Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, A good run on preconditioned new crop calves with a smaller run of yearlings. Cattle sold steady through the day, With the rain there were plenty of buyers in the seats and it was a very active market, with the internet also active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.25/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −167.46 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$312.25

119 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$27.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.23

vs NE average

+2.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	319.84	1,760	86
Medium and Large 1-2	552	292.48	1,614	33

One grade step is worth $27.35/cwt here — about $146 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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.71 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 sale119 hd

312.25

—

NE average10 barns · 4,284 hd

321.48

−9.23

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+2.99

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−167.46

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 1Fancy	550–600	554	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,651	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,945	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	326.82/cwt	326.00–328.50	1,193	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	299.46/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,533	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	266.39/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,534	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,697	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	282.66/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,792	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	285.39/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,627	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,263	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	313.78/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,475	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	252.25/cwt	251.00–253.00	2,023	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	249.29/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,710	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	311.88/cwt	308.00–323.00	1,818	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	247.72/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,942	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,245	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	250.77/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,823	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	270.95/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,810	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	235.65/cwt	234.50–236.25	2,208	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	303.40/cwt	299.00–312.00	1,590	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	325.04/cwt	319.00–333.00	1,719	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	243.27/cwt	243.00–243.50	1,645	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	335.66/cwt	327.50–343.00	1,571	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	247.69/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,464	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	305.14/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,474	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,369	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	255.45/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,538	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	342.51/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,476	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	315.31/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,365	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	233.31/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,988	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	280.01/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,366	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,562	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	279.10/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,457	16

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 Nov 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,334Last week 1,046Year ago 1,007

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	550–600	554	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	326.00–328.50	326.82
37	400–450	433	315.00–317.00	315.31
69	450–500	483	299.00–311.00	305.14
24	500–550	512	291.00–307.00	299.46
34	550–600	576	263.00–271.00	266.39
35	600–650	602	250.00–261.00	255.45
54	650–700	676	243.00–243.50	243.27
21	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
12	800–850	814	239.00	239.00
83	850–900	852	230.00–234.50	233.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	488	276.00–285.00	280.01
16	500–550	522	274.00–284.00	279.10
16	550–600	591	247.00–248.00	247.69
10	600–650	643	243.00	243.00
6	800–850	808	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	470	304.00–320.00	313.78
13	500–550	524	299.00–312.00	303.40
20	550–600	570	280.00–291.00	285.39
11	600–650	638	266.00	266.00
33	650–700	686	246.00–251.00	249.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	348.00	348.00
3	350–400	363	1,225.00	1,225.00
16	400–450	431	340.00–345.00	342.51
62	450–500	468	327.50–343.00	335.66
52	500–550	529	319.00–333.00	325.04
34	550–600	583	308.00–323.00	311.88
47	600–650	634	277.00–293.00	282.66
35	650–700	668	261.00–280.00	270.95
37	700–750	727	240.00–253.00	250.77
15	750–800	784	240.00–250.00	247.72
48	800–850	802	251.00–253.00	252.25
126	850–900	897	250.25	250.25
44	900–950	937	234.50–236.25	235.65
55	950–1000	989	239.50	239.50

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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