Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Heavy offering today of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.04/cwt on 1,189 head.

Average price

$145.04

1,189 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$7.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	145.49	987	1,121
Medium and Large 1-2	500	137.66	689	68

One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $298 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 sale1,189 hd

145.04

—

NE average12 barns · 11,687 hd

145.92

−0.89

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

Every lot, as filed

48 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	140.85/cwt	139.00–145.50	883	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	146.35/cwt	134.00–148.25	1,133	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	144.31/cwt	139.00–150.50	763	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	147.67/cwt	139.50–154.00	700	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	154.22/cwt	150.00–162.00	663	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	141.17/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,036	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	140.14/cwt	132.00–143.50	1,167	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	136.84/cwt	131.00–139.50	910	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	142.88/cwt	141.75–143.50	1,233	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	668	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	161.30/cwt	159.00–164.00	527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	142.96/cwt	140.00–148.00	552	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	131.10/cwt	122.50–135.00	759	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	718	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	168.85/cwt	164.00–172.00	743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	199.29/cwt	196.00–200.00	626	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	153.10/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,108	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	163.74/cwt	158.00–167.00	863	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	145.77/cwt	138.50–150.00	1,210	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	185.52/cwt	174.00–189.50	696	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	149.30/cwt	146.50–156.00	1,145	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	160.10/cwt	156.75–166.00	997	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	144.87/cwt	144.85–145.00	1,407	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	170.02/cwt	157.00–176.00	780	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	163.69/cwt	157.00–171.00	930	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	144.79/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,347	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	625	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	124.50/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,149	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	173.45/cwt	167.00–181.00	548	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	509	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	682	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	405	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	536	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	147.02/cwt	141.00–148.50	995	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,205	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	157.14/cwt	149.00–162.00	622	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	743	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,040	13

How this sale compares

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 4, 2019

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

Receipts 2,420Last week 3,635Year ago 0

No recent market coverage to reflect accurate market trend. Heavy offering today of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	627	139.00–145.50	140.85
335	—	774	134.00–148.25	146.35
53	—	529	139.00–150.50	144.31
68	—	474	139.50–154.00	147.67
74	—	430	150.00–162.00	154.22
76	—	734	131.00–144.00	141.17
83	—	833	132.00–143.50	140.14
87	—	665	131.00–139.50	136.84
102	—	863	141.75–143.50	142.88
47	—	374	167.00	167.00
40	—	923	124.00–129.00	124.50
32	—	316	167.00–181.00	173.45
4	—	279	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	138.00	138.00
10	—	438	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	668	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	130.50	130.50
4	—	549	132.00	132.00
6	—	432	139.00	139.00
10	—	327	159.00–164.00	161.30
13	—	386	140.00–148.00	142.96
19	—	579	122.50–135.00	131.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	208.00	208.00
10	—	440	164.00–172.00	168.85
17	—	314	196.00–200.00	199.29
23	—	724	150.00–155.00	153.10
33	—	527	158.00–167.00	163.74
33	—	830	138.50–150.00	145.77
48	—	375	174.00–189.50	185.52
75	—	767	146.50–156.00	149.30
94	—	623	156.75–166.00	160.10
105	—	971	144.85–145.00	144.87
119	—	459	157.00–176.00	170.02
157	—	568	157.00–171.00	163.69
207	—	930	139.00–147.00	144.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	677	141.00–148.50	147.02
9	—	964	125.00	125.00
8	—	396	149.00–162.00	157.14
5	—	553	150.00	150.00
3	—	502	151.00	151.00
3	—	442	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	743	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	509	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	405	159.50	159.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	140.00	140.00

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.

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