Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2023-10-09

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,745 head
370 vs last sale 1,375 1,864 vs year ago 3,609 · 51.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in about a month a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was light to moderate. Offering comprised of bawling and short weaned calves (less than 45 days) with some back-grounded yearling feeders in the run. Most of the calves had received some sort of vaccination. Light crowd of buyers on the seat as most of the farmer/feeders in the area are busy getting fall crops out of the field. Internet buying was active.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.84/cwt on 1,057 head.
Average price
$239.84
1,057 head · 772 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.37
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514262.691,35118thin
Medium and Large 1785239.501,8811,011
Large 1464237.291,10228
One grade step is worth $25.41/cwt here — about $249 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 sale1,057 hd
239.84
NE average11 barns · 11,049 hd
254.20
−14.37
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1648241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5626
BullsMedium and Large 1505262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3234
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy217244.50/cwt244.50–244.505315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy642243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5606
HeifersLarge 1537243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,30512
HeifersMedium and Large 1482292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,40728
SteersMedium and Large 1448328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,46919
SteersMedium and Large 1924236.17/cwt230.00–238.252,182119
SteersMedium and Large 1653251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6398
SteersMedium and Large 1516298.66/cwt289.00–305.001,54149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729250.81/cwt250.00–251.001,82832
SteersMedium and Large 1460306.33/cwt297.50–320.001,40938
SteersMedium and Large 1823240.75/cwt240.75–240.751,9818
SteersMedium and Large 1616262.40/cwt259.50–265.001,61641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531267.66/cwt265.00–271.001,42111
HeifersMedium and Large 1605251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5196
SteersMedium and Large 1577269.44/cwt266.00–272.001,55596
SteersLarge 1440251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,10418
SteersLarge 1624235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,46618
SteersMedium and Large 1350349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,22211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566257.23/cwt256.00–258.001,45616
HeifersMedium and Large 1904233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,106259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2698248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7315
HeifersMedium and Large 1437273.92/cwt265.00–281.001,19722
HeifersMedium and Large 1382301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,15018
HeifersMedium and Large 1790247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,95131
HeifersMedium and Large 1857237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,031168
HeifersMedium and Large 1568253.93/cwt250.00–258.001,44265
SteersLarge 1529241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,27511
HeifersMedium and Large 1806232.05/cwt229.00–235.001,870354
HeifersLarge 1410233.00/cwt233.00–233.0095516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493265.65/cwt263.00–270.001,31013
HeifersMedium and Large 1541254.35/cwt254.00–256.001,37616
HeifersMedium and Large 1661236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,56033

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.