Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week another good run of feeder calves. With a steady market throughout the day. Grass steers a few dollars weaker with less of that weight range available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.92/cwt on 1,388 head.

Average price

$177.92

1,388 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$7.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	641	178.08	1,141	1,356
Medium and Large 1-2	589	170.90	1,007	32

One grade step is worth $7.18/cwt here — about $134 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 sale1,388 hd

177.92

—

NE average12 barns · 19,440 hd

186.26

−8.34

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

30 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	—	596	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,037	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	708	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,015	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	163.53/cwt	153.00–168.25	1,331	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	203.50/cwt	198.00–206.00	869	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	193.33/cwt	190.00–197.00	913	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	225.48/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,001	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	180.27/cwt	178.00–182.50	1,370	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	189.15/cwt	178.00–192.50	1,381	443
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,527	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,491	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	208.98/cwt	193.00–214.25	1,279	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	187.42/cwt	176.00–193.25	1,271	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	176.66/cwt	164.00–183.00	1,433	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	193.80/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,025	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	191.72/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,112	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	190.63/cwt	182.00–196.00	1,205	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	217.27/cwt	217.00–218.50	1,010	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	473	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	965	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	794	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,445	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	208.39/cwt	200.00–216.50	1,109	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,369	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	830	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	204.97/cwt	198.00–208.00	1,164	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	170.90/cwt	170.00–172.50	1,007	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	165.94/cwt	160.00–168.50	1,278	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	174.29/cwt	165.00–185.50	1,074	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	169.83/cwt	163.50–172.00	1,211	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	189.25/cwt	178.00–195.00	1,075	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	174.52/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,201	323

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 2,838Last week 3,172Year ago 3,857

Compared to last week another good run of feeder calves. With a steady market throughout the day. Grass steers a few dollars weaker with less of that weight range available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	596	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	369	192.00	192.00
17	—	537	189.00	189.00
23	—	814	153.00–168.25	163.53
30	—	427	198.00–206.00	203.50
88	—	472	190.00–197.00	193.33
106	—	770	160.00–168.50	165.94
123	—	616	165.00–185.50	174.29
281	—	713	163.50–172.00	169.83
298	—	568	178.00–195.00	189.25
323	—	688	165.00–176.00	174.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	589	170.00–172.50	170.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	444	225.00–227.00	225.48
45	—	760	178.00–182.50	180.27
443	—	730	178.00–192.50	189.15
49	—	921	165.75	165.75
60	—	863	172.75	172.75
239	—	612	193.00–214.25	208.98
87	—	678	176.00–193.25	187.42
97	—	811	164.00–183.00	176.66
17	—	465	217.00–218.50	217.27
48	—	532	200.00–216.50	208.39
82	—	568	198.00–208.00	204.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	529	190.00–196.00	193.80
12	—	580	183.00–195.00	191.72
14	—	632	182.00–196.00	190.63
14	—	840	163.00	163.00
18	—	407	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	473	204.00	204.00
46	—	794	182.00	182.00

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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