Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended steady with a slightly higher trend on the heifers. Demand was good, with the bulk of the cattle in the 700+ weight range. Internet and live buyers were very active throughout the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.18/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −154.52 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$325.18

66 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.61

vs NE average

+9.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	325.18	1,799	66

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.71 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale66 hd

325.18

—

NE average7 barns · 1,059 hd

329.79

−4.61

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+9.11

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−154.52

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

20 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	600–650	625	267.26/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,670	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	294.39/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,669	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	238.81/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,834	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	255.36/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,703	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	347.44/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,546	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	237.63/cwt	229.50–243.50	1,937	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	245.48/cwt	240.00–249.50	2,128	619
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	247.66/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,800	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	308.54/cwt	308.00–309.00	1,521	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	290.96/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,562	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,877	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,640	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	335.19/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,689	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	321.14/cwt	314.00–326.00	1,840	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	220.65/cwt	209.00–228.25	2,107	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	267.20/cwt	256.50–270.75	2,041	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	235.22/cwt	233.00–239.00	2,061	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	305.85/cwt	295.50–312.00	1,918	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	269.44/cwt	258.00–273.50	1,967	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	236.56/cwt	230.50–237.50	2,179	212

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 Mar 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,996Last week 2,238Year ago 1,312

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	493	308.00–309.00	308.54
25	500–550	537	288.00–304.00	290.96
51	550–600	567	286.00–300.00	294.39
32	600–650	625	258.00–276.00	267.26
59	650–700	667	254.00–256.00	255.36
116	700–750	727	237.00–249.00	247.66
52	750–800	768	237.00–239.00	238.81
100	800–850	815	229.50–243.50	237.63
100	850–900	876	233.00–239.00	235.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	592	277.00	277.00
12	850–900	865	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	445	340.00–355.00	347.44
19	500–550	504	321.00–339.00	335.19
47	550–600	573	314.00–326.00	321.14
61	600–650	627	295.50–312.00	305.85
77	700–750	730	258.00–273.50	269.44
128	750–800	764	256.50–270.75	267.20
619	850–900	867	240.00–249.50	245.48
212	900–950	921	230.50–237.50	236.56
120	950–1000	955	209.00–228.25	220.65

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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