Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2026-09-14

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Sep 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,534 head
▲ 795 vs last sale 1,739▲ 2,534 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good with a nice run of yearlings, with some new crop calves sprinkled in. A good crowd in town with the rains overnight, with an active internet bid. Next special feeder sale will be October 5th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $424.71/cwt on 59 head, down $23.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −23.69 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$424.71
▼ 23.69 vs prior sale
59 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,311
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.03
vs NE average
+21.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537428.442,30050
Medium and Large 1-2585404.002,3639thin
One grade step is worth $24.44/cwt here — about −$64 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 sale59 hd
424.71
—
NE average5 barns · 749 hd
462.75
−38.03
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
+21.35
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
−23.69
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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned327525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7174
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366517.29/cwt508.00–527.001,89314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,0966
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1446453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,0203
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457465.31/cwt460.00–472.002,12618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485443.20/cwt441.00–447.502,15032
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520440.54/cwt430.00–450.002,29120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536419.29/cwt416.00–421.002,24718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566422.01/cwt421.00–425.002,38912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,3639
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623386.06/cwt383.00–397.002,40527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,58118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,33412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,6167
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785358.38/cwt347.00–366.002,81310
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,87035
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874350.89/cwt347.25–351.503,067440
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1984326.71/cwt324.75–328.503,215888
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned361475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7157
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427477.00/cwt477.00–477.002,0375
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,0594
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476393.28/cwt386.00–403.001,87214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486414.27/cwt410.00–420.002,01336
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned512407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,08412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,1574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0154
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,1599
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,15421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610347.60/cwt339.00–352.002,1209
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726337.00/cwt336.00–338.002,44720
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751325.97/cwt325.00–326.002,448161
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832328.68/cwt317.50–333.002,735449
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1932298.14/cwt295.00–310.002,77974

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.