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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 2

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 16 →

Receipts

2,029 head

▲ 695 vs last sale 1,334▲ 176 vs year ago 1,853 · +9.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle sold higher throughout the day. with steers from 400-700 up 10.00-20.00 and heifers from 450-650 10.00-20.00 higher. A good run of new crop calves at the market with a handful of yearlings sprinkled in. Demand was good with a lot of buyers in the seats.

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 $330.17/cwt on 228 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −118.24 against this barn's trailing median of $448.40.

Average price

$330.17

228 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$46

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

$20.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.46

vs NE average

+4.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	334.99	1,793	175
Medium and Large 1-2	585	314.26	1,838	53

One grade step is worth $20.73/cwt here — about −$46 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale228 hd

330.17

—

NE average4 barns · 2,076 hd

345.63

−15.46

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+4.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

448.40

−118.24

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

39 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,429	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	361.09/cwt	359.00–364.00	1,564	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	350.10/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,673	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	339.00/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,651	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	340.02/cwt	330.00–348.00	1,772	110
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,747	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	326.47/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,825	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	313.30/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,845	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	301.80/cwt	293.00–309.00	1,889	139
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,839	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	289.61/cwt	279.00–296.50	1,975	176
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	281.34/cwt	270.50–286.00	2,014	176
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,881	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	262.68/cwt	256.00–267.00	2,075	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	253.37/cwt	253.00–253.50	2,189	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	250.06/cwt	250.00–250.25	2,311	89
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,033	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,428	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,219	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,267	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	320.43/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,179	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	289.75/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,197	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	326.26/cwt	315.00–331.00	1,416	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	300.68/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,377	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	324.56/cwt	311.00–328.00	1,561	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	305.69/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,553	84
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	291.19/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,505	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	287.96/cwt	282.00–301.00	1,641	127
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	273.99/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,608	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	272.76/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,707	147
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	268.27/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,779	110
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	667	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,954	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,738	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	258.11/cwt	255.50–262.00	1,874	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,911	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	246.87/cwt	246.00–248.25	2,034	121
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	996	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,231	37
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,047	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	2,301	22

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 2,029Last week 1,334Year ago 1,853

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	667	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	357.50	357.50
7	350–400	360	352.00	352.00
16	400–450	434	315.00–331.00	326.26
42	450–500	481	311.00–328.00	324.56
84	500–550	508	297.00–317.00	305.69
127	550–600	570	282.00–301.00	287.96
147	600–650	626	266.00–280.00	272.76
110	650–700	663	261.00–280.00	268.27
54	700–750	726	255.50–262.00	258.11
9	750–800	783	244.00	244.00
121	800–850	824	246.00–248.25	246.87
37	950–1000	996	224.00	224.00
22	1000–1050	1,047	219.75	219.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	320.00–321.00	320.43
11	400–450	413	284.00–300.00	289.75
24	450–500	458	298.00–306.00	300.68
23	500–550	517	280.00–296.00	291.19
44	550–600	587	266.00–279.00	273.99
24	650–700	687	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	341.00	341.00
12	450–500	487	335.00–343.00	339.00
4	500–550	536	326.00	326.00
49	550–600	589	312.00–314.00	313.30
4	600–650	643	286.00	286.00
5	750–800	774	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	1,175.00	1,175.00
9	350–400	369	1,300.00	1,300.00
14	400–450	433	359.00–364.00	361.09
33	450–500	478	345.00–365.00	350.10
110	500–550	521	330.00–348.00	340.02
65	550–600	559	317.00–336.00	326.47
139	600–650	626	293.00–309.00	301.80
176	650–700	682	279.00–296.50	289.61
176	700–750	716	270.50–286.00	281.34
42	750–800	790	256.00–267.00	262.68
19	850–900	864	253.00–253.50	253.37
89	900–950	924	250.00–250.25	250.06
24	1000–1050	1,033	235.00	235.00

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.