Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Precondition sale, 500-700 pound steers were mostly steady to 4.5 higher, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 1.00 lower. Heavy offering of cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.31/cwt on 1,472 head.

Average price

$162.31

1,472 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$144

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

$2.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.51

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	164.73	897	207
Medium and Large 1	643	161.91	1,041	1,265

One grade step is worth $2.82/cwt here — about −$144 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 sale1,472 hd

162.31

—

NE average11 barns · 20,922 hd

164.81

−2.51

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

34 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	—	334	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	171.88/cwt	165.00–177.00	651	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	136.79/cwt	135.00–138.50	971	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.15/cwt	157.00–169.00	693	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	160.66/cwt	157.00–170.00	753	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	149.23/cwt	148.00–149.75	854	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	197.43/cwt	193.00–204.00	813	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	921	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	139.82/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,100	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	166.99/cwt	159.50–170.50	1,024	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	178.76/cwt	174.00–190.00	937	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	152.61/cwt	145.00–154.75	1,029	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,171	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,127	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	188.29/cwt	182.00–193.00	714	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	173.23/cwt	164.50–178.50	1,006	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	150.67/cwt	142.00–153.50	1,085	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	935	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	175.34/cwt	171.00–178.50	824	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	152.94/cwt	151.50–154.75	977	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	175.75/cwt	173.00–180.00	759	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	166.08/cwt	165.00–167.00	884	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	183.81/cwt	180.00–197.50	879	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	953	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	153.33/cwt	151.00–155.00	727	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	155.98/cwt	151.00–166.00	814	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	140.35/cwt	140.00–142.00	961	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	146.06/cwt	138.00–149.00	903	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	647	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	554	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	886	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	655	147.46/cwt	146.00–148.00	966	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	599	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	994	8

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 2,934Last week 2,133Year ago 0

Compared to the last Precondition sale, 500-700 pound steers were mostly steady to 4.5 higher, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 1.00 lower. Heavy offering of 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	—	334	175.00	175.00
26	—	379	165.00–177.00	171.88
39	—	710	135.00–138.50	136.79
53	—	425	157.00–169.00	163.15
99	—	469	157.00–170.00	160.66
176	—	572	148.00–149.75	149.23
191	—	522	151.00–166.00	155.98
266	—	685	140.00–142.00	140.35
305	—	618	138.00–149.00	146.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	756	126.00	126.00
20	—	474	151.00–155.00	153.33
10	—	423	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	554	160.00	160.00
41	—	655	146.00–148.00	147.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	412	193.00–204.00	197.43
42	—	787	136.00–144.00	139.82
57	—	613	159.50–170.50	166.99
99	—	524	174.00–190.00	178.76
235	—	674	145.00–154.75	152.61
7	—	889	132.50	132.50
82	—	813	144.00	144.00
303	—	581	164.50–178.50	173.23
319	—	720	142.00–153.50	150.67
78	—	478	180.00–197.50	183.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	161.00	161.00
15	—	844	133.50	133.50
20	—	379	182.00–193.00	188.29
7	—	668	140.00	140.00
57	—	470	171.00–178.50	175.34
59	—	639	151.50–154.75	152.94
7	—	290	182.00	182.00
15	—	432	173.00–180.00	175.75
15	—	532	165.00–167.00	166.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	166.00	166.00

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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