Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Demand was good from start to finish. Several farmer/feeders along with order buyers on the seats and good internet action. Special weaned vaccinated sale where all calves had to be weaned at least 30 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $254.62/cwt on 1,365 head.

Average price

$254.62

1,365 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

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

$0.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	586	255.43	1,498	134
Medium and Large 1	664	254.53	1,691	1,231

One grade step is worth $0.90/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale1,365 hd

254.62

—

NE average7 barns · 11,025 hd

264.51

−9.89

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

34 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 1Fleshy	—	648	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,503	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	209.64/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,411	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	267.69/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,419	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	274.74/cwt	259.50–277.00	1,077	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	1,817	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	217.87/cwt	214.75–226.00	1,562	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	279.71/cwt	271.00–291.00	1,597	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	233.04/cwt	223.50–238.00	1,801	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	265.52/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,442	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	300.70/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,440	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	282.70/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,504	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	262.12/cwt	252.50–268.00	1,630	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	236.65/cwt	236.00–239.50	1,609	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	268.19/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,260	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,553	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	306.89/cwt	299.00–308.00	1,280	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	254.91/cwt	245.00–264.50	1,698	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	227.74/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,858	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	225.48/cwt	218.50–234.00	1,520	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,477	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,508	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	266.79/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,537	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	218.26/cwt	214.00–218.50	1,818	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	206.86/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,673	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,488	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	247.69/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,310	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,089	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	231.52/cwt	221.00–239.50	1,688	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	269.18/cwt	258.00–273.00	1,144	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	225.58/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,295	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	254.97/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,226	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	242.63/cwt	234.00–253.50	1,482	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	246.46/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,420	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	1,683	62

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 18, 2023

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

Receipts 2,779Last week 1,853Year ago 3,086

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	648	232.00	232.00
57	—	673	206.00–210.00	209.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	530	262.00–273.00	267.69
31	—	392	259.50–277.00	274.74
32	—	864	210.25	210.25
97	—	717	214.75–226.00	217.87
133	—	674	218.50–234.00	225.48
127	—	833	214.00–218.50	218.26
45	—	425	258.00–273.00	269.18
89	—	481	246.00–266.00	254.97
185	—	611	234.00–253.50	242.63
162	—	576	240.00–253.00	246.46
62	—	766	219.75	219.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	692	213.50	213.50
6	—	763	195.00	195.00
83	—	529	241.00–252.00	247.69
32	—	574	225.00–226.00	225.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	571	271.00–291.00	279.71
155	—	773	223.50–238.00	233.04
26	—	479	295.00–310.00	300.70
161	—	532	277.00–296.00	282.70
132	—	622	252.50–268.00	262.12
41	—	417	299.00–308.00	306.89
378	—	666	245.00–264.50	254.91
124	—	816	215.00–230.00	227.74
137	—	729	221.00–239.50	231.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	543	265.00–266.00	265.52
21	—	680	236.00–239.50	236.65
10	—	470	267.00–270.00	268.19
9	—	729	213.00	213.00
15	—	627	240.50	240.50
51	—	576	262.00–270.00	266.79
7	—	408	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	809	205.00–208.00	206.86

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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