Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage of Monday feeder sale to reflect accurate market trend. Heavy offering of good quality cattle at this Preconditioned sale was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.42/cwt on 1,363 head.

Average price

$151.42

1,363 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$14.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.11

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	152.88	1,008	1,224
Medium and Large 1-2	692	138.49	959	139

One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about $49 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 sale1,363 hd

151.42

—

NE average3 barns · 6,572 hd

160.52

−9.11

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	149.91/cwt	146.00–152.00	570	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	148.94/cwt	144.00–153.00	640	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	130.67/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,000	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	132.96/cwt	129.00–139.00	953	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	153.89/cwt	146.00–159.00	743	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	147.50/cwt	139.50–154.50	768	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	135.46/cwt	132.00–141.00	914	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	137.88/cwt	131.50–143.00	865	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	138.69/cwt	136.50–142.00	806	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	146.37/cwt	128.00–149.10	1,290	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	615	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	893	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	803	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	138.55/cwt	138.00–139.00	676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	121.48/cwt	118.00–125.00	867	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	145.57/cwt	137.25–149.50	1,179	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	178.41/cwt	170.00–182.00	758	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,211	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,044	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,381	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	160.15/cwt	157.00–168.50	761	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	151.21/cwt	143.00–154.75	1,108	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	151.89/cwt	149.50–154.00	1,174	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	162.00/cwt	156.00–171.50	847	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	154.66/cwt	150.00–159.00	892	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	150.28/cwt	144.50–155.50	951	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	152.59/cwt	143.00–156.50	1,032	289
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	165.69/cwt	163.00–171.00	641	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	137.39/cwt	133.00–140.00	941	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	122.70/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,091	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	137.69/cwt	135.00–138.25	741	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	153.79/cwt	153.50–154.00	820	26

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 Dec 2, 2019

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

Receipts 2,693Last week 2,420Year ago 0

No recent market coverage of Monday feeder sale to reflect accurate market trend. Heavy offering of good quality cattle at this Preconditioned sale 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
7	—	329	154.00	154.00
7	—	807	130.00	130.00
18	—	380	146.00–152.00	149.91
33	—	430	144.00–153.00	148.94
79	—	765	128.00–133.00	130.67
88	—	717	129.00–139.00	132.96
92	—	483	146.00–159.00	153.89
132	—	521	139.50–154.50	147.50
137	—	675	132.00–141.00	135.46
152	—	627	131.50–143.00	137.88
166	—	581	136.50–142.00	138.69
194	—	881	128.00–149.10	146.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	615	145.25	145.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	129.00	129.00
5	—	664	121.00	121.00
11	—	488	138.00–139.00	138.55
14	—	714	118.00–125.00	121.48
35	—	538	135.00–138.25	137.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	317	184.00	184.00
19	—	810	137.25–149.50	145.57
29	—	425	170.00–182.00	178.41
31	—	939	129.00	129.00
39	—	1,044	132.25	132.25
46	—	475	157.00–168.50	160.15
119	—	733	143.00–154.75	151.21
120	—	773	149.50–154.00	151.89
133	—	523	156.00–171.50	162.00
153	—	577	150.00–159.00	154.66
241	—	633	144.50–155.50	150.28
289	—	676	143.00–156.50	152.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	139.00	139.00
17	—	387	163.00–171.00	165.69
38	—	685	133.00–140.00	137.39
52	—	889	121.00–129.00	122.70
26	—	533	153.50–154.00	153.79

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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