 →

Receipts

2,805 head

▲ 1,126 vs last sale 1,679▲ 773 vs year ago 2,032 · +38.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Anniversary sale had a good set of yearling cattle with a few new crop calves, sharply higher undertone through the day. A good demand for cattle with a lot of buyers in the seats and an active internet bid.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.80/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −29.26 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.

Average price

$400.80

40 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$16.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs NE average

+41.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	406.73	2,274	26
Medium and Large 1-2	532	389.78	2,074	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.95/cwt here — about $200 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 sale40 hd

400.80

—

NE average2 barns · 62 hd

397.05

+3.75

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+41.00

This barn, trailing median12 sales

430.06

−29.26

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

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

41 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	330	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,871	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	544.00/cwt	544.00–544.00	2,372	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,296	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,249	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	487.75/cwt	482.50–495.00	2,536	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,412	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	443.38/cwt	432.50–450.00	2,510	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,510	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	407.06/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,524	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	385.33/cwt	378.00–398.00	2,466	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	368.42/cwt	364.00–376.00	2,450	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	375.48/cwt	363.00–378.00	2,673	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	347.97/cwt	344.00–356.00	2,561	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	352.09/cwt	349.00–369.00	2,718	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	344.05/cwt	335.50–348.00	3,000	214
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	897	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,956	21
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,064	79
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,136	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,135	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	476.01/cwt	474.00–480.00	1,799	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,079	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	469.51/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,174	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	432.54/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,232	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	389.78/cwt	383.00–395.00	2,074	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	384.61/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,292	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,177	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	375.72/cwt	372.00–388.00	2,348	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,194	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	353.25/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,515	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	330.77/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,418	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	330.25/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,612	94
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,495	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	339.48/cwt	324.50–343.00	2,818	1,374
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	333.40/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,924	131
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,863	97
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,051	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,848	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	515	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,609	7
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	623	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,791	13

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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,805Last week 1,679Year ago 2,032

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
3	500–550	528	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	302	1,750.00	1,750.00
9	350–400	378	474.00–480.00	476.01
9	450–500	463	460.00–477.50	469.51
12	500–550	516	425.00–435.00	432.54
14	550–600	596	375.00–390.00	384.61
42	600–650	625	372.00–388.00	375.72
52	650–700	673	326.00	326.00
22	700–750	712	346.00–361.00	353.25
94	750–800	791	326.00–342.00	330.25
1,374	800–850	830	324.50–343.00	339.48
131	850–900	877	326.00–336.00	333.40
97	950–1000	956	299.50	299.50
6	1050–1100	1,051	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	792	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	452.00	452.00
14	500–550	532	383.00–395.00	389.78
3	600–650	608	358.00	358.00
22	700–750	731	330.00–331.00	330.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	300–350	330	1,975.00	1,975.00
7	350–400	378	495.00	495.00
5	400–450	436	544.00	544.00
18	450–500	476	472.50	472.50
32	500–550	520	482.50–495.00	487.75
12	550–600	566	432.50–450.00	443.38
12	600–650	620	400.00–412.00	407.06
8	650–700	665	364.00–376.00	368.42
79	700–750	712	363.00–378.00	375.48
33	750–800	772	349.00–369.00	352.09
214	850–900	872	335.50–348.00	344.05
79	900–950	927	330.50	330.50
42	1100–1150	1,136	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	897	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	512.50	512.50
5	500–550	530	455.00	455.00
25	550–600	599	419.00	419.00
8	600–650	640	378.00–398.00	385.33
12	700–750	736	344.00–356.00	347.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	312.50	312.50
13	600–650	623	287.50	287.50

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.