Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison today, since there hasn't been recent market coverage to reflect an accurate trend. Heavy offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.79/cwt on 1,646 head.

Average price

$158.79

1,646 head · 692 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$9.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	695	159.70	1,110	1,490
Medium and Large 1-2	659	150.14	990	156

One grade step is worth $9.56/cwt here — about $121 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 sale1,646 hd

158.79

—

NE average6 barns · 7,456 hd

164.02

−5.23

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

30 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	—	375	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	626	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	157.39/cwt	155.00–160.00	752	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	136.70/cwt	133.00–141.25	1,051	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	134.76/cwt	134.50–135.00	1,174	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	134.60/cwt	134.60–134.60	1,384	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	149.43/cwt	143.50–154.00	864	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	189.74/cwt	188.00–191.00	820	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,252	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	183.32/cwt	177.00–191.00	878	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,486	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,316	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	164.93/cwt	157.00–171.75	1,051	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	170.36/cwt	163.50–180.00	974	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	147.32/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,223	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	148.20/cwt	143.50–150.50	1,073	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	177.15/cwt	166.00–180.00	946	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	150.68/cwt	141.00–155.25	1,163	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	163.92/cwt	153.00–168.85	1,079	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	833	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	883	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	132.21/cwt	129.50–137.00	1,005	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	152.75/cwt	150.50–155.00	949	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	148.77/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,022	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	140.66/cwt	133.00–142.50	1,011	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	155.80/cwt	145.50–159.50	821	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	140.72/cwt	131.00–143.75	933	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	145.88/cwt	140.50–153.00	906	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	136.92/cwt	135.00–138.00	882	25

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 Jan 6, 2020

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

Receipts 3,369Last week 2,693Year ago 0

There is no comparison today, since there hasn't been recent market coverage to reflect an accurate trend. Heavy offering 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
8	—	375	167.00	167.00
41	—	478	155.00–160.00	157.39
51	—	769	133.00–141.25	136.70
90	—	871	134.50–135.00	134.76
118	—	1,028	134.60	134.60
122	—	578	143.50–154.00	149.43
203	—	719	133.00–142.50	140.66
243	—	527	145.50–159.50	155.80
279	—	663	131.00–143.75	140.72
338	—	621	140.50–153.00	145.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	157.00	157.00
25	—	644	135.00–138.00	136.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	343	199.00	199.00
14	—	432	188.00–191.00	189.74
17	—	883	141.75	141.75
41	—	479	177.00–191.00	183.32
46	—	1,107	134.25	134.25
66	—	906	145.25	145.25
96	—	637	157.00–171.75	164.93
125	—	572	163.50–180.00	170.36
151	—	830	140.00–152.00	147.32
159	—	724	143.50–150.50	148.20
171	—	534	166.00–180.00	177.15
212	—	772	141.00–155.25	150.68
387	—	658	153.00–168.85	163.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	490	170.00	170.00
13	—	550	160.50	160.50
17	—	760	129.50–137.00	132.21
22	—	621	150.50–155.00	152.75
92	—	687	142.00–151.00	148.77

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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