Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2022-01-03

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,909 head
▼ 1,027 vs last sale 2,936▼ 392 vs year ago 2,301 · −17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, over 750 lbs sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Demand was good from a large group of farmer/feeder buyers with a handful of order buyers playing along. Bulk of the sale sold in small lots with only a handful of full load lots on the day. Several consignments of steers and heifers sold implant free as some packers buyers will seek those lots when they are market ready. Every Monday throughout January will be a special wean calf and feeder cattle sale with start time at 10:30 sharp.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.69/cwt on 964 head.
Average price
$170.69
964 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3
$39.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.63
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573176.241,00967
Medium and Large 1743171.541,275864
Large 2-3851137.001,16633
One grade step is worth $39.24/cwt here — about −$157 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 sale964 hd
170.69
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NE average2 barns · 2,672 hd
172.31
−1.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed310222.00/cwt222.00–222.0068810
Steers—Medium and Large 1368207.00/cwt207.00–207.007626
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed378221.00/cwt221.00–221.008358
Steers—Medium and Large 1415202.78/cwt202.00–204.008428
Steers—Medium and Large 1482210.05/cwt209.00–210.501,01238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525165.00/cwt165.00–165.0086612
Steers—Medium and Large 1537192.42/cwt191.00–195.001,03315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559172.00/cwt172.00–172.009616
Steers—Medium and Large 1573186.18/cwt182.00–191.501,06776
Steers—Medium and Large 1612180.31/cwt174.50–184.001,10359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638171.38/cwt171.00–172.001,09313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666167.23/cwt167.00–169.001,11426
Steers—Medium and Large 1672172.64/cwt166.00–177.501,160101
Steers—Medium and Large 1714170.87/cwt165.50–176.001,22085
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy767162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,24311
Steers—Medium and Large 1789171.08/cwt165.00–174.001,35089
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed803173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,39333
Steers—Medium and Large 1815166.71/cwt160.00–170.001,359141
Steers—Large 2-3851137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,16633
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy861153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,3176
Steers—Medium and Large 1868159.50/cwt157.50–165.001,38463
Steers—Medium and Large 1913155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,41721
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy961149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,432104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed329179.00/cwt179.00–179.005898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358173.00/cwt173.00–173.006196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429169.76/cwt169.00–171.0072811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443178.00/cwt178.00–178.0078912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed468192.00/cwt192.00–192.0089926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475170.30/cwt166.00–176.0080943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491156.44/cwt155.50–160.0076824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526178.00/cwt175.00–179.5093626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,02118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569168.23/cwt165.00–174.0095750
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591158.64/cwt157.00–162.5093846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629159.90/cwt157.50–164.001,006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671158.51/cwt157.00–160.501,06487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731155.82/cwt153.00–159.001,139151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774153.17/cwt151.00–157.001,18655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy786149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,17119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817151.38/cwt151.00–152.001,23761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,32262

This sale against other markets

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.