Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned Feeder Cattle Sale. Compared to last week, feeders steers weighing less than 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher, while those weighing more than 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing less than 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, while those weighing more than 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Buyer demand was good for a moderate sale supply of fully preconditioned, long time weaned steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.38/cwt on 1,195 head.

Average price

$165.38

1,195 head · 730 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$5.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.29

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	619	167.70	1,037	110
Medium and Large 1	743	165.45	1,229	987
Large 1	725	162.07	1,176	98

One grade step is worth $5.63/cwt here — about −$138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,195 hd

165.38

—

NE average9 barns · 18,729 hd

178.67

−13.29

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

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	—	863	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,273	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	728	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,041	23
Heifers	Large 1	—	587	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	910	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	914	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	174.11/cwt	172.00–177.00	820	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	152.92/cwt	151.00–153.75	1,025	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	162.40/cwt	152.50–162.85	1,356	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	162.40/cwt	158.00–165.75	1,174	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	160.16/cwt	154.00–161.25	1,264	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	154.75/cwt	149.50–156.50	1,356	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	188.21/cwt	181.00–198.00	996	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	213.72/cwt	213.00–216.00	891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	192.39/cwt	190.00–198.00	922	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	170.15/cwt	166.25–171.75	1,152	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,276	10
Steers	Large 1	—	681	166.83/cwt	162.00–167.50	1,136	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	168.85/cwt	165.00–170.75	1,074	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	187.49/cwt	184.50–192.00	1,059	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	153.32/cwt	153.00–154.50	1,119	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	162.14/cwt	160.50–164.50	1,031	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	149.85/cwt	143.00–152.75	1,139	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	144.83/cwt	144.50–145.00	1,179	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	198.75/cwt	198.75–198.75	875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	146.38/cwt	146.25–146.75	1,339	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	153.40/cwt	151.25–155.00	1,022	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,326	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	171.04/cwt	167.00–178.00	989	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	180.79/cwt	172.00–185.00	946	39
Steers	Large 1	—	768	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,210	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	175.39/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,008	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	174.45/cwt	169.00–179.00	921	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	160.81/cwt	159.50–170.00	1,003	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	178.54/cwt	168.00–181.00	1,021	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	177.71/cwt	176.00–180.00	764	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	147.55/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,070	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	958	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	156.21/cwt	154.25–162.00	992	42

How this sale compares

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 Jan 24, 2022

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

Receipts 2,290Last week 3,857Year ago 2,402

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	863	147.50	147.50
23	—	728	143.00	143.00
25	—	587	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	486	188.00	188.00
10	—	880	145.00	145.00
92	—	760	143.00–152.75	149.85
96	—	814	144.50–145.00	144.83
222	—	666	151.25–155.00	153.40
60	—	905	146.50	146.50
70	—	528	169.00–179.00	174.45
109	—	624	159.50–170.00	160.81
52	—	572	168.00–181.00	178.54
12	—	430	176.00–180.00	177.71
35	—	725	147.00–148.00	147.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	172.00–177.00	174.11
30	—	670	151.00–153.75	152.92
29	—	578	167.00–178.00	171.04
39	—	523	172.00–185.00	180.79
4	—	424	171.00	171.00
42	—	635	154.25–162.00	156.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	504	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	835	152.50–162.85	162.40
209	—	723	158.00–165.75	162.40
144	—	789	154.00–161.25	160.16
168	—	876	149.50–156.50	154.75
26	—	529	181.00–198.00	188.21
8	—	417	213.00–216.00	213.72
25	—	479	190.00–198.00	192.39
99	—	677	166.25–171.75	170.15
58	—	636	165.00–170.75	168.85
86	—	565	184.50–192.00	187.49
32	—	915	146.25–146.75	146.38
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	681	162.00–167.50	166.83
50	—	768	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	730	153.00–154.50	153.32
43	—	636	160.50–164.50	162.14
8	—	440	198.75	198.75
38	—	575	169.00–179.00	175.39

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.

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