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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 8

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 22 →

Receipts

2,110 head

▼ 669 vs last sale 2,779▼ 1,062 vs year ago 3,172 · −33.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 3 weeks ago, Demand was good with 400-550 steers trending up 15.00-20.00, and the heifers from 350-550 trending up slightly 2.00-5.00. With the snow coming the action in the seats was lighter but the internet action was very strong.

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 $234.63/cwt on 1,091 head.

Average price

$234.63

1,091 head · 774 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$323

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

$30.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.18

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	571	263.63	1,506	50
Medium and Large 1	784	233.24	1,829	1,041

One grade step is worth $30.39/cwt here — about −$323 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 sale1,091 hd

234.63

—

NE average11 barns · 17,946 hd

266.81

−32.18

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,413	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,334	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,571	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	297.43/cwt	284.00–305.00	1,535	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	274.13/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,480	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	276.23/cwt	249.00–282.50	1,550	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	248.49/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,466	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	258.68/cwt	246.00–264.50	1,630	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,567	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	249.72/cwt	241.00–259.50	1,678	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	241.18/cwt	226.00–244.50	1,758	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,644	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	228.99/cwt	226.50–236.00	1,786	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	224.43/cwt	215.00–229.50	1,847	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	215.70/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,853	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	208.47/cwt	207.75–214.00	1,964	224
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	200.79/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,940	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,014	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,038	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	283.89/cwt	282.00–287.50	943	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	274.29/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,007	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	277.61/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,160	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	266.28/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,281	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,213	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	251.28/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,302	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	272.46/cwt	256.00–276.50	1,430	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	247.07/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,443	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	230.07/cwt	221.00–239.00	1,449	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	223.19/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,522	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	215.40/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,566	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	731	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,791	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	204.50/cwt	203.00–208.00	1,569	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	806	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,499	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	207.30/cwt	203.00–209.50	1,689	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,704	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,882	60

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 Jan 8, 2024

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

Receipts 2,110Last week 2,779Year ago 3,172

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	731	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	806	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	767	203.00–208.00	204.50
11	—	332	282.00–287.50	283.89
16	—	890	191.50	191.50
17	—	367	272.00–277.00	274.29
105	—	630	221.00–239.00	230.07
29	—	418	266.00–282.00	277.61
50	—	815	203.00–209.50	207.30
55	—	481	250.00–271.00	266.28
136	—	727	208.00–218.00	215.40
136	—	682	210.00–229.00	223.19
116	—	584	236.00–252.00	247.07
60	—	975	193.00	193.00
20	—	525	256.00–276.50	272.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	518	246.00–253.00	251.28
3	—	493	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	427	331.00	331.00
76	—	630	246.00–264.50	258.68
85	—	729	226.00–244.50	241.18
148	—	672	241.00–259.50	249.72
65	—	859	209.00–219.00	215.70
87	—	823	215.00–229.50	224.43
17	—	516	284.00–305.00	297.43
170	—	780	226.50–236.00	228.99
224	—	942	207.75–214.00	208.47
81	—	966	200.00–202.00	200.79
57	—	561	249.00–282.50	276.23
5	—	485	324.00	324.00
6	—	1,014	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	540	263.00–278.00	274.13
4	—	744	221.00	221.00
7	—	664	236.00	236.00
5	—	436	306.00	306.00
8	—	590	247.00–251.00	248.49

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.