Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned Feeder Cattle Sale. Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 800 lbs sold 9.00 to 11.00 higher, while those more than 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers overall sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Buyer demand was good for a heavy 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 $172.50/cwt on 1,322 head.

Average price

$172.50

1,322 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$11.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.85

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	704	173.93	1,224	1,152
Medium and Large 1-2	688	162.81	1,119	170

One grade step is worth $11.12/cwt here — about $105 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 sale1,322 hd

172.50

—

NE average10 barns · 22,057 hd

177.35

−4.85

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

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	147.85/cwt	145.00–149.50	1,236	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	156.39/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,123	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,103	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,423	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	947	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,274	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	199.53/cwt	199.00–203.00	784	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	191.21/cwt	189.00–194.00	813	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	149.75/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,168	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	189.21/cwt	185.50–191.00	1,101	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	208.07/cwt	206.00–215.00	972	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	155.86/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,258	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	168.61/cwt	160.50–170.50	1,248	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	169.92/cwt	162.00–173.00	1,290	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	195.86/cwt	193.50–198.00	956	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	227.99/cwt	218.00–237.00	755	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,356	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	180.60/cwt	170.00–189.00	1,131	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	174.81/cwt	172.00–176.50	986	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	213.11/cwt	201.00–221.00	901	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	162.19/cwt	151.75–169.00	1,152	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	180.84/cwt	173.50–183.00	1,190	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	165.31/cwt	163.00–168.50	1,023	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	198.57/cwt	194.50–204.50	1,064	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	165.01/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,097	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	154.50/cwt	150.00–158.50	1,205	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	179.21/cwt	177.00–181.00	869	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	149.14/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,312	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	148.09/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,242	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	806	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	146.65/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,065	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	182.41/cwt	179.00–185.50	876	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	172.47/cwt	167.00–184.00	988	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	161.54/cwt	154.00–168.50	940	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	148.96/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,005	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	164.47/cwt	163.00–169.25	1,010	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	166.63/cwt	161.00–172.50	875	37

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 31, 2022

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

Receipts 2,828Last week 2,290Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	836	145.00–149.50	147.85
17	—	718	155.00–158.00	156.39
11	—	488	193.50–198.00	195.86
10	—	564	172.00–176.50	174.81
25	—	619	163.00–168.50	165.31
55	—	665	161.00–170.00	165.01
33	—	780	150.00–158.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	582	185.50–191.00	189.21
49	—	467	206.00–215.00	208.07
45	—	807	151.00–164.00	155.86
100	—	740	160.50–170.50	168.61
156	—	759	162.00–173.00	169.92
12	—	331	218.00–237.00	227.99
53	—	924	146.75	146.75
174	—	626	170.00–189.00	180.60
43	—	423	201.00–221.00	213.11
135	—	658	173.50–183.00	180.84
103	—	536	194.50–204.50	198.57
238	—	880	147.00–150.00	149.14
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,103	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	177.00	177.00
20	—	861	148.00	148.00
23	—	393	199.00–203.00	199.53
46	—	425	189.00–194.00	191.21
60	—	780	140.00–156.00	149.75
370	—	710	151.75–169.00	162.19
89	—	839	143.00–150.00	148.09
63	—	480	179.00–185.50	182.41
81	—	573	167.00–184.00	172.47
157	—	614	163.00–169.25	164.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	485	177.00–181.00	179.21
31	—	443	182.00	182.00
99	—	726	145.00–149.00	146.65
11	—	623	160.50	160.50
118	—	582	154.00–168.50	161.54
18	—	675	147.00–151.50	148.96
37	—	525	161.00–172.50	166.63

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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