Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2026-01-19

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,087 head
▼ 1,014 vs last sale 3,101▼ 368 vs year ago 2,455 · −15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Had a little smaller run of cattle with minimal yearlings. Steers under #650 trending higher with steers weighing over #650 trending lower. Heifers trended steady to higher throughout the day. Next sale will be next week January 26th. All cattle pre-conditioned 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 $479.42/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +31.02 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$479.42
124 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$63.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.90
vs NE average
+14.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533515.952,75053
Medium and Large 1-2573452.152,59371
One grade step is worth $63.80/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale124 hd
479.42
—
NE average9 barns · 4,201 hd
501.32
−21.90
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+14.09
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
+31.02
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

33 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 1378600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2683
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406589.00/cwt589.00–589.002,3918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,4746
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490508.10/cwt504.00–509.002,49016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517530.56/cwt527.00–533.002,74337
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,7624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570482.17/cwt473.00–487.502,74816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575449.00/cwt442.50–455.002,58267
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621456.80/cwt455.00–460.002,83733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623430.31/cwt425.00–432.502,68162
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683405.75/cwt396.00–416.002,771219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720390.88/cwt385.00–397.002,81477
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776368.08/cwt359.00–372.002,856318
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820355.88/cwt351.00–356.002,918125
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871345.41/cwt344.00–350.003,00975
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,9023
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365557.50/cwt557.50–557.502,0354
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428473.00/cwt473.00–473.002,0247
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469483.20/cwt480.00–498.002,26627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,3163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed517472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,44314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518455.44/cwt449.00–463.002,35924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537436.68/cwt430.00–439.002,34523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed560448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,50910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573425.77/cwt421.00–437.502,44068
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585414.47/cwt414.00–415.002,42523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623399.26/cwt389.00–406.002,487105
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643383.33/cwt380.00–385.002,46529
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685374.92/cwt372.00–383.002,568193
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685361.50/cwt361.00–362.002,47612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724356.50/cwt345.00–362.002,58163
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770348.47/cwt340.00–351.002,68392
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,88115

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.