Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2024-01-29

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 29
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
3,433 head
980 vs last sale 2,453 1,925 vs year ago 1,508 · +127.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold sharply higher on the day with most lots 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with flat 5 weights and 6 weights 8.00 higher. Demand was good with the weather warming up and buyers in the seats. All calves preconditioned and weaned at least 30 days.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $242.97/cwt on 1,594 head.
Average price
$242.97
1,594 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.80
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669243.801,6311,407
Medium and Large 1-2572236.711,354187
One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $278 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 sale1,594 hd
242.97
NE average12 barns · 15,492 hd
256.77
−13.80
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
SteersMedium and Large 1609290.28/cwt282.00–293.501,76848
HeifersMedium and Large 1837220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,84114
HeifersMedium and Large 1432280.86/cwt268.00–287.001,21327
HeifersMedium and Large 1477283.88/cwt276.00–294.001,35436
HeifersMedium and Large 1528270.33/cwt259.00–279.001,427105
HeifersMedium and Large 1580255.78/cwt250.00–269.001,484112
HeifersMedium and Large 1735227.88/cwt223.00–234.001,675198
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711236.70/cwt225.00–243.501,68335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525286.72/cwt278.00–296.001,50574
SteersMedium and Large 1952214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,03742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2761226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2457294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,3445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7668
SteersMedium and Large 1727257.21/cwt248.50–267.001,870167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567269.90/cwt262.00–272.001,53028
SteersMedium and Large 1830241.04/cwt226.00–243.002,001331
SteersMedium and Large 1535310.64/cwt300.00–318.001,66246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621253.58/cwt247.00–266.001,57560
SteersMedium and Large 1444304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2885200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7703
SteersMedium and Large 1585290.93/cwt280.00–296.001,70249
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,12210
SteersMedium and Large 1774239.20/cwt235.50–248.001,851169
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574229.13/cwt212.50–240.501,31579
SteersMedium and Large 1867232.68/cwt231.50–234.002,017126
SteersMedium and Large 1677275.83/cwt268.00–280.001,867319
SteersMedium and Large 1477320.06/cwt315.00–322.501,5279
HeifersMedium and Large 1674236.38/cwt230.00–240.001,593369
SteersMedium and Large 1930219.77/cwt218.75–222.502,04451
HeifersMedium and Large 1787237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,869258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4049
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484255.14/cwt251.00–261.001,23520
HeifersMedium and Large 1636248.24/cwt237.00–255.501,579288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2788214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,68622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527248.87/cwt246.50–254.001,31247

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.