Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Decent size crowd of buyers on the seats with mostly order buyers on hand. Few, farmer feeders did procure some cattle. Bulk of the sale was sold in packages with full vaccinations and longtime weaned. Quite a lot of snow on the ground in the trade area more than likely kept some prospective buyers at home.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.84/cwt on 1,207 head.

Average price

$236.84

1,207 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$170

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

$2.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.54

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	577	238.86	1,378	40
Medium and Large 1	654	236.77	1,548	1,167

One grade step is worth $2.09/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale1,207 hd

236.84

—

NE average8 barns · 9,235 hd

255.38

−18.54

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

41 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	—	628	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,413	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,712	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	228.42/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,578	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	216.36/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,666	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,787	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	213.54/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,952	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	248.89/cwt	245.50–254.50	1,682	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	667	265.61/cwt	263.50–266.50	1,772	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,453	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	269.93/cwt	265.50–275.50	1,695	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,113	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	307.72/cwt	304.00–310.50	1,489	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	274.06/cwt	270.50–284.00	1,568	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,686	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	305.25/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,542	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	243.39/cwt	238.50–256.50	1,750	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	250.25/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,559	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	223.88/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,865	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	623	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,536	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	238.30/cwt	235.50–240.00	1,844	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	814	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,738	19
Steers	Large 1	—	829	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	226.16/cwt	218.00–235.50	1,628	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	759	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	220.51/cwt	218.50–221.50	1,678	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	247.97/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,309	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	239.93/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,497	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	520	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,427	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	233.01/cwt	231.00–236.50	1,540	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,414	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,490	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	262.30/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,401	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	254.58/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,449	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	252.91/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,196	48

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

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

Receipts 2,453Last week 2,110Year ago 3,355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	225.00	225.00
15	—	821	208.50	208.50
26	—	691	228.00–229.00	228.42
50	—	770	215.00–219.00	216.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	386	270.00	270.00
26	—	835	214.00	214.00
220	—	720	218.00–235.50	226.16
95	—	761	218.50–221.50	220.51
365	—	624	235.00–244.00	239.93
104	—	661	231.00–236.50	233.01
53	—	534	260.00–266.00	262.30
45	—	569	251.00–259.00	254.58
48	—	473	252.00–256.00	252.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	623	246.50	246.50
45	—	520	274.50	274.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	528	240.00–251.00	247.97
5	—	472	244.00	244.00
10	—	648	230.00	230.00
5	—	736	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	914	213.00–214.00	213.54
203	—	676	245.50–254.50	248.89
48	—	628	265.50–275.50	269.93
8	—	371	300.00	300.00
14	—	484	304.00–310.50	307.72
23	—	572	270.50–284.00	274.06
23	—	505	302.00–307.00	305.25
123	—	719	238.50–256.50	243.39
228	—	833	221.00–227.00	223.88
255	—	774	235.50–240.00	238.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	667	263.50–266.50	265.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	517	281.00	281.00
7	—	746	226.00	226.00
16	—	623	249.00–251.00	250.25
5	—	461	270.00	270.00
6	—	564	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	610	245.00	245.00
16	—	814	218.00	218.00
19	—	741	234.50	234.50
9	—	759	229.00	229.00
11	—	550	257.00	257.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	829	215.00	215.00

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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