Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago cattle trended higher throughout the day. Steers under 550 lbs sold 14.00 to 18.00 higher, over 550 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifers under 650 lbs sold 12.00 to 14.00 higher with 550 lbs heifers 20.00 higher on the day. Over 650 lbs heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was good. Spring tillage is right around the corner so a large crowd of farmer/feeders were attendance filling pens before they get busy farming.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.87/cwt on 1,186 head.

Average price

$199.87

1,186 head · 768 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$9.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	770	200.44	1,544	1,114
Medium and Large 1-2	735	190.99	1,404	72

One grade step is worth $9.45/cwt here — about $140 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 sale1,186 hd

199.87

—

NE average8 barns · 8,565 hd

205.65

−5.78

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

34 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	—	488	215.47/cwt	209.00–222.00	1,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,021	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	195.45/cwt	189.00–201.00	1,190	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	202.25/cwt	201.00–203.00	947	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,169	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	203.78/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,086	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	222.45/cwt	209.00–223.50	1,364	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	202.89/cwt	199.50–204.50	1,384	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,224	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	246.52/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,629	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	175.89/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,543	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	202.70/cwt	200.00–205.50	1,291	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	263.38/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,067	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	235.62/cwt	230.00–238.50	1,256	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	194.79/cwt	193.50–195.00	1,609	346
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	260.58/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,008	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	213.11/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,153	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	208.68/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,192	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,633	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,329	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	724	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,245	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	206.05/cwt	193.50–208.10	1,533	341
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	183.78/cwt	182.50–184.50	1,145	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	175.10/cwt	174.00–176.00	1,434	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	217.38/cwt	215.00–220.50	1,237	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	184.55/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,462	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,296	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	174.41/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,366	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	168.50/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,434	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	181.30/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,224	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	177.10/cwt	173.25–179.50	1,266	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	812	173.38/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,408	30

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 Mar 20, 2023

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

Receipts 2,304Last week 1,312Year ago 1,678

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	488	209.00–222.00	215.47
15	—	442	231.00	231.00
17	—	609	189.00–201.00	195.45
26	—	541	212.00–217.00	213.11
28	—	571	206.00–209.00	208.68
148	—	819	174.00–176.00	175.10
242	—	783	168.00–178.00	174.41
108	—	851	165.00–170.00	168.50
109	—	675	176.00–185.00	181.30
204	—	715	173.25–179.50	177.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	201.00–203.00	202.25
9	—	713	164.00	164.00
18	—	533	203.00–204.00	203.78
23	—	623	182.50–184.50	183.78
5	—	795	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	613	209.00–223.50	222.45
21	—	682	199.50–204.50	202.89
11	—	475	240.00–254.00	246.52
107	—	864	188.50	188.50
15	—	405	259.00–265.00	263.38
38	—	533	230.00–238.50	235.62
346	—	826	193.50–195.00	194.79
8	—	387	255.00–264.00	260.58
91	—	906	180.25	180.25
341	—	744	193.50–208.10	206.05
26	—	569	215.00–220.50	217.38
33	—	792	180.00–186.50	184.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	818	176.50	176.50
8	—	583	210.00	210.00
26	—	877	175.00–176.00	175.89
28	—	637	200.00–205.50	202.70
5	—	707	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	724	172.00	172.00
30	—	812	170.00–176.00	173.38

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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