Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle sold higher throughout the day. with steers from 400-700 up 10.00-20.00 and heifers from 450-650 10.00-20.00 higher. A good run of new crop calves at the market with a handful of yearlings sprinkled in. Demand was good with a lot of buyers in the seats.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.17/cwt on 228 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −149.25 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$330.17

228 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$46

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

$20.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.46

vs NE average

+4.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	334.99	1,793	175
Medium and Large 1-2	585	314.26	1,838	53

One grade step is worth $20.73/cwt here — about −$46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale228 hd

330.17

—

NE average4 barns · 2,076 hd

345.63

−15.46

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+4.80

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

−149.25

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

39 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	650–700	667	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,219	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,267	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	287.96/cwt	282.00–301.00	1,641	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	272.76/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,707	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	305.69/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,553	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	320.43/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,179	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,738	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	339.00/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,651	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	324.56/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,561	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	246.87/cwt	246.00–248.25	2,034	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	262.68/cwt	256.00–267.00	2,075	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	300.68/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,377	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	301.80/cwt	293.00–309.00	1,889	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,428	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	291.19/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,505	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	313.30/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,845	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	281.34/cwt	270.50–286.00	2,014	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	361.09/cwt	359.00–364.00	1,564	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	253.37/cwt	253.00–253.50	2,189	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	289.75/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,197	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	273.99/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,608	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	250.06/cwt	250.00–250.25	2,311	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	340.02/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,772	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	2,301	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	326.26/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,416	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,231	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	326.47/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,825	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	350.10/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,673	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	289.61/cwt	279.00–296.50	1,975	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	268.27/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,779	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	258.11/cwt	255.50–262.00	1,874	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	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

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

Receipts 2,029Last week 1,334Year ago 1,853

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	667	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	357.50	357.50
7	350–400	360	352.00	352.00
16	400–450	434	315.00–331.00	326.26
42	450–500	481	311.00–328.00	324.56
84	500–550	508	297.00–317.00	305.69
127	550–600	570	282.00–301.00	287.96
147	600–650	626	266.00–280.00	272.76
110	650–700	663	261.00–280.00	268.27
54	700–750	726	255.50–262.00	258.11
9	750–800	783	244.00	244.00
121	800–850	824	246.00–248.25	246.87
37	950–1000	996	224.00	224.00
22	1000–1050	1,047	219.75	219.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	320.00–321.00	320.43
11	400–450	413	284.00–300.00	289.75
24	450–500	458	298.00–306.00	300.68
23	500–550	517	280.00–296.00	291.19
44	550–600	587	266.00–279.00	273.99
24	650–700	687	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	341.00	341.00
12	450–500	487	335.00–343.00	339.00
4	500–550	536	326.00	326.00
49	550–600	589	312.00–314.00	313.30
4	600–650	643	286.00	286.00
5	750–800	774	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	1,175.00	1,175.00
9	350–400	369	1,300.00	1,300.00
14	400–450	433	359.00–364.00	361.09
33	450–500	478	345.00–365.00	350.10
110	500–550	521	330.00–348.00	340.02
65	550–600	559	317.00–336.00	326.47
139	600–650	626	293.00–309.00	301.80
176	650–700	682	279.00–296.50	289.61
176	700–750	716	270.50–286.00	281.34
42	750–800	790	256.00–267.00	262.68
19	850–900	864	253.00–253.50	253.37
89	900–950	924	250.00–250.25	250.06
24	1000–1050	1,033	235.00	235.00

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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