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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-02

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 2

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Dec 19Jan 2Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,365 head

▼ 1,721 vs last sale 3,086▼ 544 vs year ago 1,909 · −28.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold mostly steady and heifers sold with a lower undertone. Demand was good throughout the day.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.79/cwt on 694 head.

Average price

$184.79

694 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$0.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.87

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	709	184.81	1,311	678
Medium and Large 1-2	584	184.24	1,075	16thin

One grade step is worth $0.57/cwt here — about $236 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 sale694 hd

184.79

—

NE average6 barns · 7,118 hd

200.66

−15.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	449	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	898	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	195.93/cwt	191.00–211.00	954	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	925	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	195.95/cwt	191.00–206.50	1,021	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	553	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,040	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	198.81/cwt	193.00–206.00	1,167	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	184.43/cwt	181.00–188.50	1,155	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	198.73/cwt	191.50–205.00	1,246	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	186.97/cwt	182.00–195.50	1,271	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	184.07/cwt	178.00–187.75	1,316	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	177.30/cwt	168.00–179.75	1,363	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	815	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,267	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	170.72/cwt	169.25–173.50	1,415	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	170.04/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,490	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,569	41
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	585	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	735	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	177.38/cwt	175.00–181.00	782	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	180.39/cwt	177.00–190.00	850	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	838	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	181.85/cwt	172.00–186.00	947	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	177.11/cwt	171.00–185.00	1,029	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	166.64/cwt	165.50–168.00	990	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	169.10/cwt	167.00–172.00	1,052	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	168.67/cwt	163.00–171.50	1,142	168
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,059	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	169.29/cwt	166.50–171.75	1,221	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	171.75/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,408	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,445	30

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Mon Jan 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,365Last week 3,086Year ago 1,909

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold mostly steady and heifers sold with a lower undertone. Demand was good throughout the day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	191.00	191.00
4	—	328	178.50	178.50
12	—	441	175.00–181.00	177.38
27	—	471	177.00–190.00	180.39
30	—	855	169.00	169.00
91	—	521	172.00–186.00	181.85
62	—	622	167.00–172.00	169.10
79	—	581	171.00–185.00	177.11
44	—	820	160.00–174.00	171.75
82	—	721	166.50–171.75	169.29
168	—	677	163.00–171.50	168.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	155.00	155.00
11	—	594	165.50–168.00	166.64
7	—	479	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	521	191.00–206.50	195.95
42	—	829	169.25–173.50	170.72
41	—	915	171.50	171.50
64	—	680	182.00–195.50	186.97
107	—	769	168.00–179.75	177.30
8	—	449	200.00	200.00
152	—	715	178.00–187.75	184.07
52	—	587	193.00–206.00	198.81
95	—	627	191.50–205.00	198.73
24	—	487	191.00–211.00	195.93
54	—	876	166.00–172.00	170.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	626	181.00–188.50	184.43
3	—	553	188.00	188.00
4	—	511	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	815	155.50	155.50

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.