Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Preconditioned sale; 500-600 pound steers were 1.00-3.00 lower, 700 pound steers were 9.00 lower, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, with instances lower. Moderate offering today. Trade active, good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.10/cwt on 962 head.

Average price

$148.10

962 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$7.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	148.85	1,065	864
Medium and Large 1-2	642	141.45	908	98

One grade step is worth $7.41/cwt here — about $157 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 sale962 hd

148.10

—

NE average7 barns · 12,359 hd

162.10

−14.00

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

31 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	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	998	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	157.49/cwt	152.00–160.00	658	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	974	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	157.26/cwt	151.00–166.00	736	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	128.64/cwt	128.00–129.00	936	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.72/cwt	143.00–152.00	777	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	144.55/cwt	138.00–152.00	834	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	133.18/cwt	131.00–137.00	912	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	133.26/cwt	131.00–139.00	833	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	131.26/cwt	130.50–133.00	773	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	903	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,061	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	846	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	190.25/cwt	189.00–191.00	788	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	117.91/cwt	117.25–118.50	1,207	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	177.14/cwt	172.00–181.00	916	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	137.48/cwt	135.50–139.50	1,048	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	159.34/cwt	156.50–164.00	1,001	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	151.00/cwt	145.75–159.00	1,010	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	140.97/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,043	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	167.06/cwt	162.00–171.00	952	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	135.02/cwt	126.50–139.00	1,181	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	803	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	945	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	139.19/cwt	128.50–149.50	857	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	140.19/cwt	139.75–140.50	959	46

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 2,096Last week 2,711Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	375	174.00	174.00
12	—	825	121.00	121.00
25	—	418	152.00–160.00	157.49
47	—	767	127.00	127.00
58	—	468	151.00–166.00	157.26
78	—	728	128.00–129.00	128.64
112	—	519	143.00–152.00	149.72
128	—	577	138.00–152.00	144.55
129	—	685	131.00–137.00	133.18
171	—	625	131.00–139.00	133.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	419	131.00	131.00
7	—	499	144.50	144.50
7	—	647	129.00	129.00
29	—	589	130.50–133.00	131.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	903	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	180.00	180.00
14	—	414	189.00–191.00	190.25
40	—	1,024	117.25–118.50	117.91
54	—	517	172.00–181.00	177.14
81	—	762	135.50–139.50	137.48
91	—	628	156.50–164.00	159.34
119	—	669	145.75–159.00	151.00
135	—	740	137.00–145.00	140.97
138	—	570	162.00–171.00	167.06
177	—	875	126.50–139.00	135.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	169.00	169.00
5	—	533	150.00	150.00
7	—	716	132.00	132.00
8	—	593	142.00	142.00
27	—	616	128.50–149.50	139.19
46	—	684	139.75–140.50	140.19

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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