Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2023-02-13

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,622 head
▲ 1,114 vs last sale 1,508▲ 46 vs year ago 2,576 · +1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers 3.00-5.00 higher and 5.00-7.00 higher on the heifers. Demand was good throughout the day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $180.20/cwt on 1,248 head.
Average price
$180.20
1,248 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.77
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666180.451,2011,213
Medium and Large 1-2567171.4897335
One grade step is worth $8.97/cwt here — about $229 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 sale1,248 hd
180.20
—
NE average6 barns · 9,290 hd
180.97
−0.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325231.77/cwt229.00–235.007538
Steers—Medium and Large 1424221.19/cwt217.50–227.0093828
Steers—Medium and Large 1472214.44/cwt205.00–220.001,01254
Steers—Medium and Large 1527217.21/cwt206.00–225.001,14563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528196.61/cwt192.00–201.001,03821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566197.08/cwt194.00–200.001,11526
Steers—Medium and Large 1592212.18/cwt195.00–220.251,25667
Steers—Medium and Large 1621217.79/cwt216.00–223.001,352232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644198.94/cwt195.50–200.501,28158
Steers—Medium and Large 1668198.69/cwt190.00–209.501,327123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy692174.75/cwt173.00–180.501,20917
Steers—Medium and Large 1728186.07/cwt177.75–193.001,355165
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2568
Steers—Medium and Large 1762181.30/cwt177.50–185.501,382218
Steers—Medium and Large 1837177.74/cwt166.00–179.251,48835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885169.22/cwt167.00–171.001,49836
Steers—Medium and Large 1910172.91/cwt171.75–174.001,57358
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377195.56/cwt185.50–200.0073724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427202.68/cwt197.00–205.0086536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463189.98/cwt180.00–199.0088037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524194.92/cwt183.50–200.001,02187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542174.52/cwt172.00–178.0094619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567169.23/cwt168.50–170.009608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568188.01/cwt176.00–195.001,068250
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,0448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629179.25/cwt170.00–189.501,127124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662174.88/cwt171.50–177.501,158185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718169.90/cwt168.00–171.001,220117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy726158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,14729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy825158.78/cwt158.00–162.001,31021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835176.65/cwt165.25–183.251,475201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865177.19/cwt176.00–183.251,53397

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.