Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended slightly lower with heifers trending steady. Demand was strong with a good number of buyers in the seats, with internet activity very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.78/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −182.64 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$296.78

35 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.67

vs NE average

−13.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	296.78	1,739	35

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.42 across 17 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 sale35 hd

296.78

—

NE average6 barns · 1,012 hd

332.45

−35.67

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−13.48

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−182.64

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

22 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 1Fleshy	600–650	635	258.25/cwt	258.25–258.25	1,640	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	731	246.47/cwt	244.50–248.50	1,802	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	327.46/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,516	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	349.06/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,466	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	290.44/cwt	257.00–301.00	1,676	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	242.36/cwt	237.50–254.00	1,767	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	249.80/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,116	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	261.46/cwt	257.50–268.50	1,888	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	590	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,864	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	243.78/cwt	243.25–245.50	2,226	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	244.68/cwt	240.00–246.50	2,131	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	340.41/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,620	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	304.68/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,904	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	295.53/cwt	292.00–311.00	1,998	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	251.83/cwt	244.00–266.00	1,745	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	230.24/cwt	225.50–236.50	1,888	511
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	266.88/cwt	257.00–269.75	1,644	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	286.25/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,695	21

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,707Last week 1,996Year ago 2,304

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended slightly lower with heifers trending steady. Demand was strong with a good number of buyers in the seats, with internet activity very active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	635	258.25	258.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	420	340.00–359.00	349.06
11	450–500	463	320.00–334.00	327.46
28	550–600	577	257.00–301.00	290.44
37	600–650	616	257.00–269.75	266.88
107	650–700	693	244.00–266.00	251.83
37	700–750	729	237.50–254.00	242.36
3	750–800	763	246.00	246.00
511	800–850	820	225.50–236.50	230.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	571	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	731	244.50–248.50	246.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	677	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	331.00–350.00	340.41
3	500–550	528	300.00	300.00
21	550–600	592	285.00–290.00	286.25
15	600–650	625	304.00–305.00	304.68
91	650–700	676	292.00–311.00	295.53
38	700–750	722	257.50–268.50	261.46
175	800–850	847	241.00–250.00	249.80
298	850–900	871	240.00–246.50	244.68
246	900–950	913	243.25–245.50	243.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	590	316.00	316.00

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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