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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-23

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Oct 23

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Oct 9Oct 23Nov 6 →

Receipts

1,145 head

▼ 600 vs last sale 1,745▼ 2,464 vs year ago 3,609 · −68.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago for a adequate market comparison. However, a lower undertone was noted. Sharp losses on the CME cattle board and light buyer attendance made a softer market this week. Many farmers/feeders continue to pull crops out of the field and will start procuring cattle at a later date.

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 $249.25/cwt on 520 head.

Average price

$249.25

520 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$347

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

$3.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−47.61

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	742	249.89	1,854	431
Medium and Large 1-2	612	246.14	1,507	89

One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $347 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 sale520 hd

249.25

—

NE average12 barns · 17,736 hd

296.86

−47.61

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,016	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	285.65/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,168	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,167	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	284.80/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,370	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	274.60/cwt	271.00–276.25	1,392	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,415	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	276.97/cwt	272.00–283.00	1,557	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	252.80/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,451	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	260.48/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,628	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,535	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	652	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,571	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,632	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,933	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,904	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	229.47/cwt	215.00–232.75	2,109	197
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,099	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	259.65/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,000	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	273.53/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,138	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	266.33/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,262	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,147	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	255.54/cwt	248.00–262.00	1,321	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	244.25/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,368	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	233.19/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,346	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	239.77/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,470	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,598	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,596	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	228.52/cwt	220.00–230.50	1,908	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,875	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	229.92/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,984	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,647	7

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 Oct 23, 2023

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

Receipts 1,145Last week 1,745Year ago 3,609

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	900	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	416	261.00–279.00	273.53
29	—	517	248.00–262.00	255.54
37	—	560	239.00–249.00	244.25
39	—	474	262.00–270.00	266.33
45	—	613	239.00–240.00	239.77
10	—	385	251.00–264.00	259.65
146	—	835	220.00–230.50	228.52
103	—	863	228.00–231.00	229.92
5	—	680	235.00	235.00
6	—	739	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	476	241.00	241.00
20	—	860	218.00	218.00
22	—	577	230.00–236.00	233.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	562	272.00–283.00	276.97
5	—	363	280.00	280.00
8	—	963	218.00	218.00
9	—	773	250.00	250.00
12	—	409	285.00–286.00	285.65
19	—	507	271.00–276.25	274.60
20	—	817	233.00	233.00
42	—	481	282.50–290.00	284.80
68	—	625	256.00–266.00	260.48
197	—	919	215.00–232.75	229.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	708	230.50	230.50
21	—	574	250.00–265.00	252.80
6	—	437	267.00	267.00
12	—	645	238.00	238.00
15	—	542	261.00	261.00
15	—	652	241.00	241.00

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.