Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer and heifer calves sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Yearling weight steers sold unevenly steady. No comparison from two weeks ago on yearling heifers. Moderate demand on cold December day. Wintery weather along with slick roads blew in the trade area midday and buyers pulled back on their buy orders. Most of the lower price ranges came after midday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.49/cwt on 1,467 head.

Average price

$185.49

1,467 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$3.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	185.86	1,281	1,328
Medium and Large 1-2	550	182.00	1,002	139

One grade step is worth $3.86/cwt here — about $280 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 sale1,467 hd

185.49

—

NE average5 barns · 6,960 hd

192.22

−6.73

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

48 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	—	575	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,156	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	742	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,106	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	441	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	202.93/cwt	196.00–215.00	846	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	198.11/cwt	192.00–206.50	1,046	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	172.52/cwt	167.85–175.25	1,492	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	198.48/cwt	187.00–206.50	1,131	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	466	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,007	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	197.82/cwt	197.00–198.50	926	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	209.82/cwt	209.50–210.00	787	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	169.86/cwt	165.50–175.50	1,152	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	181.72/cwt	171.75–182.50	1,505	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	864	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	191.46/cwt	180.00–201.50	1,187	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	180.83/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,391	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	204.70/cwt	194.50–210.50	1,001	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	177.11/cwt	169.00–183.00	1,011	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,044	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	791	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,305	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	716	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,235	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	478	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	176.79/cwt	169.00–178.50	1,282	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	189.46/cwt	181.50–193.50	1,264	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	189.30/cwt	185.00–195.00	806	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,439	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	167.86/cwt	161.00–170.75	1,153	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	172.83/cwt	165.00–182.00	994	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	467	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	874	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,396	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	170.23/cwt	161.25–175.75	1,316	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	181.95/cwt	175.50–189.50	959	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	170.01/cwt	164.00–174.50	1,068	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	160.63/cwt	158.00–166.25	1,184	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	184.26/cwt	181.00–189.00	888	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	196.09/cwt	192.00–205.00	759	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	873	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	175.33/cwt	171.00–180.00	824	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	945	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,546	124

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 3,086Last week 3,275Year ago 2,936

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	575	166.00	166.00
13	—	620	155.00	155.00
26	—	688	168.00	168.00
5	—	742	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	216.00	216.00
46	—	426	185.00–195.00	189.30
46	—	822	175.00	175.00
52	—	687	161.00–170.75	167.86
94	—	575	165.00–182.00	172.83
172	—	773	161.25–175.75	170.23
176	—	527	175.50–189.50	181.95
358	—	628	164.00–174.50	170.01
38	—	737	158.00–166.25	160.63
7	—	357	200.00	200.00
44	—	482	181.00–189.00	184.26
124	—	881	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	467	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	414	186.00	186.00
18	—	387	192.00–205.00	196.09
19	—	500	174.50	174.50
35	—	470	171.00–180.00	175.33
59	—	580	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	417	196.00–215.00	202.93
48	—	528	192.00–206.50	198.11
54	—	865	167.85–175.25	172.52
113	—	570	187.00–206.50	198.48
5	—	1,090	152.00	152.00
134	—	828	171.75–182.50	181.72
10	—	905	171.75	171.75
13	—	384	225.00	225.00
208	—	620	180.00–201.50	191.46
261	—	769	174.00–184.00	180.83
26	—	489	194.50–210.50	204.70
160	—	725	169.00–178.50	176.79
166	—	667	181.50–193.50	189.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	466	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	468	197.00–198.50	197.82
14	—	375	209.50–210.00	209.82
26	—	678	165.50–175.50	169.86
71	—	571	169.00–183.00	177.11
5	—	339	205.00	205.00
8	—	538	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	629	166.00	166.00
8	—	791	165.00	165.00
15	—	716	172.50	172.50
21	—	874	159.75	159.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	186.00	186.00

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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