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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 3

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Oct 20Nov 3Nov 17 →

Receipts

951 head

▲ 166 vs last sale 785▼ 95 vs year ago 1,046 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared two weeks ago, cattle trended lower through the day with the 450-500 lbs steers selling 25.00-30.00 lower and 850-900 lbs steers selling 45.00-50.00 lower. On the heifer side trending steady to slightly lower with 600-700 lbs heifers selling 10.00-15.00 lower. All cattle weaned 30+ days and preconditioned. Demand was good with active internet bid. Next special feeder calf auction will be in two weeks November 17th.

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 $434.90/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −13.50 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$434.90

129 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$22.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.62

vs NE average

+15.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	439.52	2,410	102
Medium and Large 1-2	558	417.47	2,331	27

One grade step is worth $22.05/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale129 hd

434.90

—

NE average10 barns · 6,537 hd

452.52

−17.62

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+15.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−13.50

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,832	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	511.93/cwt	511.00–512.50	1,991	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	508.40/cwt	503.00–522.00	2,262	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	459.16/cwt	455.00–461.00	2,273	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	462.53/cwt	459.00–478.00	2,401	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,342	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	399.34/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,312	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	414.63/cwt	407.00–426.00	2,405	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	405.19/cwt	391.00–410.00	2,443	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,391	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,477	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,264	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	348.31/cwt	343.00–354.50	2,511	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,861	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,464	19
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	344.04/cwt	331.50–349.75	3,358	186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,590	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	472.71/cwt	472.50–473.00	1,773	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	472.40/cwt	460.00–478.00	1,989	47
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,002	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	429.48/cwt	419.00–436.00	2,074	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,111	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	377.19/cwt	371.00–388.00	2,022	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	369.09/cwt	367.00–376.00	2,071	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,299	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	354.60/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,167	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,247	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,813	89

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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Receipts 951Last week 785Year ago 1,046

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	467.50	467.50
10	350–400	375	472.50–473.00	472.71
47	400–450	421	460.00–478.00	472.40
13	450–500	483	419.00–436.00	429.48
39	500–550	505	418.00	418.00
23	550–600	567	405.50	405.50
33	600–650	611	340.00–360.00	354.60
3	650–700	668	335.00	335.00
3	700–750	700	321.00	321.00
89	850–900	871	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	441	454.00	454.00
8	500–550	536	371.00–388.00	377.19
18	550–600	561	367.00–376.00	369.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	536	437.00	437.00
14	550–600	579	399.00–400.00	399.34
8	600–650	621	385.00	385.00
8	700–750	701	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	525.00	525.00
8	350–400	389	511.00–512.50	511.93
52	400–450	445	503.00–522.00	508.40
13	450–500	495	455.00–461.00	459.16
53	500–550	519	459.00–478.00	462.53
49	550–600	580	407.00–426.00	414.63
24	600–650	603	391.00–410.00	405.19
4	650–700	673	368.00	368.00
64	700–750	721	343.00–354.50	348.31
16	800–850	849	337.00	337.00
19	850–900	896	275.00	275.00
186	950–1000	976	331.50–349.75	344.04

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.