Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2023-11-27

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 27
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,043 head
36 vs last sale 1,007 669 vs year ago 1,712 · 39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was three weeks ago a market comparison is not applicable. However, with sharp losses on the CME cattle boards since that time Monday's market displayed a sharply lower undertone. Demand was moderate, instances good for light weight calves with mostly light demand for feeder cattle. Many buyers seemed not to interested in procuring cattle at they appeared to be looking at cell phones more than looking at cattle coming through the sale. Sale comprised of longtime weaned calves and feeder cattle. Bulk of the sale comprised of packages with very few load lots in the run. Next week December 4, will be a special weaned calf and feeder sale expecting 1500 head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.92/cwt on 518 head.
Average price
$225.92
518 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$497
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.79
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2471243.911,14917thin
Medium and Large 1730225.311,645501
One grade step is worth $18.60/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale518 hd
225.92
NE average5 barns · 4,757 hd
234.72
−8.79
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

27 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 1Fleshy782195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5257
HeifersMedium and Large 1469262.46/cwt257.00–264.001,23126
HeifersMedium and Large 1520268.11/cwt256.00–272.001,39447
HeifersMedium and Large 1676218.49/cwt215.00–220.001,47758
HeifersMedium and Large 1580235.53/cwt232.00–241.001,36660
HeifersMedium and Large 1875211.46/cwt208.00–216.501,850157
SteersMedium and Large 1583259.08/cwt256.50–264.501,51033
SteersMedium and Large 1523278.25/cwt263.00–283.001,45539
SteersLarge 2839184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5445
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy679226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,53512
SteersLarge 1593241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4296
SteersLarge 1692226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,56417
SteersMedium and Large 1716231.41/cwt228.00–236.001,65767
SteersMedium and Large 1609258.02/cwt250.50–261.501,57168
SteersMedium and Large 1924214.04/cwt211.00–215.251,97897
HeifersMedium and Large 1616225.72/cwt225.00–226.001,39036
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471243.91/cwt240.00–248.001,14917
HeifersMedium and Large 1837220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,84180
SteersMedium and Large 1677237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6046
SteersMedium and Large 1474281.10/cwt274.00–289.001,33214
SteersLarge 2992188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,8659
HeifersMedium and Large 1737209.16/cwt208.00–210.001,54212
HeifersMedium and Large 1799214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,71018
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy637244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5545
SteersMedium and Large 1804219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7615
SteersMedium and Large 1430290.53/cwt284.00–294.001,24917
SteersMedium and Large 1754221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,66628

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.