Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2024-11-04

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 4
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,046 head
284 vs last sale 1,330 39 vs year ago 1,007 · +3.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended steady with a good set of buyers in the crowd and an active internet. A nice run of yearlings and with a handful of new crop calves sprinkled in. All cattle were preconditioned and weaned at least 60 days.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.44/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 184.54 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.
Average price
$257.44
45 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,465
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
22.45
vs NE average
0.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569257.441,46545
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
473443413384median 441.9812/1501/1903/0204/2708/17
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 sale45 hd
257.44
NE average11 barns · 3,964 hd
279.88
−22.45
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−0.95
This barn, trailing median17 sales
441.98
−184.54
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550537270.68/cwt268.00–272.001,45412
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750711240.93/cwt236.00–243.001,71329
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600581252.62/cwt246.00–267.001,46833
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,061216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,29251
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950938223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,09654
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000998217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,16658
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734257.50/cwt257.00–258.001,89022
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680267.89/cwt264.00–274.001,82226
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900855236.48/cwt226.50–238.252,022273
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850844239.65/cwt235.00–241.002,023282
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2667
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650612257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5737
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,036228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,36233
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650636279.73/cwt272.50–289.001,77935
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663256.97/cwt255.00–259.001,70410
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800753241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,81811
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450437327.02/cwt326.00–328.001,4296
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000952235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,23710
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5594
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850844245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0685
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550543295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,60212
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566270.73/cwt270.00–271.001,53215

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.