Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good from start to finish with a large crowd of buyers on hand. All calves were longtime weaned with at least two rounds of shots. Next special calf and feeder sale will be on Dec 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $190.84/cwt on 1,778 head.

Average price

$190.84

1,778 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,325

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$231

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

$5.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.68

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	564	195.97	1,106	94
Medium and Large 1	702	190.56	1,337	1,684

One grade step is worth $5.41/cwt here — about −$231 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 sale1,778 hd

190.84

—

NE average8 barns · 13,971 hd

208.52

−17.68

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

52 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 1Fancy	—	544	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,202	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	945	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,632	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,774	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	183.52/cwt	177.00–187.75	1,332	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	176.38/cwt	172.00–181.00	1,356	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	209.85/cwt	197.00–217.00	1,110	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	185.14/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,176	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	196.68/cwt	189.50–206.00	1,233	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	202.88/cwt	190.00–209.50	1,169	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	797	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,435	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	200.66/cwt	200.00–202.00	879	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	214.66/cwt	207.00–224.00	906	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	167.75/cwt	167.75–167.75	1,481	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	185.63/cwt	184.75–186.00	1,654	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	208.78/cwt	200.00–211.00	950	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	217.50/cwt	210.50–225.00	1,042	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	476	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,073	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	935	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,229	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	161.95/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,038	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	881	167.52/cwt	167.52–167.52	1,476	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	984	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,067	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,210	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	168.44/cwt	162.50–173.00	1,130	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	179.50/cwt	176.00–181.00	960	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	178.04/cwt	173.00–189.00	1,029	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	197.26/cwt	187.00–203.00	943	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	171.98/cwt	171.50–172.50	1,347	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	164.94/cwt	162.00–175.00	957	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	163.41/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,128	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	196.80/cwt	193.00–204.00	872	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	686	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	687	178.71/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,228	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,122	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,694	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	171.51/cwt	165.00–177.50	1,077	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	192.48/cwt	181.00–199.50	1,007	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	570	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,046	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	531	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	172.92/cwt	168.50–177.75	1,430	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	188.28/cwt	180.00–198.00	1,280	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,578	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,148	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	496	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	982	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,193	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	739	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,323	41

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 Dec 5, 2022

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

Receipts 3,275Last week 1,712Year ago 2,601

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	544	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	242.00	242.00
23	—	635	180.00–186.50	185.14
6	—	378	225.00	225.00
12	—	438	200.00–202.00	200.66
14	—	883	167.75	167.75
30	—	455	200.00–211.00	208.78
5	—	723	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	945	172.75	172.75
33	—	797	180.00	180.00
19	—	687	175.00–182.00	178.71
15	—	1,122	151.00	151.00
14	—	638	180.00	180.00
8	—	496	198.00	198.00
41	—	739	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,002	177.00	177.00
210	—	726	177.00–187.75	183.52
98	—	769	172.00–181.00	176.38
62	—	529	197.00–217.00	209.85
306	—	627	189.50–206.00	196.68
213	—	576	190.00–209.50	202.88
50	—	422	207.00–224.00	214.66
199	—	891	184.75–186.00	185.63
45	—	479	210.50–225.00	217.50
125	—	827	168.50–177.75	172.92
124	—	680	180.00–198.00	188.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	476	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	362	213.00	213.00
9	—	716	169.00	169.00
302	—	671	162.50–173.00	168.44
115	—	578	173.00–189.00	178.04
101	—	478	187.00–203.00	197.26
101	—	783	171.50–172.50	171.98
14	—	443	193.00–204.00	196.80
228	—	628	165.00–177.50	171.51
174	—	523	181.00–199.50	192.48
20	—	1,020	154.75	154.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	935	160.00	160.00
27	—	745	165.00	165.00
21	—	641	160.00–166.00	161.95
40	—	881	167.52	167.52
19	—	582	169.00	169.00
7	—	1,067	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	439	171.00	171.00
5	—	497	188.00	188.00
22	—	535	176.00–181.00	179.50
18	—	580	162.00–175.00	164.94
12	—	690	163.00–164.00	163.41
10	—	381	180.00	180.00
6	—	330	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	570	183.50	183.50
6	—	531	203.00	203.00

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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