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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 17

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Nov 3Nov 17Dec 1 →

Receipts

929 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 951▼ 405 vs year ago 1,334 · −30.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended lower, with 550-650-pound steers 5.00-8.00 lower. Heifers also trended lower. Demand was good with a good number of buyers in the seats and an active internet buyer. Cattle were all weaned and vaccinated at a minimum 30 days. Next sale preconditioned sale will be Monday December 1st.

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 $398.92/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −49.48 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$398.92

97 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−44.46

vs NE average

−11.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	409.97	2,346	46
Medium and Large 1-2	566	388.96	2,200	51

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $146 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 sale97 hd

398.92

—

NE average8 barns · 4,182 hd

443.39

−44.46

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−11.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−49.48

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

37 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,720	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,056	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,880	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,171	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	430.53/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,071	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	392.37/cwt	387.50–396.00	1,989	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,195	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	388.42/cwt	384.00–392.00	2,233	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	406.66/cwt	400.00–418.00	2,367	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	399.40/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,472	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	379.52/cwt	379.00–381.00	2,402	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	649	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,252	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,449	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	338.83/cwt	325.00–343.00	2,351	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,531	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	332.20/cwt	330.50–335.00	2,432	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	325.79/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,505	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	349.31/cwt	348.00–351.00	2,913	41
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,858	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,049	33
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,082	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,332	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	356	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,513	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,785	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	429.23/cwt	426.00–432.50	1,846	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	467.30/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,047	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,032	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	381.32/cwt	381.00–382.00	1,960	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,908	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	341.08/cwt	329.00–347.00	1,951	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	360.43/cwt	353.00–368.00	2,069	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,010	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	344.10/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,133	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	328.38/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,174	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	305.50/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,230	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,458	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,815	68

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 17, 2025

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Receipts 929Last week 951Year ago 1,334

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	402.50	402.50
3	350–400	370	482.50	482.50
29	400–450	438	455.00–472.50	467.30
5	450–500	464	438.00	438.00
16	500–550	514	381.00–382.00	381.32
17	550–600	574	353.00–368.00	360.43
64	600–650	620	336.00–355.00	344.10
46	650–700	662	327.00–330.00	328.38
20	700–750	730	305.00–306.00	305.50
8	750–800	798	308.00	308.00
68	900–950	905	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	425.00	425.00
8	400–450	430	426.00–432.50	429.23
6	500–550	536	356.00	356.00
21	550–600	572	329.00–347.00	341.08
12	600–650	609	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	475.00	475.00
17	400–450	444	463.00	463.00
6	450–500	461	471.00	471.00
6	500–550	508	432.00	432.00
40	550–600	582	400.00–418.00	406.66
31	600–650	619	390.00–406.00	399.40
4	650–700	660	371.00	371.00
41	700–750	703	360.00	360.00
49	750–800	769	320.00–332.00	325.79
41	800–850	834	348.00–351.00	349.31
4	850–900	853	335.00	335.00
33	900–950	941	324.00	324.00
61	950–1000	963	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	422.50	422.50
13	450–500	481	420.00–437.50	430.53
7	500–550	507	387.50–396.00	392.37
44	550–600	575	384.00–392.00	388.42
23	600–650	633	379.00–381.00	379.52
26	650–700	694	325.00–343.00	338.83
63	700–750	732	330.50–335.00	332.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	649	347.00	347.00

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.