Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2023-01-30

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,508 head
▼ 1,847 vs last sale 3,355▼ 1,320 vs year ago 2,828 · −46.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, A lighter run of cattle because of a snowstorm that blew through over the weekend. Very good demand throughout the day, With the market trending steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.66/cwt on 814 head.
Average price
$189.66
814 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.98
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1702190.241,335764
Medium and Large 1-2624180.721,12850
One grade step is worth $9.52/cwt here — about $207 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 sale814 hd
189.66
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NE average10 barns · 22,487 hd
198.63
−8.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1409217.59/cwt215.50–226.0089031
Steers—Medium and Large 1477212.59/cwt200.00–219.001,01473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483191.24/cwt191.00–192.0092417
Steers—Medium and Large 1502221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1098
Steers—Medium and Large 1579200.42/cwt190.00–205.501,16048
Steers—Medium and Large 1628203.64/cwt199.50–210.501,27975
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641188.75/cwt185.50–192.001,21017
Steers—Medium and Large 1666190.58/cwt185.50–192.501,269116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1508
Steers—Medium and Large 1767177.43/cwt167.00–182.501,361133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2799161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2868
Steers—Medium and Large 1821182.06/cwt181.75–182.251,495259
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy843169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,42921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360183.06/cwt181.00–193.0065918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373195.00/cwt195.00–195.0072712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1401207.34/cwt200.00–211.008319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445184.14/cwt181.00–185.0081914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475188.40/cwt188.00–190.0089552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493172.00/cwt172.00–172.0084816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526188.21/cwt186.00–195.0099043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568183.26/cwt175.00–187.001,04164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623179.09/cwt171.00–183.751,116126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675175.37/cwt173.50–177.501,18457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,25320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790175.64/cwt168.00–177.501,388128

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.