Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, A lighter run of cattle because of a snowstorm that blew through over the weekend. Very good demand throughout the day, With the market trending steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.66/cwt on 814 head.

Average price

$189.66

814 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$9.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	190.24	1,335	764
Medium and Large 1-2	624	180.72	1,128	50

One grade step is worth $9.52/cwt here — about $207 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 sale814 hd

189.66

—

NE average10 barns · 22,487 hd

198.63

−8.98

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

25 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	—	675	175.37/cwt	173.50–177.50	1,184	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	183.26/cwt	175.00–187.00	1,041	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	179.09/cwt	171.00–183.75	1,116	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	175.64/cwt	168.00–177.50	1,388	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	207.34/cwt	200.00–211.00	831	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	183.06/cwt	181.00–193.00	659	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	203.64/cwt	199.50–210.50	1,279	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,109	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	182.06/cwt	181.75–182.25	1,495	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	200.42/cwt	190.00–205.50	1,160	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	217.59/cwt	215.50–226.00	890	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	191.24/cwt	191.00–192.00	924	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	212.59/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,014	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	188.40/cwt	188.00–190.00	895	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	190.58/cwt	185.50–192.50	1,269	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	843	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,429	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,286	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	177.43/cwt	167.00–182.50	1,361	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,150	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	188.75/cwt	185.50–192.00	1,210	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	188.21/cwt	186.00–195.00	990	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	184.14/cwt	181.00–185.00	819	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	848	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,253	20

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 30, 2023

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

Receipts 1,508Last week 3,355Year ago 2,828

Compared to last week, A lighter run of cattle because of a snowstorm that blew through over the weekend. Very good demand throughout the day, With the market trending steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	675	173.50–177.50	175.37
64	—	568	175.00–187.00	183.26
126	—	623	171.00–183.75	179.09
128	—	790	168.00–177.50	175.64
9	—	401	200.00–211.00	207.34
52	—	475	188.00–190.00	188.40
12	—	373	195.00	195.00
43	—	526	186.00–195.00	188.21
20	—	739	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	360	181.00–193.00	183.06
14	—	445	181.00–185.00	184.14
16	—	493	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	628	199.50–210.50	203.64
8	—	502	221.00	221.00
259	—	821	181.75–182.25	182.06
48	—	579	190.00–205.50	200.42
31	—	409	215.50–226.00	217.59
73	—	477	200.00–219.00	212.59
116	—	666	185.50–192.50	190.58
133	—	767	167.00–182.50	177.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	483	191.00–192.00	191.24
8	—	799	161.00	161.00
8	—	714	161.00	161.00
17	—	641	185.50–192.00	188.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	843	169.50	169.50

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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