Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Precondition sale; 600-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, 600-700 pound heifers were mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. Moderate offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.53/cwt on 1,006 head.

Average price

$156.53

1,006 head · 696 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$9.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.76

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	157.01	1,093	955
Medium and Large 1-2	689	147.53	1,017	51

One grade step is worth $9.48/cwt here — about $76 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 sale1,006 hd

156.53

—

NE average9 barns · 17,895 hd

168.29

−11.76

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

25 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	—	389	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,032	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,098	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	156.76/cwt	152.00–164.00	836	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	139.68/cwt	135.50–140.35	999	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	160.74/cwt	156.00–167.00	759	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	151.09/cwt	147.00–158.50	1,097	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,148	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	187.97/cwt	185.00–190.00	882	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	178.57/cwt	178.00–179.00	966	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	165.23/cwt	161.50–174.00	952	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	138.95/cwt	134.50–139.75	1,220	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	191.31/cwt	186.00–198.00	807	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	142.44/cwt	141.50–144.00	1,027	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	162.56/cwt	152.00–169.50	1,013	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	157.07/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,063	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	910	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,140	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	150.33/cwt	147.00–160.50	873	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.84/cwt	142.75–148.00	905	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	141.48/cwt	137.50–144.50	951	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	708	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	145.01/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,006	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	155.42/cwt	151.00–157.25	1,192	146

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 2,133Last week 2,807Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	389	168.00	168.00
15	—	788	130.00–133.00	131.00
44	—	807	136.00	136.00
56	—	533	152.00–164.00	156.76
82	—	715	135.50–140.35	139.68
95	—	472	156.00–167.00	160.74
113	—	581	147.00–160.50	150.33
151	—	625	142.75–148.00	144.84
275	—	672	137.50–144.50	141.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	448	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	726	147.00–158.50	151.09
20	—	469	185.00–190.00	187.97
45	—	541	178.00–179.00	178.57
57	—	576	161.50–174.00	165.23
128	—	878	134.50–139.75	138.95
20	—	422	186.00–198.00	191.31
161	—	623	152.00–169.50	162.56
218	—	677	150.00–164.00	157.07
13	—	820	139.00	139.00
146	—	767	151.00–157.25	155.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	797	144.00	144.00
16	—	721	141.50–144.00	142.44
5	—	479	167.00	167.00
8	—	591	154.00	154.00
10	—	694	143.00–147.00	145.01

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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