Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-12-15

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,862 head
▲ 813 vs last sale 2,049▼ 195 vs year ago 3,057 · −6.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher with all classes of steers selling 20.00-25.00 higher. Heifers trending higher with 400-500-pound heifers 20.00-25.00 higher and 500-700-pound steers 5.00-15.00 higher. Demand was strong throughout the day with an active internet bid, and full set of buyers sitting in the seats. Next sale will be Monday December 22nd, all cattle will have 2 rounds of shots and weaned a minimum of 30 days.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.26/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +1.86 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$450.26
172 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.22
vs NE average
+6.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560450.982,525148
Medium and Large 1-2531445.852,36924
One grade step is worth $5.13/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale172 hd
450.26
—
NE average7 barns · 2,521 hd
470.48
−20.22
National average163 barns · 16,063 hd
444.10
+6.16
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
+1.86
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

51 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,7404
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5445
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7464
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365517.83/cwt513.00–526.001,89011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412501.60/cwt492.50–512.002,06721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1487
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470490.17/cwt489.00–491.002,30415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511484.23/cwt480.00–495.002,47428
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527450.82/cwt440.00–457.002,37620
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,3284
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571445.88/cwt438.00–452.002,546116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,1234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617419.28/cwt408.00–425.502,587122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631379.82/cwt371.00–389.002,39720
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666399.82/cwt390.50–410.002,663192
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674384.75/cwt377.00–390.002,59350
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716374.61/cwt373.00–380.002,68224
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728400.68/cwt391.00–407.002,917258
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762352.55/cwt340.00–356.002,68616
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780373.77/cwt371.00–380.002,91571
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813365.58/cwt354.00–369.252,972198
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,9215
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy881349.00/cwt349.00–349.003,0758
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2893314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,80413
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1949339.25/cwt339.25–339.253,21980
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965334.50/cwt334.50–334.503,22834
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,075302.54/cwt292.50–303.503,252117
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,142284.00/cwt284.00–284.003,24323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,6037
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,5153
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385462.53/cwt452.50–472.501,78122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405476.06/cwt462.00–480.001,92847
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424443.82/cwt442.50–445.001,8828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453437.13/cwt428.00–445.001,98013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476414.68/cwt405.00–417.501,97443
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513404.95/cwt400.00–408.002,07730
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516423.86/cwt414.50–434.002,18732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561411.00/cwt405.00–422.002,30677
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581385.92/cwt369.00–399.002,242173
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,23521
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628378.01/cwt367.00–386.002,374137
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681349.24/cwt342.00–353.002,37824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688332.51/cwt330.00–334.002,2888
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy695341.37/cwt329.50–347.002,37325
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709360.19/cwt360.00–361.002,55470
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742334.67/cwt328.00–336.002,48362
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775330.69/cwt328.50–331.502,56358
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1882314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,76925
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,86915

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.