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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, May 20

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← May 6May 20Jun 10 →

Receipts

652 head

▼ 904 vs last sale 1,556▼ 1,288 vs year ago 1,940 · −66.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, had a short run of cattle consisting of mostly yearlings. Cattle trended higher through the day. With plenty of buyers in the seats and an active internet.

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 $322.22/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −126.19 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$322.22

60 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$30.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

vs NE average

+8.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	347.09	1,859	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	316.63	1,849	49

One grade step is worth $30.46/cwt here — about $10 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 sale60 hd

322.22

—

NE average4 barns · 123 hd

316.94

+5.28

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+8.12

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−126.19

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

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

26 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,151	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	376.32/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,573	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,651	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,790	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	317.16/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,719	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,910	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	316.53/cwt	314.00–318.00	1,874	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	292.42/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,854	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	290.69/cwt	282.00–294.50	1,916	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,813	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,814	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,997	27
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,016	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,216	70
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	227.49/cwt	225.50–227.75	2,227	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	289	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,139	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,194	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	346.89/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,256	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,539	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	270.25/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,686	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,780	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	241.97/cwt	239.50–243.25	1,747	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,794	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	230.34/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,944	158
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,966	3

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 May 20, 2024

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

Receipts 652Last week 1,556Year ago 1,940

Compared to two weeks ago, had a short run of cattle consisting of mostly yearlings. Cattle trended higher through the day. With plenty of buyers in the seats and an active internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	542	313.00–324.00	317.16
41	550–600	592	314.00–318.00	316.53
8	650–700	692	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	286	402.50	402.50
4	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
11	400–450	418	367.50–387.50	376.32
10	450–500	482	342.50	342.50
5	500–550	500	358.00	358.00
6	550–600	565	338.00	338.00
39	600–650	634	282.00–297.00	292.42
13	650–700	659	282.00–294.50	290.69
7	700–750	739	245.50	245.50
27	800–850	802	249.00	249.00
4	850–900	888	227.00	227.00
70	900–950	931	238.00	238.00
68	950–1000	979	225.50–227.75	227.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	289	394.00	394.00
6	300–350	345	346.00	346.00
15	350–400	362	335.00–355.00	346.89
7	450–500	487	316.00	316.00
28	600–650	624	265.00–275.00	270.25
5	650–700	664	268.00	268.00
21	700–750	722	239.50–243.25	241.97
28	750–800	761	235.75	235.75
158	800–850	844	227.00–235.00	230.34
3	900–950	923	213.00	213.00

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.