Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2023-10-23

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,145 head
600 vs last sale 1,745 2,464 vs year ago 3,609 · 68.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago for a adequate market comparison. However, a lower undertone was noted. Sharp losses on the CME cattle board and light buyer attendance made a softer market this week. Many farmers/feeders continue to pull crops out of the field and will start procuring cattle at a later date.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.25/cwt on 520 head.
Average price
$249.25
520 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$347
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
47.61
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1742249.891,854431
Medium and Large 1-2612246.141,50789
One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $347 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 sale520 hd
249.25
NE average12 barns · 17,736 hd
296.86
−47.61
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

30 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy900183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6477
HeifersMedium and Large 1416273.53/cwt261.00–279.001,13813
HeifersMedium and Large 1517255.54/cwt248.00–262.001,32129
HeifersMedium and Large 1560244.25/cwt239.00–249.001,36837
HeifersMedium and Large 1474266.33/cwt262.00–270.001,26239
HeifersMedium and Large 1613239.77/cwt239.00–240.001,47045
SteersMedium and Large 1562276.97/cwt272.00–283.001,55751
SteersMedium and Large 1363280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0165
SteersMedium and Large 1963218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,0998
SteersMedium and Large 1773250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9339
SteersMedium and Large 1409285.65/cwt285.00–286.001,16812
SteersMedium and Large 1507274.60/cwt271.00–276.251,39219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,63220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574252.80/cwt250.00–265.001,45121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,53512
SteersMedium and Large 1817233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,90420
SteersMedium and Large 1481284.80/cwt282.50–290.001,37042
HeifersMedium and Large 1385259.65/cwt251.00–264.001,00010
HeifersMedium and Large 1835228.52/cwt220.00–230.501,908146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2542261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,41515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2652241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,57115
SteersMedium and Large 1625260.48/cwt256.00–266.001,62868
SteersMedium and Large 1919229.47/cwt215.00–232.752,109197
HeifersMedium and Large 1863229.92/cwt228.00–231.001,984103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1479
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2860218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,87520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577233.19/cwt230.00–236.001,34622
HeifersMedium and Large 1680235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5985
HeifersMedium and Large 1739216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5966

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.