Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Had a nice run of cattle ranging from new crop calves up to yearlings. Good demand throughout the day. Internet action was good, with a good amount of buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.18/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −176.79 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$265.18

131 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$19.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.34

vs NE average

+12.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	268.22	1,453	111
Medium and Large 1-2	522	248.32	1,296	20

One grade step is worth $19.90/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $397.75, median $441.98 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 sale131 hd

265.18

—

NE average8 barns · 1,663 hd

276.52

−11.34

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

+12.50

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−176.79

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

35 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	350–400	397	303.40/cwt	303.00–304.00	1,204	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	322.64/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,358	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	234.93/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,973	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	278.06/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,226	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,562	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	248.63/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,648	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	280.91/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,472	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	1,111.57/head	1,100.00–1,135.00	1,112	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	266.25/cwt	261.50–270.00	1,800	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	228.32/cwt	222.00–233.00	2,023	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	248.32/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,296	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	246.04/cwt	243.50–248.00	2,015	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	287.00/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,378	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,091	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	281.91/cwt	273.00–284.00	1,381	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	327.48/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	274.70/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,588	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	312.94/cwt	309.00–316.00	1,533	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	263.13/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,645	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	304.40/cwt	296.00–317.00	1,589	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,085	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	234.59/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,806	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	229.90/cwt	220.00–232.25	2,290	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	363.46/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,236	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	245.17/cwt	242.50–247.00	2,128	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	259.33/cwt	250.00–264.50	1,872	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	321.13/cwt	313.00–332.00	1,362	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	279.88/cwt	273.00–284.00	1,441	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	225.26/cwt	215.50–228.50	2,266	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	249.06/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,459	42

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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,671Last week 1,352Year ago 1,745

Had a nice run of cattle ranging from new crop calves up to yearlings. Good demand throughout the day. Internet action was good, with a good amount of buyers in the seats.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	301.00	301.00
10	300–350	316	1,100.00–1,135.00	1,111.57
15	350–400	397	303.00–304.00	303.40
31	400–450	421	319.00–325.00	322.64
32	450–500	490	273.00–284.00	281.91
69	500–550	515	273.00–284.00	279.88
42	550–600	586	247.00–251.00	249.06
12	650–700	663	244.00–251.00	248.63
36	750–800	770	230.00–235.00	234.59
171	800–850	840	225.00–239.00	234.93
306	850–900	886	222.00–233.00	228.32
46	900–950	913	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	441	275.00–285.00	278.06
20	500–550	522	242.00–250.00	248.32
5	650–700	674	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	462	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	265.00	265.00
12	450–500	480	275.00–291.00	287.00
45	500–550	524	272.00–290.00	280.91
3	600–650	615	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	360.00–366.00	363.46
8	350–400	386	321.00–339.00	327.48
28	400–450	424	313.00–332.00	321.13
25	450–500	490	309.00–316.00	312.94
62	500–550	522	296.00–317.00	304.40
69	550–600	578	265.00–284.00	274.70
32	600–650	625	256.00–265.00	263.13
48	650–700	676	261.50–270.00	266.25
24	700–750	722	250.00–264.50	259.33
9	750–800	751	247.00	247.00
14	800–850	819	243.50–248.00	246.04
114	850–900	868	242.50–247.00	245.17
10	900–950	935	223.00	223.00
77	950–1000	996	220.00–232.25	229.90
68	1000–1050	1,006	215.50–228.50	225.26

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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