Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher in all weight classes. A nice string of new crop calves along with a good string of yearlings. With the majority of the new crop calves being fresh off the cow. A good demand in the seats with a very active internet market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.21/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −166.21 against this barn's trailing median of $442.42.

Average price

$276.21

108 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,501

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$28.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs NE average

+16.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	291.70	1,585	49
Medium and Large 1-2	544	263.34	1,432	59

One grade step is worth $28.36/cwt here — about $153 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

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $458.98, low $400.66, median $442.42 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 sale108 hd

276.21

—

NE average11 barns · 3,757 hd

277.91

−1.70

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

+16.58

This barn, trailing median16 sales

442.42

−166.21

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

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,318	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	254.34/cwt	253.50–258.00	1,460	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	286.65/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,668	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	315.74/cwt	309.00–324.00	1,345	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	244.60/cwt	241.50–247.25	2,023	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	246.38/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,419	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	296.17/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,508	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,494	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	297.03/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,592	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	272.71/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,434	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,038	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	337.11/cwt	329.00–342.00	1,244	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	326.85/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,687	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,916	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	308.83/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,140	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	286.01/cwt	277.00–291.50	1,390	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	362.59/cwt	357.00–364.00	1,556	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	243.59/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,734	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	241.57/cwt	240.75–242.25	2,135	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	287.38/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,627	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,200	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	241.42/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,494	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	325.52/cwt	324.00–329.00	1,536	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,319	19

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 1,330Last week 1,671Year ago 1,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	301.00	301.00
32	550–600	574	253.50–258.00	254.34
4	650–700	690	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	331.00	331.00
25	350–400	369	329.00–342.00	337.11
56	400–450	426	309.00–324.00	315.74
45	450–500	486	277.00–291.50	286.01
26	500–550	509	287.00–302.00	296.17
23	550–600	582	285.00–298.00	286.65
32	600–650	619	235.00–245.00	241.42
10	650–700	660	230.00	230.00
223	800–850	827	241.50–247.25	244.60
161	850–900	884	240.75–242.25	241.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	308.00–310.00	308.83
3	400–450	430	274.00	274.00
38	500–550	526	267.00–275.00	272.71
21	550–600	576	240.00–254.00	246.38
24	800–850	835	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	300–350	335	1,050.00	1,050.00
19	300–350	334	395.00	395.00
3	350–400	370	925.00	925.00
8	350–400	361	377.00	377.00
66	400–450	429	357.00–364.00	362.59
27	450–500	472	324.00–329.00	325.52
26	500–550	516	310.00–329.00	326.85
78	550–600	566	276.00–296.00	287.38
20	600–650	638	268.00	268.00
21	700–750	712	240.00–250.00	243.59
12	800–850	825	247.00	247.00
3	850–900	860	221.00	221.00
73	900–950	914	240.75	240.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	438	341.00	341.00
45	500–550	536	283.00–305.00	297.03

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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