Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2023-03-06

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Mar 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,312 head
▼ 936 vs last sale 2,248▼ 315 vs year ago 1,627 · −19.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week demand was good considering a lighter run of cattle. Sales trended higher with steers higher across all the way through. 450-500 steers up 10.00-15.00, 600-650 steers up 10.00-12.00 and 750-800 steers up 13.00-15.00. Heifers were steady to higher with 400-450 UP 6.00-8.00 and 650-700 up7.00-10.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $181.78/cwt on 636 head.
Average price
$181.78
636 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−16.71
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1746181.781,356636
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale636 hd
181.78
—
NE average8 barns · 8,089 hd
198.49
−16.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 1471232.05/cwt229.00–235.001,09317
Steers—Medium and Large 1547217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,18729
Steers—Medium and Large 1575215.00/cwt214.00–216.001,23624
Steers—Medium and Large 1618216.15/cwt207.00–224.501,33652
Steers—Medium and Large 1651211.38/cwt199.00–215.501,37636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675196.58/cwt194.50–197.501,32720
Steers—Medium and Large 1745198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,47943
Steers—Medium and Large 1760202.36/cwt196.00–203.251,53860
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794186.71/cwt185.00–188.001,4827
Steers—Medium and Large 1835190.71/cwt189.00–192.001,592145
Steers—Medium and Large 1870185.00/cwt175.00–186.251,610110
Steers—Medium and Large 1941176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,6617
Steers—Medium and Large 1970174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,69329
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416210.14/cwt203.00–218.0087421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484201.00/cwt201.00–201.0097312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,04227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576188.64/cwt184.00–192.001,08756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628182.53/cwt176.00–189.501,14653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722177.26/cwt174.00–179.251,28062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759173.60/cwt173.00–174.501,31820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831178.05/cwt172.00–180.501,480314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,53163

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.