Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week a big run of feeder calves. With a stronger market throughout the day. Grass calves sharply higher. Demand was good for all weights and classes on Monday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.76/cwt on 1,541 head.

Average price

$192.76

1,541 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$327

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

$0.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.97

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	513	193.67	993	73
Medium and Large 1	685	192.72	1,320	1,468

One grade step is worth $0.95/cwt here — about −$327 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 sale1,541 hd

192.76

—

NE average10 barns · 19,700 hd

202.74

−9.97

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

33 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 1	—	426	198.51/cwt	193.00–208.00	846	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	198.31/cwt	195.00–206.00	714	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	190.73/cwt	182.00–201.00	1,011	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	197.21/cwt	188.00–202.00	925	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	165.57/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,263	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	165.41/cwt	165.00–165.50	1,179	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	239.28/cwt	236.00–244.00	866	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	180.99/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,006	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	203.43/cwt	185.00–216.00	985	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	194.36/cwt	185.50–197.00	1,320	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	222.08/cwt	214.50–228.00	1,122	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	188.30/cwt	186.00–190.00	992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	178.25/cwt	173.00–181.50	1,449	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,024	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	236.51/cwt	232.00–239.00	993	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	228.74/cwt	219.00–237.00	1,105	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	177.32/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,110	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	555	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,215	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	173.08/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,083	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	178.36/cwt	175.00–179.00	960	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	182.62/cwt	164.00–185.00	1,536	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	202.75/cwt	194.00–213.00	1,148	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,511	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	168.03/cwt	166.50–168.50	1,450	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	164.98/cwt	162.00–165.50	977	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	179.67/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,038	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	167.81/cwt	162.50–173.50	1,138	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	192.75/cwt	188.00–196.50	1,222	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	184.72/cwt	171.00–191.00	1,339	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	181.77/cwt	180.00–185.50	1,420	316

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 Jan 9, 2023

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

Receipts 3,172Last week 1,365Year ago 2,435

Compared to last week a big run of feeder calves. With a stronger market throughout the day. Grass calves sharply higher. Demand was good for all weights and classes on Monday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	426	193.00–208.00	198.51
44	—	360	195.00–206.00	198.31
96	—	530	182.00–201.00	190.73
99	—	469	188.00–202.00	197.21
114	—	763	160.00–171.00	165.57
131	—	713	165.00–165.50	165.41
257	—	626	165.00–177.00	173.08
222	—	841	164.00–185.00	182.62
156	—	578	173.00–186.00	179.67
168	—	678	162.50–173.50	167.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	632	162.00	162.00
54	—	538	175.00–179.00	178.36
20	—	592	162.00–165.50	164.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	362	236.00–244.00	239.28
224	—	679	185.50–197.00	194.36
23	—	505	214.50–228.00	222.08
104	—	813	173.00–181.50	178.25
10	—	344	253.00	253.00
37	—	420	232.00–239.00	236.51
56	—	483	219.00–237.00	228.74
192	—	566	194.00–213.00	202.75
25	—	913	165.50	165.50
34	—	863	166.50–168.50	168.03
110	—	634	188.00–196.50	192.75
297	—	725	171.00–191.00	184.72
316	—	781	180.00–185.50	181.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	556	176.00–184.00	180.99
30	—	484	185.00–216.00	203.43
6	—	321	220.00	220.00
7	—	527	186.00–190.00	188.30
9	—	626	176.00–178.00	177.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	555	219.00	219.00
11	—	540	240.00	240.00

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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