Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2022-11-07

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 7
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
908 head
2,701 vs last sale 3,609 908 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Light run of fresh, weaned calves and feeder cattle in the run. Demand was moderate for the short run of calves with good demand for the feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $175.26/cwt on 524 head.
Average price
$175.26
524 head · 811 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,422
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$531
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.32
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1814175.651,430517
Medium and Large 2616146.008997thin
One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about $531 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 sale524 hd
175.26
NE average11 barns · 9,708 hd
186.58
−11.32
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

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full565149.00/cwt149.00–149.0084210
HeifersMedium and Large 1517180.00/cwt180.00–180.009319
HeifersMedium and Large 1476192.54/cwt188.50–199.0091610
HeifersMedium and Large 1761170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,29414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned477165.88/cwt161.00–171.007918
HeifersMedium and Large 1885177.38/cwt167.50–178.251,570394
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned595170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,01211
SteersMedium and Large 1954176.96/cwt174.25–179.001,688162
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned626171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0709
SteersMedium and Large 1783183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,43315
SteersMedium and Large 11,023174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,78560
SteersLarge 2706146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0315
SteersLarge 2616152.00/cwt152.00–152.009365
SteersMedium and Large 1-2891165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,47012
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned512180.00/cwt180.00–180.009226
HeifersMedium and Large 1644172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,10844
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned560159.95/cwt155.00–161.0089617
HeifersMedium and Large 2616146.00/cwt146.00–146.008997
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned437172.27/cwt170.00–175.0075311

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.