Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady, heifers sold steady to higher with 600-650 lb trading $5.00-10.00 higher than last week. Demand was good throughout the day, with a good supply of cattle and a good supply of buyers on hand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.62/cwt on 1,817 head.

Average price

$191.62

1,817 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$2.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.22

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	191.67	1,355	1,778
Medium and Large 1-2	560	189.56	1,061	39

One grade step is worth $2.11/cwt here — about $294 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 sale1,817 hd

191.62

—

NE average6 barns · 7,924 hd

191.84

−0.22

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

26 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	—	719	167.85/cwt	158.00–170.00	1,207	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	194.54/cwt	180.00–198.00	905	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	196.98/cwt	189.00–206.00	837	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	190.82/cwt	183.00–200.00	1,034	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	184.01/cwt	171.00–190.00	1,040	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	167.03/cwt	163.75–174.00	1,283	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	212.10/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,116	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	178.75/cwt	168.25–183.50	1,446	430
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	187.78/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,100	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	175.97/cwt	160.00–179.75	1,385	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	207.97/cwt	199.00–219.50	1,208	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	222.11/cwt	217.50–231.00	1,044	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	171.87/cwt	161.00–173.50	1,559	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	174.08/cwt	162.75–177.50	1,539	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	522	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,096	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	175.79/cwt	169.00–177.25	1,208	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	529	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,288	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	213.97/cwt	205.00–223.00	841	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	192.75/cwt	192.75–192.75	1,397	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	190.54/cwt	188.00–195.50	1,290	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	876	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,419	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	201.88/cwt	195.50–213.50	1,268	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	196.44/cwt	193.00–200.00	900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	210.09/cwt	206.00–211.00	899	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	184.53/cwt	183.00–186.00	960	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	183.43/cwt	174.00–185.50	1,115	271

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 23, 2023

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

Receipts 3,355Last week 2,838Year ago 2,290

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	719	158.00–170.00	167.85
67	—	465	180.00–198.00	194.54
78	—	425	189.00–206.00	196.98
111	—	542	183.00–200.00	190.82
135	—	565	171.00–190.00	184.01
141	—	768	163.75–174.00	167.03
447	—	687	169.00–177.25	175.79
271	—	608	174.00–185.50	183.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	522	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	520	183.00–186.00	184.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	526	200.00–220.00	212.10
430	—	809	168.25–183.50	178.75
92	—	787	160.00–179.75	175.97
93	—	581	199.00–219.50	207.97
48	—	470	217.50–231.00	222.11
110	—	907	161.00–173.50	171.87
139	—	884	162.75–177.50	174.08
16	—	393	205.00–223.00	213.97
50	—	725	192.75	192.75
222	—	677	188.00–195.50	190.54
344	—	628	195.50–213.50	201.88
23	—	428	206.00–211.00	210.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	586	185.00–193.00	187.78
8	—	458	193.00–200.00	196.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	529	243.50	243.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	876	162.00	162.00

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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