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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 25

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Mar 11Mar 25Apr 8 →

Receipts

1,707 head

▼ 289 vs last sale 1,996▼ 597 vs year ago 2,304 · −25.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended slightly lower with heifers trending steady. Demand was strong with a good number of buyers in the seats, with internet activity very active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.78/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −151.63 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$296.78

35 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.67

vs NE average

−13.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	296.78	1,739	35

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

296.78

—

NE average6 barns · 1,012 hd

332.45

−35.67

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−13.48

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−151.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $424.71, median $448.40 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	340.41/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,620	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,584	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	590	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,864	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	286.25/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,695	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	304.68/cwt	304.00–305.00	1,904	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	295.53/cwt	292.00–311.00	1,998	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,943	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	261.46/cwt	257.50–268.50	1,888	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	731	246.47/cwt	244.50–248.50	1,802	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	249.80/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,116	175
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	244.68/cwt	240.00–246.50	2,131	298
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	243.78/cwt	243.25–245.50	2,226	246
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	349.06/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,466	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	327.46/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,516	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,513	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	290.44/cwt	257.00–301.00	1,676	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	266.88/cwt	257.00–269.75	1,644	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	258.25/cwt	258.25–258.25	1,640	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	251.83/cwt	244.00–266.00	1,745	107
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	242.36/cwt	237.50–254.00	1,767	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,877	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	230.24/cwt	225.50–236.50	1,888	511

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,707Last week 1,996Year ago 2,304

Compared to two weeks ago, Steers trended slightly lower with heifers trending steady. Demand was strong with a good number of buyers in the seats, with internet activity very active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	635	258.25	258.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	420	340.00–359.00	349.06
11	450–500	463	320.00–334.00	327.46
28	550–600	577	257.00–301.00	290.44
37	600–650	616	257.00–269.75	266.88
107	650–700	693	244.00–266.00	251.83
37	700–750	729	237.50–254.00	242.36
3	750–800	763	246.00	246.00
511	800–850	820	225.50–236.50	230.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	571	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	731	244.50–248.50	246.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	677	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	331.00–350.00	340.41
3	500–550	528	300.00	300.00
21	550–600	592	285.00–290.00	286.25
15	600–650	625	304.00–305.00	304.68
91	650–700	676	292.00–311.00	295.53
38	700–750	722	257.50–268.50	261.46
175	800–850	847	241.00–250.00	249.80
298	850–900	871	240.00–246.50	244.68
246	900–950	913	243.25–245.50	243.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	590	316.00	316.00

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.