Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers trended steady to lower, with heifers trending steady to higher. Good demand with plenty of buyers in the seats and an active internet. All cattle were weaned and pre-conditioned, With the majority being new crop calves with some yearlings sprinkled in.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.14/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −134.83 against this barn's trailing median of $441.98.

Average price

$307.14

118 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.14

vs NE average

+13.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	307.14	1,672	118

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

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 sale118 hd

307.14

—

NE average3 barns · 830 hd

296.00

+11.14

National average41 barns · 9,437 hd

293.63

+13.51

This barn, trailing median17 sales

441.98

−134.83

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

30 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	366	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,235	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,132	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,485	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,069	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	251.30/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,832	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	245.83/cwt	245.50–246.00	1,893	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	255.25/cwt	255.00–255.50	1,754	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	276.08/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	326.11/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,715	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	322.35/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,860	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	337.26/cwt	329.00–348.00	1,565	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	281.34/cwt	267.00–287.50	1,764	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	304.39/cwt	294.00–311.00	1,720	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	309.31/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,633	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	268.72/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,817	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	248.12/cwt	239.50–250.00	2,072	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	364.50/cwt	357.00–372.00	1,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	349.76/cwt	339.00–357.00	1,605	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	356.17/cwt	351.00–366.00	1,528	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	324.31/cwt	321.00–331.00	1,998	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	253.53/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,114	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	345.95/cwt	332.00–352.00	1,847	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	340.85/cwt	335.00–348.00	2,001	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	268.73/cwt	259.00–275.00	2,069	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	285.80/cwt	282.50–302.00	1,949	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	259.49/cwt	257.50–260.50	2,276	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	283.83/cwt	277.00–288.25	2,046	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	254.63/cwt	247.00–258.00	2,371	119

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,511Last week 3,057Year 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
9	300–350	341	332.00	332.00
5	350–400	366	337.50	337.50
14	400–450	433	343.00	343.00
39	450–500	464	329.00–348.00	337.26
66	500–550	528	305.00–317.50	309.31
52	550–600	565	294.00–311.00	304.39
39	600–650	627	267.00–287.50	281.34
144	650–700	676	266.00–276.00	268.72
17	700–750	729	250.00–252.50	251.30
26	750–800	770	245.50–246.00	245.83
260	800–850	835	239.50–250.00	248.12
14	850–900	892	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	319.00	319.00
36	650–700	687	255.00–255.50	255.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	330.00	330.00
12	500–550	526	319.00–330.00	326.11
14	550–600	577	315.00–327.00	322.35
9	650–700	686	270.00–279.00	276.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	357.00–372.00	364.50
11	400–450	429	351.00–366.00	356.17
10	450–500	459	339.00–357.00	349.76
44	500–550	534	332.00–352.00	345.95
59	550–600	587	335.00–348.00	340.85
21	600–650	616	321.00–331.00	324.31
91	650–700	682	282.50–302.00	285.80
94	700–750	721	277.00–288.25	283.83
88	750–800	770	259.00–275.00	268.73
39	800–850	834	248.00–258.00	253.53
91	850–900	877	257.50–260.50	259.49
119	900–950	931	247.00–258.00	254.63

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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