Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, 600 to 800 lbs sold unevenly steady and over 800 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Heifers less than 550 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 550 to 750 lbs sold 10.00 higher and over 750 lbs sold 6.00 lower. Demand was good with a large crowd of farmer/feeder buyers and the regular crowd of order buyers. Some bidding came from the internet. Pens are starting to dry up a tick making demand for lighter cattle better than a couple of weeks ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $269.62/cwt on 1,717 head.

Average price

$269.62

1,717 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$230

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

$15.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.17

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	605	281.54	1,703	397
Medium and Large 1	727	266.04	1,933	1,320

One grade step is worth $15.50/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale1,717 hd

269.62

—

NE average7 barns · 13,396 hd

278.79

−9.17

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

36 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	—	349	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	296.86/cwt	288.00–309.00	1,098	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	290.23/cwt	286.00–306.00	1,184	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	213.85/cwt	213.50–215.50	1,739	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	287.95/cwt	281.00–301.00	1,339	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	273.41/cwt	266.00–284.00	1,433	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,448	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	324.42/cwt	318.00–338.00	1,512	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	306.26/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,773	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	276.46/cwt	263.00–283.50	1,736	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	253.38/cwt	241.00–260.50	1,847	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	266.01/cwt	250.00–274.50	1,806	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	317.49/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,670	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	234.90/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,931	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	290.64/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,930	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	232.40/cwt	224.00–238.00	2,050	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	250.89/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,959	342
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	303.75/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,352	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,231	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	302.01/cwt	291.00–306.00	1,634	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	306.65/cwt	296.00–315.00	1,432	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	288.96/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,664	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	231.28/cwt	224.50–238.00	1,686	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	213.69/cwt	212.75–214.00	1,863	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	223.37/cwt	220.00–226.50	1,724	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	253.60/cwt	239.50–259.50	1,727	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	269.16/cwt	254.00–271.00	1,507	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	545	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,886	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	268.01/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,324	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,199	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,474	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	260.55/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,368	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	259.94/cwt	253.50–268.00	1,609	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,909	255

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 Feb 12, 2024

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

Receipts 3,594Last week 3,433Year ago 2,622

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	349	290.00	290.00
18	—	370	288.00–309.00	296.86
25	—	408	286.00–306.00	290.23
28	—	813	213.50–215.50	213.85
78	—	465	281.00–301.00	287.95
91	—	524	266.00–284.00	273.41
121	—	729	224.50–238.00	231.28
124	—	872	212.75–214.00	213.69
179	—	772	220.00–226.50	223.37
182	—	681	239.50–259.50	253.60
202	—	560	254.00–271.00	269.16
346	—	619	253.50–268.00	259.94
255	—	909	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	264.00–270.00	268.01
11	—	425	282.00	282.00
13	—	608	242.50	242.50
27	—	525	260.00–261.00	260.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	381.00	381.00
15	—	426	340.00	340.00
25	—	466	318.00–338.00	324.42
66	—	579	301.00–316.00	306.26
85	—	628	263.00–283.50	276.46
103	—	729	241.00–260.50	253.38
106	—	526	307.00–327.00	317.49
123	—	822	222.00–239.00	234.90
189	—	664	282.00–298.00	290.64
241	—	882	224.00–238.00	232.40
342	—	781	242.00–259.00	250.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	679	250.00–274.50	266.01
5	—	642	250.00	250.00
8	—	445	300.00–307.50	303.75
10	—	380	324.00	324.00
33	—	541	291.00–306.00	302.01
35	—	467	296.00–315.00	306.65
120	—	576	280.00–294.00	288.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	545	346.00	346.00

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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