Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, had a short run of cattle consisting of mostly yearlings. Cattle trended higher through the day. With plenty of buyers in the seats and an active internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.22/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −157.21 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$322.22

60 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$30.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

vs NE average

+8.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	347.09	1,859	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	316.63	1,849	49

One grade step is worth $30.46/cwt here — about $10 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

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 sale60 hd

322.22

—

NE average4 barns · 123 hd

316.94

+5.28

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+8.12

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−157.21

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

26 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 1-2	500–550	542	317.16/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	270.25/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,686	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	292.42/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,854	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	376.32/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	316.53/cwt	314.00–318.00	1,874	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,651	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,151	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	290.69/cwt	282.00–294.50	1,916	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	227.49/cwt	225.50–227.75	2,227	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,216	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,997	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	230.34/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,944	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,794	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	241.97/cwt	239.50–243.25	1,747	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	346.89/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,256	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,194	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,966	3

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 652Last week 1,556Year ago 1,940

Compared to two weeks ago, had a short run of cattle consisting of mostly yearlings. Cattle trended higher through the day. With plenty of buyers in the seats and an active internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	542	313.00–324.00	317.16
41	550–600	592	314.00–318.00	316.53
8	650–700	692	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	286	402.50	402.50
4	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
11	400–450	418	367.50–387.50	376.32
10	450–500	482	342.50	342.50
5	500–550	500	358.00	358.00
6	550–600	565	338.00	338.00
39	600–650	634	282.00–297.00	292.42
13	650–700	659	282.00–294.50	290.69
7	700–750	739	245.50	245.50
27	800–850	802	249.00	249.00
4	850–900	888	227.00	227.00
70	900–950	931	238.00	238.00
68	950–1000	979	225.50–227.75	227.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	289	394.00	394.00
6	300–350	345	346.00	346.00
15	350–400	362	335.00–355.00	346.89
7	450–500	487	316.00	316.00
28	600–650	624	265.00–275.00	270.25
5	650–700	664	268.00	268.00
21	700–750	722	239.50–243.25	241.97
28	750–800	761	235.75	235.75
158	800–850	844	227.00–235.00	230.34
3	900–950	923	213.00	213.00

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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