Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good for load lots with moderate to good demand for packages. Mostly order buyers at the sale on Monday as the usually large crowd of farmer/feeders are busy with planting corn and soybeans. Wide variety of weights, type and condition for Monday's special calf and feeder sale. The next special Monday sale will be May 16.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.77/cwt on 784 head.

Average price

$146.77

784 head · 783 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$382

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

$24.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.95

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	452	170.85	772	13thin
Medium and Large 1	789	146.37	1,154	771

One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about −$382 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 sale784 hd

146.77

—

NE average6 barns · 5,621 hd

160.72

−13.95

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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	967	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	689	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	985	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	788	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,087	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	500	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	168.74/cwt	168.00–169.00	785	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	177.01/cwt	175.00–177.50	936	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	173.70/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,070	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	147.76/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,218	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,149	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	958	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,016	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	152.65/cwt	149.50–154.50	1,397	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,161	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	170.04/cwt	167.25–175.00	1,114	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	180.25/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,044	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	190.94/cwt	187.00–194.00	981	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,212	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	160.16/cwt	154.75–163.25	1,003	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	141.05/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,223	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	149.96/cwt	147.75–151.00	1,329	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,463	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	653	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,048	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	827	154.66/cwt	154.00–155.50	1,279	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	165.80/cwt	164.25–166.50	942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	813	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,005	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,427	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	145.07/cwt	142.25–146.50	1,063	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	470	174.43/cwt	174.00–175.00	820	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	141.66/cwt	141.00–141.75	1,203	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	153.37/cwt	147.50–168.50	1,032	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	145.34/cwt	144.50–146.50	1,097	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,234	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	865	7

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 Apr 25, 2022

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

Receipts 1,549Last week 3,860Year ago 1,597

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	967	131.00	131.00
6	—	689	143.00	143.00
63	—	788	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	465	168.00–169.00	168.74
39	—	529	175.00–177.50	177.01
25	—	626	154.75–163.25	160.16
400	—	867	134.00–144.00	141.05
10	—	568	164.25–166.50	165.80
24	—	733	142.25–146.50	145.07
81	—	849	141.00–141.75	141.66
62	—	673	147.50–168.50	153.37
12	—	755	144.50–146.50	145.34
5	—	931	132.50	132.50
7	—	448	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	487	167.00	167.00
5	—	396	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	470	174.00–175.00	174.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	214.00	214.00
8	—	616	170.00–180.00	173.70
16	—	707	162.50	162.50
226	—	915	149.50–154.50	152.65
28	—	655	167.25–175.00	170.04
9	—	438	198.00	198.00
11	—	579	179.00–181.00	180.25
50	—	886	147.75–151.00	149.96
116	—	953	153.50	153.50
4	—	396	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	824	146.00–149.00	147.76
13	—	790	147.00	147.00
5	—	879	144.00	144.00
9	—	514	187.00–194.00	190.94
5	—	748	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	489	196.00	196.00
33	—	601	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	653	160.50	160.50
16	—	827	154.00–155.50	154.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,005	142.00	142.00

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.

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