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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 18

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Nov 4Nov 18Dec 2 →

Receipts

1,334 head

▲ 288 vs last sale 1,046▲ 327 vs year ago 1,007 · +32.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, A good run on preconditioned new crop calves with a smaller run of yearlings. Cattle sold steady through the day, With the rain there were plenty of buyers in the seats and it was a very active market, with the internet also 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 $312.25/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −136.15 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$312.25

119 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$27.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.23

vs NE average

+2.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	319.84	1,760	86
Medium and Large 1-2	552	292.48	1,614	33

One grade step is worth $27.35/cwt here — about $146 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 sale119 hd

312.25

—

NE average10 barns · 4,284 hd

321.48

−9.23

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+2.99

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−136.15

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

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,263	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	342.51/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,476	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	335.66/cwt	327.50–343.00	1,571	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	313.78/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,475	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	303.40/cwt	299.00–312.00	1,590	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	325.04/cwt	319.00–333.00	1,719	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	285.39/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,627	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	311.88/cwt	308.00–323.00	1,818	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	282.66/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,792	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,697	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	270.95/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,810	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	249.29/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,710	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	250.77/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,823	37
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	247.72/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,942	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	252.25/cwt	251.00–253.00	2,023	48
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	2,245	126
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	235.65/cwt	234.50–236.25	2,208	44
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,369	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	326.82/cwt	326.00–328.50	1,193	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	315.31/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,365	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	305.14/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,474	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	280.01/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,366	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	299.46/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,533	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	279.10/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,457	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,651	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	266.39/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,534	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	247.69/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,464	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	255.45/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,538	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,562	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	243.27/cwt	243.00–243.50	1,645	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	21
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,786	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,945	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	233.31/cwt	230.00–234.50	1,988	83

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 Nov 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,334Last week 1,046Year ago 1,007

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	550–600	554	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	326.00–328.50	326.82
37	400–450	433	315.00–317.00	315.31
69	450–500	483	299.00–311.00	305.14
24	500–550	512	291.00–307.00	299.46
34	550–600	576	263.00–271.00	266.39
35	600–650	602	250.00–261.00	255.45
54	650–700	676	243.00–243.50	243.27
21	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
12	800–850	814	239.00	239.00
83	850–900	852	230.00–234.50	233.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	488	276.00–285.00	280.01
16	500–550	522	274.00–284.00	279.10
16	550–600	591	247.00–248.00	247.69
10	600–650	643	243.00	243.00
6	800–850	808	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	470	304.00–320.00	313.78
13	500–550	524	299.00–312.00	303.40
20	550–600	570	280.00–291.00	285.39
11	600–650	638	266.00	266.00
33	650–700	686	246.00–251.00	249.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	348.00	348.00
3	350–400	363	1,225.00	1,225.00
16	400–450	431	340.00–345.00	342.51
62	450–500	468	327.50–343.00	335.66
52	500–550	529	319.00–333.00	325.04
34	550–600	583	308.00–323.00	311.88
47	600–650	634	277.00–293.00	282.66
35	650–700	668	261.00–280.00	270.95
37	700–750	727	240.00–253.00	250.77
15	750–800	784	240.00–250.00	247.72
48	800–850	802	251.00–253.00	252.25
126	850–900	897	250.25	250.25
44	900–950	937	234.50–236.25	235.65
55	950–1000	989	239.50	239.50

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.