Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, demand was higher through the day with good demand, a lot of buyers in the seats and a active internet. The bulk of the calves were new crop calves with a handful of yearlings sprinkled in.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.69/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −139.01 against this barn's trailing median of $479.71.

Average price

$340.69

251 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$22.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.27

vs NE average

+14.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	347.41	1,898	177
Medium and Large 1-2	564	324.63	1,832	74

One grade step is worth $22.77/cwt here — about $67 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

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 sale251 hd

340.69

—

NE average7 barns · 3,452 hd

345.96

−5.27

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+14.06

This barn, trailing median16 sales

479.71

−139.01

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 1	350–400	384	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,290	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,855	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	342.31/cwt	328.00–346.00	1,417	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,216	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	320.79/cwt	316.00–334.00	1,556	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	320.84/cwt	314.00–334.00	1,627	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	284.30/cwt	276.00–286.50	1,689	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	307.40/cwt	306.00–313.00	1,506	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	316.36/cwt	316.00–317.00	1,364	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	327.51/cwt	324.00–331.00	1,752	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	334.62/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,643	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,951	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	262.62/cwt	261.00–266.00	1,673	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	304.69/cwt	297.00–312.00	1,645	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	349.83/cwt	335.00–352.00	1,868	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	264.88/cwt	261.50–270.00	2,167	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	318.13/cwt	311.50–330.00	2,004	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	255.57/cwt	250.00–259.50	1,999	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	334.90/cwt	331.00–337.50	1,407	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	311.92/cwt	298.00–318.50	2,065	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	274.32/cwt	260.50–280.50	2,096	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	286.50/cwt	281.00–294.50	1,971	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	300.12/cwt	293.50–308.00	1,885	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	323.57/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,861	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	343.96/cwt	338.00–353.00	1,940	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	277.99/cwt	274.00–283.00	2,043	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	280.49/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,725	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,143	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	391.91/cwt	389.00–404.00	1,548	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	390.83/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,641	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	302.88/cwt	289.00–309.00	1,717	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	262.30/cwt	248.50–267.75	1,771	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	255.26/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,856	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	373.89/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,765	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	241.49/cwt	238.00–243.50	2,207	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,477	56

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 Dec 16, 2024

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

Receipts 3,057Last week 2,029Year ago 2,779

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	384	336.00	336.00
39	400–450	414	328.00–346.00	342.31
73	450–500	485	316.00–334.00	320.79
81	500–550	507	314.00–334.00	320.84
123	550–600	567	289.00–309.00	302.88
122	600–650	615	275.00–290.00	280.49
200	650–700	675	248.50–267.75	262.30
229	700–750	727	245.00–263.00	255.26
37	750–800	776	239.00	239.00
59	950–1000	985	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	431	316.00–317.00	316.36
14	450–500	490	306.00–313.00	307.40
38	500–550	540	297.00–312.00	304.69
86	550–600	594	276.00–286.50	284.30
24	600–650	637	261.00–266.00	262.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	377.50	377.50
24	400–450	420	331.00–337.50	334.90
22	450–500	491	325.00–345.00	334.62
20	500–550	535	324.00–331.00	327.51
54	550–600	575	315.00–329.00	323.57
52	600–650	628	293.50–308.00	300.12
51	650–700	688	281.00–294.50	286.50
26	700–750	749	260.50	260.50
23	750–800	782	250.00–259.50	255.57
8	800–850	821	245.50	245.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	395	389.00–404.00	391.91
30	400–450	420	375.00–395.00	390.83
6	450–500	472	370.00–377.50	373.89
104	500–550	534	335.00–352.00	349.83
73	550–600	564	338.00–353.00	343.96
148	600–650	630	311.50–330.00	318.13
230	650–700	662	298.00–318.50	311.92
95	700–750	735	274.00–283.00	277.99
326	750–800	764	260.50–280.50	274.32
116	800–850	818	261.50–270.00	264.88
21	850–900	857	250.00	250.00
19	900–950	914	238.00–243.50	241.49
5	950–1000	980	239.00	239.00
56	1000–1050	1,045	237.00	237.00

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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