Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,110 head
669 vs last sale 2,779 1,062 vs year ago 3,172 · 33.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 3 weeks ago, Demand was good with 400-550 steers trending up 15.00-20.00, and the heifers from 350-550 trending up slightly 2.00-5.00. With the snow coming the action in the seats was lighter but the internet action was very strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $234.63/cwt on 1,091 head.
Average price
$234.63
1,091 head · 774 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$323
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$30.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
32.18
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571263.631,50650
Medium and Large 1784233.241,8291,041
One grade step is worth $30.39/cwt here — about −$323 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 sale1,091 hd
234.63
NE average11 barns · 17,946 hd
266.81
−32.18
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy731245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,79123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy806186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,49918
HeifersMedium and Large 1767204.50/cwt203.00–208.001,56910
HeifersMedium and Large 1332283.89/cwt282.00–287.5094311
HeifersMedium and Large 1890191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,70416
HeifersMedium and Large 1367274.29/cwt272.00–277.001,00717
SteersMedium and Large 1427331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,41320
SteersMedium and Large 1630258.68/cwt246.00–264.501,63076
SteersMedium and Large 1729241.18/cwt226.00–244.501,75885
SteersMedium and Large 1672249.72/cwt241.00–259.501,678148
SteersMedium and Large 1859215.70/cwt209.00–219.001,85365
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540274.13/cwt263.00–278.001,48026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2744221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6444
SteersMedium and Large 1823224.43/cwt215.00–229.501,84787
SteersMedium and Large 1516297.43/cwt284.00–305.001,53517
SteersMedium and Large 1780228.99/cwt226.50–236.001,786170
SteersMedium and Large 1942208.47/cwt207.75–214.001,964224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5677
SteersMedium and Large 1966200.79/cwt200.00–202.001,94081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3345
SteersMedium and Large 1561276.23/cwt249.00–282.501,55057
HeifersMedium and Large 1630230.07/cwt221.00–239.001,449105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590248.49/cwt247.00–251.001,4668
HeifersMedium and Large 1418277.61/cwt266.00–282.001,16029
HeifersMedium and Large 1815207.30/cwt203.00–209.501,68950
HeifersMedium and Large 1481266.28/cwt250.00–271.001,28155
SteersMedium and Large 1485324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,5715
HeifersMedium and Large 1727215.40/cwt208.00–218.001,566136
SteersMedium and Large 11,014201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,0386
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518251.28/cwt246.00–253.001,30221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2133
HeifersMedium and Large 1682223.19/cwt210.00–229.001,522136
HeifersMedium and Large 1584247.07/cwt236.00–252.001,443116
HeifersMedium and Large 1975193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,88260
HeifersMedium and Large 1525272.46/cwt256.00–276.501,43020

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.