Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-10-20

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
785 head
▼ 1,344 vs last sale 2,129▼ 545 vs year ago 1,330 · −41.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, bawling steer calves less than 550 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher, 550 to 650 lbs sold 20.00 higher and a 850 lbs steers sold 6.00 higher. Heifer calves sold less than 550 lbs sold unevenly steady, 550 lbs sold 20.00 higher and 6 weights sold 4.00 higher all on a light test of the market. Demand was good from a light crowd of buyers on the seats with active internet buying on some weights. Usually a large crowd of farmer/feeders are on the seats on the special Monday sale, however those buyers are still busy picking fall crops. Most calves had fall shot records from area veterinarians with a few weaned calves in the run. Next special calf and feeder auction will be in two weeks on November 3rd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $437.97/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −10.44 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$437.97
79 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$412
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$28.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−57.91
vs NE average
−20.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566444.272,51361
Medium and Large 1-2535417.002,23111thin
Large 1505416.002,1017thin
One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $412 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale79 hd
437.97
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NE average10 barns · 5,818 hd
495.88
−57.91
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−20.17
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
−10.44
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
522485448411median 448.4003/0204/1306/0809/1411/02
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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1392537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,1075
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453467.81/cwt467.50–468.002,1198
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481500.87/cwt474.00–515.002,40959
Steers500–550Large 1505416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,1017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535417.00/cwt409.00–439.002,23111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,50723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578434.75/cwt420.00–516.002,51338
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620435.24/cwt416.00–448.002,69886
Steers600–650Large 1627351.09/cwt350.00–359.002,20124
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642395.62/cwt394.00–397.502,54023
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,42111
Steers700–750Large 1730350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,55518
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,62431
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8189
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1896341.00/cwt341.00–341.003,05531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370487.64/cwt485.00–490.001,8048
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,0339
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy474421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,9965
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478432.93/cwt423.00–451.002,06926
Heifers500–550Large 1518362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8757
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525410.81/cwt400.00–432.002,15753
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573405.88/cwt401.00–418.002,32678
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,23117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604366.13/cwt360.50–384.002,21125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1317
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679350.70/cwt347.50–354.002,3816
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743338.37/cwt338.00–338.502,51420
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3159
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3545

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.