Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 900 lbs sold 8.00 higher and heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.43/cwt on 913 head.

Average price

$193.43

913 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$2.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.86

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	793	193.64	1,535	827
Medium and Large 1-2	657	191.50	1,259	86

One grade step is worth $2.14/cwt here — about $277 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 sale913 hd

193.43

—

NE average6 barns · 3,575 hd

210.30

−16.86

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,319	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	892	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,239	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,214	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	219.18/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,265	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	198.35/cwt	197.00–203.00	1,271	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	203.16/cwt	192.00–213.00	1,386	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	193.67/cwt	192.50–194.25	1,733	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	183.04/cwt	182.25–185.50	1,783	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	198.75/cwt	198.75–198.75	1,848	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,041	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	237.01/cwt	235.50–240.00	1,460	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	202.65/cwt	199.50–204.50	1,530	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,473	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,231	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,212	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	176.06/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,375	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,819	60
Steers	Large 2-3	—	589	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	262.57/cwt	260.00–266.50	1,336	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,314	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,417	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,079	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,867	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	212.74/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,323	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	658	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,303	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	182.83/cwt	176.25–188.50	1,585	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	196.13/cwt	194.00–196.25	1,461	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,010	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,140	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	184.31/cwt	182.00–184.50	1,666	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	190.30/cwt	190.00–190.75	1,578	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	187.17/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,232	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	235.51/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,192	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	226.30/cwt	224.50–228.50	1,308	33

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 May 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,940Last week 3,204Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	673	196.00	196.00
5	—	388	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	512	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	535	227.00	227.00
27	—	577	219.00–220.00	219.18
22	—	641	197.00–203.00	198.35
11	—	658	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	589	209.00	209.00
7	—	638	190.00	190.00
12	—	781	174.00–179.00	176.06
25	—	714	184.00	184.00
6	—	340	234.00	234.00
23	—	658	181.00–191.00	187.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	683	207.50	207.50
236	—	867	176.25–188.50	182.83
114	—	745	194.00–196.25	196.13
15	—	414	244.00	244.00
9	—	483	236.00	236.00
149	—	904	182.00–184.50	184.31
165	—	829	190.00–190.75	190.30
6	—	603	223.50	223.50
10	—	506	235.00–236.00	235.51
33	—	578	224.50–228.50	226.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	682	192.00–213.00	203.16
7	—	972	165.00	165.00
8	—	418	249.00	249.00
26	—	722	204.00	204.00
13	—	622	210.00–217.00	212.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	895	192.50–194.25	193.67
124	—	974	182.25–185.50	183.04
311	—	930	198.75	198.75
43	—	616	235.50–240.00	237.01
27	—	755	199.50–204.50	202.65
60	—	1,016	179.00	179.00
31	—	509	260.00–266.50	262.57
6	—	553	250.00	250.00
18	—	1,079	173.00	173.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	591	239.00	239.00

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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