Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers under 800 pounds trended 10.00-20.00 lower with the steers above 800 pounds steady, the heifers trending steady throughout the day. Good demand throughout the day, with an active internet market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.14/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −162.28 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$317.14

28 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.30

vs NE average

+7.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	317.14	1,718	28

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 sale28 hd

317.14

—

NE average4 barns · 578 hd

339.43

−22.30

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+7.43

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−162.28

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

23 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	950–1000	986	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	254.31/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	294.13/cwt	291.00–301.00	1,371	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	281.73/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,631	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	304.20/cwt	298.00–318.00	1,302	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,756	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,260	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	306.67/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,763	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	324.99/cwt	322.00–329.00	1,680	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	249.05/cwt	246.50–252.50	1,816	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	239.93/cwt	234.50–242.25	2,188	615
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	232.54/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,921	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	235.95/cwt	234.50–239.50	1,661	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	282.79/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,541	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,108	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	2,089	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	232.96/cwt	232.50–234.00	1,887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	275.76/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,839	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	299.87/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,823	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	241.65/cwt	230.00–247.00	2,112	265

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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,556Last week 1,704Year ago 1,940

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	428	298.00–318.00	304.20
10	450–500	466	291.00–301.00	294.13
44	500–550	545	279.00–287.00	282.79
16	550–600	579	274.00–287.00	281.73
8	600–650	638	251.00–260.00	254.31
72	700–750	704	234.50–239.50	235.95
7	750–800	799	226.50	226.50
252	800–850	826	228.00–240.00	232.54
3	950–1000	986	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	517	322.00–329.00	324.99
12	550–600	575	304.00–308.00	306.67
15	600–650	608	298.00–305.00	299.87
15	650–700	667	268.00–279.00	275.76
33	700–750	729	246.50–252.50	249.05
5	750–800	755	235.00	235.00
10	800–850	810	232.50–234.00	232.96
265	850–900	874	230.00–247.00	241.65
615	900–950	912	234.50–242.25	239.93
31	1050–1100	1,061	213.00	213.00
13	1100–1150	1,108	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	627	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	695	256.00	256.00
4	850–900	895	216.00	216.00

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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