Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2022-05-16

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, May 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,248 head
▲ 699 vs last sale 1,549▲ 1,212 vs year ago 1,036 · +117.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a market comparison is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted on all offerings. Demand was good from in-house and internet buyers. Sharply higher corn boards on Monday did not deter buyers from backfilling empty pens. Bulk of the receipts were backgrounded steers and heifers in full load lots. Next special feeder cattle sale will be Monday, June 13.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.08/cwt on 1,133 head.
Average price
$157.08
1,133 head · 845 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,328
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$225
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.87
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2647174.231,12882
Large 2439162.5271321
Medium and Large 1869155.601,3531,030
One grade step is worth $18.63/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale1,133 hd
157.08
—
NE average7 barns · 6,395 hd
166.95
−9.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 2329190.00/cwt190.00–190.006259
Steers—Medium and Large 1413216.08/cwt207.00–225.0089210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428204.00/cwt204.00–204.008733
Steers—Medium and Large 1460208.50/cwt208.50–208.509596
Steers—Large 2461144.00/cwt144.00–144.006647
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2497191.00/cwt191.00–191.009495
Steers—Medium and Large 1533198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,05516
Steers—Medium and Large 1561207.70/cwt206.00–209.001,16519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579189.51/cwt182.00–197.001,09725
Steers—Large 2606139.00/cwt139.00–139.008425
Steers—Medium and Large 1618190.32/cwt181.50–194.001,17621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619171.38/cwt169.00–174.001,0619
Steers—Medium and Large 1653174.58/cwt173.00–182.001,14023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682167.32/cwt162.00–174.501,14119
Steers—Medium and Large 1709172.75/cwt172.75–172.751,2259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,20621
Steers—Medium and Large 1824154.98/cwt150.00–160.501,277157
Steers—Medium and Large 1862154.08/cwt153.00–154.751,328180
Steers—Medium and Large 1933150.38/cwt141.50–152.101,403558
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy948135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2807
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy966135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,30924
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 2356172.50/cwt172.50–172.506146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430191.00/cwt191.00–191.008216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455166.00/cwt166.00–166.007558
Heifers—Large 2502136.00/cwt136.00–136.006839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520169.50/cwt169.50–169.5088112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2546162.47/cwt161.75–163.0088731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1592159.84/cwt158.00–163.0094619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598153.00/cwt153.00–153.0091521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635162.06/cwt161.00–163.001,02934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675152.65/cwt148.00–154.501,03068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,201120
Heifers—Large 1789139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,09720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808141.17/cwt139.00–144.001,14128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy809160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,29681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862152.06/cwt149.50–158.001,311290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy878142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,25161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement893146.55/cwt146.00–147.001,30955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911138.17/cwt136.50–138.751,25996
Heifers—Large 1919131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,20417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy964134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,29230

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.