Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2026-03-02

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 2
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,682 head
▼ 388 vs last sale 2,070▲ 1,682 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate today on a nice selection of cattle offered, Nice showing of replacement heifers offered..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.15/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −11.91 against this barn's trailing median of $430.06.
Average price
$418.15
44 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,367
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−48.15
vs NE average
−2.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563421.172,36938
Medium and Large 1-2588399.002,3466thin
One grade step is worth $22.17/cwt here — about $23 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 sale44 hd
418.15
—
NE average6 barns · 1,374 hd
466.30
−48.15
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−2.81
This barn, trailing median12 sales
430.06
−11.91
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

12 sales
473442411380median 430.0603/0204/1306/0809/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $393.54, median $430.06 across 12 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,3355
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,3755
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559438.22/cwt438.00–438.502,45016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,60010
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664404.65/cwt395.00–411.002,68729
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686385.32/cwt383.00–387.002,64329
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy711403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,86511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733380.93/cwt377.00–385.002,79246
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785356.42/cwt353.00–363.002,79858
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816357.34/cwt350.00–360.502,916156
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1899330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,97151
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1931325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,02667
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973321.76/cwt318.50–324.753,131158
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467439.04/cwt438.00–440.002,05013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3109
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576413.78/cwt406.00–427.002,38329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,3466
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622398.16/cwt397.50–401.002,47737
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676381.54/cwt381.00–382.002,57960
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726344.92/cwt344.00–346.002,50413
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement7352,932.51/head2,900.00–2,960.002,933114
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765334.67/cwt334.00–336.002,56024
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7692,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8755
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8253,165.73/head3,150.00–3,250.003,166198
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834331.54/cwt324.00–332.502,765128
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement8703,125.00/head3,125.00–3,125.003,12512
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1872332.36/cwt331.50–338.002,898126
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1907321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,911140
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1956295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,82531

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.