Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2025-12-22

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,578 head
▼ 1,284 vs last sale 2,862▲ 1,578 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings for an adequate weekly market comparison. Only one sale reporting through the Christmas Holiday week. Demand was good for the offering on hand. All were longtime weaned calves with full vaccination protocol and some had been poured for parasite control. Nebraska feedlots traded live sales 2.00 higher at 230.00 and dressed sales sold steady from 356.00 to 358.00. Wishing every reader a Happy New Year!

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $445.50/cwt on 158 head. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −2.90 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$445.50
158 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,458
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−33.02
vs NE average
−24.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556446.392,482106
Medium and Large 1-2543443.692,40952
One grade step is worth $2.70/cwt here — about $73 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 sale158 hd
445.50
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NE average7 barns · 2,184 hd
478.52
−33.02
National average5 barns · 476 hd
470.12
−24.62
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
−2.90
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

32 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,9658
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9294
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435516.00/cwt516.00–516.002,2456
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478483.85/cwt477.50–489.002,31322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517470.49/cwt469.50–485.002,43247
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523454.26/cwt440.00–456.002,37638
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587427.20/cwt422.00–437.002,50859
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,47814
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631413.97/cwt406.00–422.502,61262
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634375.39/cwt371.00–393.002,38020
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658406.46/cwt393.00–409.502,675103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687387.19/cwt386.50–389.002,66020
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717381.34/cwt370.50–389.002,73489
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6436
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771356.32/cwt355.00–357.002,74739
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772365.87/cwt358.00–378.502,825155
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883338.91/cwt332.00–346.002,99320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387470.57/cwt462.50–477.501,82113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415477.15/cwt475.00–480.001,9807
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466460.83/cwt454.00–467.002,14712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513424.55/cwt420.00–440.002,17852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542410.85/cwt395.00–418.002,22721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,0666
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578387.96/cwt378.00–398.002,24284
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616383.68/cwt373.00–393.002,363109
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622367.23/cwt366.00–372.002,28415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677382.06/cwt378.00–385.002,58719
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692363.43/cwt360.00–364.002,51527
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707367.99/cwt365.50–377.002,60255
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713351.24/cwt346.00–352.002,50424
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,56056
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,790205

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.