Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Precondition sale; 500-700 pound steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. 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 $158.90/cwt on 1,197 head.

Average price

$158.90

1,197 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$17.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.16

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	160.58	1,040	1,079
Medium and Large 1-2	704	143.52	1,011	118

One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about $30 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 sale1,197 hd

158.90

—

NE average7 barns · 11,267 hd

158.74

+0.16

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

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	887	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,118	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,108	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	170.81/cwt	163.00–176.00	714	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	131.46/cwt	128.00–136.00	957	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	132.84/cwt	130.00–133.25	1,112	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	136.27/cwt	130.50–136.60	1,186	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	148.63/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,130	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	178.30/cwt	176.00–181.00	781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	134.54/cwt	134.50–135.00	1,045	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	154.13/cwt	148.50–156.75	1,048	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	160.37/cwt	156.50–168.00	1,006	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	193.15/cwt	186.00–202.00	815	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	150.24/cwt	144.00–154.75	1,070	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	179.30/cwt	175.00–182.75	936	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	963	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,061	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,011	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	135.41/cwt	134.00–136.50	856	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	127.95/cwt	126.00–129.50	1,168	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	187.21/cwt	184.00–189.00	874	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	168.86/cwt	164.00–172.50	966	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	140.22/cwt	137.75–149.00	895	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	131.98/cwt	130.00–132.25	998	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	137.29/cwt	133.00–139.25	914	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	146.49/cwt	140.50–151.00	856	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	164.17/cwt	156.00–171.00	786	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	158.80/cwt	152.50–163.00	834	117

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 Feb 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,711Last week 2,934Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	887	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	870	130.50–136.60	136.27
96	—	760	140.00–153.00	148.63
181	—	680	148.50–156.75	154.13
213	—	627	156.50–168.00	160.37
54	—	422	186.00–202.00	193.15
116	—	712	144.00–154.75	150.24
150	—	522	175.00–182.75	179.30
10	—	333	214.00	214.00
16	—	913	126.00–129.50	127.95
34	—	467	184.00–189.00	187.21
101	—	572	164.00–172.50	168.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	438	176.00–181.00	178.30
66	—	777	134.50–135.00	134.54
5	—	542	155.00	155.00
5	—	634	152.00	152.00
6	—	596	161.50	161.50
7	—	804	132.00	132.00
14	—	725	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	326	188.00	188.00
7	—	390	184.00	184.00
18	—	876	126.50	126.50
49	—	418	163.00–176.00	170.81
62	—	728	128.00–136.00	131.46
92	—	837	130.00–133.25	132.84
131	—	638	137.75–149.00	140.22
139	—	756	130.00–132.25	131.98
264	—	666	133.00–139.25	137.29
109	—	584	140.50–151.00	146.49
110	—	479	156.00–171.00	164.17
117	—	525	152.50–163.00	158.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	297	185.50	185.50
41	—	632	134.00–136.50	135.41

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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