Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale in several weeks, so no comparison. However, a higher undertone was noted demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.48/cwt on 739 head.

Average price

$254.48

739 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$564

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

$0.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.65

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	739	254.49	1,881	653
Medium and Large 1-2	518	254.41	1,317	86

One grade step is worth $0.08/cwt here — about $564 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 sale739 hd

254.48

—

NE average9 barns · 7,934 hd

250.83

+3.65

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

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	295.48/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,590	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,760	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,830	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	843	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	307.06/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,293	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,492	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	249.79/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,724	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	308.42/cwt	300.50–317.50	1,459	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	287.84/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,805	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	268.14/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,392	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	903	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,023	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	294.28/cwt	292.00–296.00	1,415	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	648	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	287.02/cwt	282.00–293.00	1,676	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	243.76/cwt	236.00–246.00	2,238	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,054	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	956	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	309.58/cwt	308.00–312.50	1,192	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,892	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	247.97/cwt	245.00–252.50	2,056	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	271.69/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,448	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	255.68/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,478	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	207	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	743	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,657	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	301.72/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,424	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	274.61/cwt	266.00–283.00	1,219	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	265.09/cwt	259.00–275.00	1,264	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	270.46/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,636	26

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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Receipts 1,375Last week 3,251Year ago 3,609

First sale in several weeks, so no comparison. However, a higher undertone was noted demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	538	290.00–310.00	295.48
4	—	289	875.00	875.00
17	—	677	260.00	260.00
6	—	430	296.00	296.00
22	—	726	252.00	252.00
23	—	473	300.50–317.50	308.42
61	—	627	275.00–296.00	287.84
4	—	1,040	230.00	230.00
20	—	584	282.00–293.00	287.02
194	—	918	236.00–246.00	243.76
8	—	385	308.00–312.50	309.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	610	266.00–271.00	268.14
19	—	481	292.00–296.00	294.28
7	—	917	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	903	224.00	224.00
4	—	648	256.00	256.00
26	—	743	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	843	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	305	317.50	317.50
7	—	862	241.50	241.50
21	—	421	296.00–313.00	307.06
59	—	690	244.00–253.00	249.79
62	—	766	247.00	247.00
358	—	829	245.00–252.50	247.97
59	—	533	261.00–277.50	271.69
37	—	578	253.00–270.00	255.68
5	—	207	650.00	650.00
12	—	472	285.00–317.50	301.72
26	—	605	265.00–279.00	270.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	666	224.00	224.00
10	—	364	262.50	262.50
6	—	301	800.00	800.00
35	—	444	266.00–283.00	274.61
3	—	636	240.00	240.00
10	—	477	259.00–275.00	265.09

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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