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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 6

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Oct 23Nov 6Nov 27 →

Receipts

1,007 head

▼ 138 vs last sale 1,145▲ 99 vs year ago 908 · +10.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle trended higher throughout the day. With harvest about wrapped up there was a lot of action in the seats with a strong demand. All cattle were preconditioned and weaned a minimum of 30 days.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $255.81/cwt on 434 head.

Average price

$255.81

434 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$292

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

$0.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.77

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	492	256.16	1,260	71
Medium and Large 1	607	255.75	1,552	363

One grade step is worth $0.42/cwt here — about −$292 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 sale434 hd

255.81

—

NE average12 barns · 9,943 hd

265.59

−9.77

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

Every lot

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	325.76/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,205	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	341.09/cwt	336.75–348.50	1,416	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	318.69/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,329	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,521	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	295.48/cwt	282.00–312.00	1,415	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	301.86/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,561	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	274.40/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,438	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	265.43/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,537	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,453	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	247.96/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,567	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	244.66/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,632	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,741	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,999	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,049	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	835	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	270.41/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,041	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	270.53/cwt	262.00–281.00	1,131	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	260.18/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,153	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	277.69/cwt	267.00–287.25	1,308	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	257.87/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,220	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	277.58/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,441	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	253.57/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,357	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	243.98/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,439	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	241.81/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,490	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	2,003	112

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 Nov 6, 2023

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

Receipts 1,007Last week 1,145Year ago 908

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	415	336.75–348.50	341.09
35	—	667	240.00–250.00	244.66
62	—	579	255.00–273.00	265.43
12	—	816	245.00	245.00
71	—	517	291.00–309.00	301.86
33	—	370	321.00–335.00	325.76
3	—	465	327.00	327.00
10	—	887	231.00	231.00
58	—	632	245.00–257.00	247.96
15	—	721	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	479	282.00–312.00	295.48
7	—	417	316.00–322.00	318.69
48	—	524	260.00–281.00	274.40
10	—	579	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	519	268.00–283.00	277.58
58	—	616	239.00–244.00	241.81
112	—	839	238.75	238.75
29	—	471	267.00–287.25	277.69
48	—	385	261.00–276.00	270.41
36	—	418	262.00–281.00	270.53
27	—	590	242.00–252.00	243.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	443	258.00–261.00	260.18
37	—	535	246.00–258.00	253.57
19	—	473	251.00–260.00	257.87
4	—	320	261.00	261.00

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.