Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle tended higher through the day with 750-900-pound steers 10.00-15.00 higher, and 800-850-pound heifers up 10.00-15.00. Good demand throughout the day with buyers in the seats and an active internet bid.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $263.97/cwt on 1,042 head.

Average price

$263.97

1,042 head · 782 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$399

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$29.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	576	291.91	1,682	49
Medium and Large 1	792	262.59	2,081	993

One grade step is worth $29.32/cwt here — about −$399 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,042 hd

263.97

—

NE average7 barns · 12,791 hd

280.56

−16.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	304.73/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,353	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	282.82/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,587	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	294.99/cwt	291.00–302.00	1,428	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	290.00/cwt	287.50–291.00	1,517	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	209.28/cwt	208.50–209.75	1,913	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	261.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,477	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	318.75/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,804	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	249.75/cwt	240.50–253.00	2,035	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	333.68/cwt	331.50–334.00	1,795	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	238.12/cwt	234.50–242.00	2,191	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	281.68/cwt	267.00–289.50	1,907	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	366.80/cwt	365.00–368.00	1,280	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	300.58/cwt	299.00–304.50	1,746	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	246.79/cwt	234.00–252.75	2,142	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	322.84/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,495	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	296.46/cwt	291.50–299.50	1,880	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	262.43/cwt	256.00–265.00	2,008	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	245.85/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,679	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	258.21/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,616	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	231.07/cwt	220.00–234.50	1,892	485
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	234.86/cwt	229.00–241.50	1,712	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	231.10/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,798	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	743	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	271.16/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,969	87

How this sale compares

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Mon Feb 26, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,238Last week 3,594Year ago 2,248

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	444	304.00–305.00	304.73
24	—	561	279.00–289.00	282.82
29	—	484	291.00–302.00	294.99
35	—	523	287.50–291.00	290.00
44	—	914	208.50–209.75	209.28
188	—	683	243.00–251.00	245.85
38	—	626	255.00–267.00	258.21
485	—	819	220.00–234.50	231.07
62	—	729	229.00–241.50	234.86
81	—	778	226.00–232.00	231.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	565	260.00–265.00	261.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	566	307.00–327.00	318.75
40	—	815	240.50–253.00	249.75
55	—	538	331.50–334.00	333.68
261	—	920	234.50–242.00	238.12
52	—	677	267.00–289.50	281.68
10	—	349	365.00–368.00	366.80
274	—	868	234.00–252.75	246.79
11	—	463	321.00–325.00	322.84
56	—	634	291.50–299.50	296.46
100	—	765	256.00–265.00	262.43
87	—	726	265.00–279.00	271.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	290.00	290.00
6	—	693	260.00	260.00
8	—	485	303.00	303.00
25	—	581	299.00–304.50	300.58
5	—	601	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	271.00	271.00
6	—	743	251.00	251.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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