Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate for the special weaned and vaccinated sale. Once again, the CME cattle boards traded sharply lower and carried over to Monday's calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $240.44/cwt on 990 head.

Average price

$240.44

990 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$27.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	244.78	1,607	833
Medium and Large 1-2	727	217.42	1,582	157

One grade step is worth $27.36/cwt here — about $26 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 sale990 hd

240.44

—

NE average7 barns · 9,418 hd

254.93

−14.49

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

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	246.81/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,064	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	212.59/cwt	209.00–214.00	1,543	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	239.79/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,247	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	242.05/cwt	233.00–252.00	1,370	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	222.43/cwt	215.50–235.50	1,381	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	217.96/cwt	207.00–226.00	1,463	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	274.52/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,318	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,646	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	245.26/cwt	238.00–254.50	1,540	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	275.29/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,459	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	271.90/cwt	264.50–280.00	1,547	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,552	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	253.39/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,462	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	280.41/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,189	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,741	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	226.54/cwt	219.00–228.50	1,772	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	239.87/cwt	227.00–246.50	1,624	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,138	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	213.33/cwt	204.00–219.50	1,854	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	213.56/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,296	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	232.39/cwt	223.50–241.00	1,669	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	249.41/cwt	243.50–261.00	1,205	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	250.52/cwt	246.00–253.00	942	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	253.55/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,354	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	216.01/cwt	208.50–220.00	1,579	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	183.82/cwt	180.00–185.50	1,504	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	188.49/cwt	188.00–190.00	1,482	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	219.49/cwt	213.00–230.00	1,275	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	237.21/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,129	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	201.31/cwt	201.00–203.00	1,371	20

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 Dec 4, 2023

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

Receipts 1,853Last week 1,043Year ago 3,275

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	431	243.00–259.00	246.81
52	—	726	209.00–214.00	212.59
68	—	520	231.00–244.00	239.79
77	—	566	233.00–252.00	242.05
98	—	621	215.50–235.50	222.43
205	—	671	207.00–226.00	217.96
29	—	483	243.50–261.00	249.41
27	—	376	246.00–253.00	250.52
20	—	818	180.00–185.50	183.82
24	—	786	188.00–190.00	188.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	607	213.00–214.00	213.56
146	—	581	213.00–230.00	219.49
15	—	476	230.00–241.00	237.21
20	—	681	201.00–203.00	201.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	480	269.00–285.00	274.52
177	—	628	238.00–254.50	245.26
47	—	530	269.00–285.00	275.29
73	—	569	264.50–280.00	271.90
41	—	424	276.00–284.00	280.41
36	—	804	216.50	216.50
48	—	782	219.00–228.50	226.54
167	—	677	227.00–246.50	239.87
8	—	395	288.00	288.00
40	—	869	204.00–219.50	213.33
170	—	718	223.50–241.00	232.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	784	210.00	210.00
19	—	1,028	151.00	151.00
32	—	577	250.00–259.00	253.39
8	—	534	251.00–256.00	253.55
79	—	731	208.50–220.00	216.01
5	—	642	225.00	225.00

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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