Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2024-04-22

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,704 head
▼ 1,885 vs last sale 3,589▼ 1,500 vs year ago 3,204 · −46.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Cattle trended higher through the sale. Good demand on the seats with an active internet presence.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $336.21/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −112.19 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.
Average price
$336.21
98 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs NE average
+26.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540339.401,83287
Medium and Large 1-2563311.001,75211thin
One grade step is worth $28.40/cwt here — about $80 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale98 hd
336.21
—
NE average5 barns · 949 hd
335.74
+0.47
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
+26.66
This barn, trailing median13 sales
448.40
−112.19
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
522485448411median 448.4003/0204/1306/0809/1411/02
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

34 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 13381,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1757
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412338.51/cwt332.50–347.501,39516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477346.90/cwt337.00–352.001,65517
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519347.14/cwt336.00–356.001,80245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy543334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,8148
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed551344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,89510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573324.77/cwt322.00–329.001,86124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,6946
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618321.16/cwt320.00–322.001,98533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy626265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6593
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630300.19/cwt300.00–300.501,89118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672292.98/cwt279.50–298.001,96958
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9003
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708282.70/cwt273.00–284.502,00254
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771246.27/cwt240.00–258.001,89916
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,99014
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883243.97/cwt239.00–245.252,154174
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2911223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0324
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920238.18/cwt227.50–244.002,191381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 13541,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1506
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2545
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439299.56/cwt297.00–311.001,31543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2738
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481293.45/cwt289.50–305.001,41142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537294.11/cwt287.00–296.001,57927
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4597
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565280.46/cwt272.00–284.001,58575
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630264.61/cwt262.00–270.001,66775
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675251.84/cwt239.00–258.501,70074
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716240.84/cwt237.50–242.251,72432
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759245.81/cwt232.25–248.501,866136
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817231.50/cwt226.00–232.001,89172
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,00465

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.