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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 29

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 12 →

Receipts

3,433 head

▲ 980 vs last sale 2,453▲ 1,925 vs year ago 1,508 · +127.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold sharply higher on the day with most lots 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with flat 5 weights and 6 weights 8.00 higher. Demand was good with the weather warming up and buyers in the seats. All calves preconditioned and weaned at least 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 $242.97/cwt on 1,594 head.

Average price

$242.97

1,594 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$7.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.80

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	243.80	1,631	1,407
Medium and Large 1-2	572	236.71	1,354	187

One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $278 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 sale1,594 hd

242.97

—

NE average12 barns · 15,492 hd

256.77

−13.80

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,350	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,344	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	320.06/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,527	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	286.72/cwt	278.00–296.00	1,505	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	310.64/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,662	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	269.90/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,530	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	290.93/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,702	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	290.28/cwt	282.00–293.50	1,768	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	253.58/cwt	247.00–266.00	1,575	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	275.83/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,867	319
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,766	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	236.70/cwt	225.00–243.50	1,683	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	257.21/cwt	248.50–267.00	1,870	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	761	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,720	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	239.20/cwt	235.50–248.00	1,851	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	241.04/cwt	226.00–243.00	2,001	331
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	232.68/cwt	231.50–234.00	2,017	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	219.77/cwt	218.75–222.50	2,044	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	952	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,037	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	280.86/cwt	268.00–287.00	1,213	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	283.88/cwt	276.00–294.00	1,354	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	255.14/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,235	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	248.87/cwt	246.50–254.00	1,312	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	270.33/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,427	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	229.13/cwt	212.50–240.50	1,315	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	255.78/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,484	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,404	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	248.24/cwt	237.00–255.50	1,579	288
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	236.38/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,593	369
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	227.88/cwt	223.00–234.00	1,675	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,869	258
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,686	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,841	14

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 3,433Last week 2,453Year ago 1,508

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	609	282.00–293.50	290.28
42	—	952	214.00	214.00
167	—	727	248.50–267.00	257.21
331	—	830	226.00–243.00	241.04
46	—	535	300.00–318.00	310.64
6	—	444	304.00	304.00
49	—	585	280.00–296.00	290.93
169	—	774	235.50–248.00	239.20
126	—	867	231.50–234.00	232.68
319	—	677	268.00–280.00	275.83
9	—	477	315.00–322.50	320.06
51	—	930	218.75–222.50	219.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	711	225.00–243.50	236.70
74	—	525	278.00–296.00	286.72
4	—	761	226.00	226.00
5	—	457	294.00	294.00
8	—	687	257.00	257.00
28	—	567	262.00–272.00	269.90
60	—	621	247.00–266.00	253.58
3	—	885	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	837	220.00	220.00
27	—	432	268.00–287.00	280.86
36	—	477	276.00–294.00	283.88
105	—	528	259.00–279.00	270.33
112	—	580	250.00–269.00	255.78
198	—	735	223.00–234.00	227.88
369	—	674	230.00–240.00	236.38
258	—	787	237.50	237.50
288	—	636	237.00–255.50	248.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	440	255.00	255.00
79	—	574	212.50–240.50	229.13
9	—	600	234.00	234.00
20	—	484	251.00–261.00	255.14
22	—	788	214.00	214.00
47	—	527	246.50–254.00	248.87

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.