Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a month a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good from start to finish from in house and internet buyers. Offering comprised of weaned fall calves and backgrounded feeder cattle. Most of the feeder cattle sold in load lots. Next sale will be the Annual Customer Appreciation sale on August 22.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.01/cwt on 676 head.

Average price

$154.01

676 head · 785 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$152

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

$3.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.06

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	675	157.12	1,061	17thin
Medium and Large 1	788	153.93	1,213	659

One grade step is worth $3.19/cwt here — about −$152 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 sale676 hd

154.01

—

NE average4 barns · 3,789 hd

166.07

−12.06

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

31 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	—	756	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,168	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,116	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	893	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,252	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,374	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	189.40/cwt	181.00–193.00	883	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	564	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,145	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,240	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,228	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,013	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,307	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,323	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	208.61/cwt	205.50–214.00	1,024	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,248	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	221.07/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,008	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	159.03/cwt	156.60–163.60	1,388	256
Steers	Large 2-3	—	387	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	191.07/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,200	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,170	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,164	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,088	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,280	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	153.94/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,212	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	195.75/cwt	194.00–198.00	820	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	173.18/cwt	170.00–184.00	930	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,057	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,408	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	151.36/cwt	148.50–152.75	1,237	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,162	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	167.29/cwt	166.00–170.00	977	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	163.73/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,013	11

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 Jun 13, 2022

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

Receipts 1,381Last week 2,248Year ago 2,386

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	756	154.50	154.50
21	—	842	132.50	132.50
74	—	893	140.25	140.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	345	225.00	225.00
13	—	907	151.50	151.50
27	—	466	181.00–193.00	189.40
231	—	862	148.50	148.50
150	—	787	150.00–154.50	153.94
12	—	419	194.00–198.00	195.75
25	—	537	170.00–184.00	173.18
18	—	700	151.00	151.00
40	—	817	148.50–152.75	151.36
11	—	644	180.50	180.50
12	—	584	166.00–170.00	167.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	145.00	145.00
11	—	619	163.00–165.00	163.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	905	137.00	137.00
16	—	491	205.50–214.00	208.61
6	—	730	171.00	171.00
18	—	643	182.00	182.00
13	—	669	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	710	173.00	173.00
78	—	844	156.75	156.75
16	—	456	218.00–226.00	221.07
256	—	873	156.60–163.60	159.03
31	—	628	185.00–194.00	191.07
12	—	555	196.00	196.00
65	—	983	143.25	143.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,013	129.00	129.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	387	145.00	145.00

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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