Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher through the sale. Good demand on the seats with an active internet presence.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.21/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −143.50 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$336.21

98 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$28.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs NE average

+26.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	339.40	1,832	87
Medium and Large 1-2	563	311.00	1,752	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.40/cwt here — about $80 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.

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 sale98 hd

336.21

—

NE average5 barns · 949 hd

335.74

+0.47

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

+26.66

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−143.50

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

34 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	626	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,814	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	294.11/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,579	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	240.84/cwt	237.50–242.25	1,724	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	280.46/cwt	272.00–284.00	1,585	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,004	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	246.27/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,899	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,273	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,032	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	324.77/cwt	322.00–329.00	1,861	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	264.61/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,667	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,459	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	243.97/cwt	239.00–245.25	2,154	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	245.81/cwt	232.25–248.50	1,866	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	299.56/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,315	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	321.16/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,985	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	251.84/cwt	239.00–258.50	1,700	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	300.19/cwt	300.00–300.50	1,891	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,895	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	282.70/cwt	273.00–284.50	2,002	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	238.18/cwt	227.50–244.00	2,191	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,990	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	346.90/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,655	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	292.98/cwt	279.50–298.00	1,969	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	338.51/cwt	332.50–347.50	1,395	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	293.45/cwt	289.50–305.00	1,411	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	231.50/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,891	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	347.14/cwt	336.00–356.00	1,802	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	6

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 Apr 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,704Last week 3,589Year ago 3,204

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher through the sale. Good demand on the seats with an active internet presence.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	334.00	334.00
3	600–650	626	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	541	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	582	291.00	291.00
18	600–650	630	300.00–300.50	300.19
3	650–700	691	275.00	275.00
4	900–950	911	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	1,175.00	1,175.00
16	400–450	412	332.50–347.50	338.51
17	450–500	477	337.00–352.00	346.90
45	500–550	519	336.00–356.00	347.14
24	550–600	573	322.00–329.00	324.77
33	600–650	618	320.00–322.00	321.16
58	650–700	672	279.50–298.00	292.98
54	700–750	708	273.00–284.50	282.70
16	750–800	771	240.00–258.00	246.27
14	800–850	829	240.00	240.00
174	850–900	883	239.00–245.25	243.97
381	900–950	920	227.50–244.00	238.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	551	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	315.00	315.00
6	350–400	354	1,150.00	1,150.00
43	400–450	439	297.00–311.00	299.56
42	450–500	481	289.50–305.00	293.45
27	500–550	537	287.00–296.00	294.11
75	550–600	565	272.00–284.00	280.46
75	600–650	630	262.00–270.00	264.61
74	650–700	675	239.00–258.50	251.84
32	700–750	716	237.50–242.25	240.84
136	750–800	759	232.25–248.50	245.81
72	800–850	817	226.00–232.00	231.50
65	850–900	875	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	275.00	275.00
7	550–600	559	261.00	261.00

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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