Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Precondition sale on February 24; 500-600 pound steers were 4.5 to sharply less, 500-700 pound heifers were 3.25 to 7.00 less. Demand was moderate for the moderate offerings. Active trade.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.31/cwt on 671 head.

Average price

$133.31

671 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$0.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.19

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	133.32	893	661
Medium and Large 1-2	469	133.00	624	10thin

One grade step is worth $0.32/cwt here — about $269 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 sale671 hd

133.31

—

NE average7 barns · 8,657 hd

145.51

−12.19

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	—	1,046	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,080	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,064	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,170	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	668	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	129.20/cwt	128.00–129.50	866	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	117.94/cwt	117.50–118.00	993	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	119.44/cwt	119.00–123.00	941	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	122.75/cwt	119.50–125.00	1,061	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	140.49/cwt	139.00–145.00	826	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	143.94/cwt	143.00–144.25	759	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	140.18/cwt	136.00–140.75	883	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.27/cwt	123.00–127.00	902	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,195	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,066	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	998	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	151.24/cwt	147.25–156.25	876	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	123.86/cwt	121.75–127.50	1,023	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	152.61/cwt	152.00–152.75	952	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	135.12/cwt	134.50–135.75	985	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	121.18/cwt	120.50–122.00	1,120	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	146.48/cwt	137.50–147.75	977	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	161.32/cwt	159.50–162.75	868	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	923	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	157.76/cwt	156.00–159.00	748	27

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 Mar 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,466Last week 2,096Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,046	110.00	110.00
6	—	964	112.00	112.00
6	—	1,064	110.00	110.00
8	—	398	160.00	160.00
25	—	434	154.00	154.00
26	—	490	150.00	150.00
35	—	670	128.00–129.50	129.20
38	—	842	117.50–118.00	117.94
44	—	788	119.00–123.00	119.44
67	—	864	119.50–125.00	122.75
86	—	588	139.00–145.00	140.49
94	—	527	143.00–144.25	143.94
96	—	630	136.00–140.75	140.18
125	—	720	123.00–127.00	125.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	408	140.00	140.00
5	—	530	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,067	112.00	112.00
10	—	449	169.00	169.00
13	—	856	124.50	124.50
31	—	753	132.50	132.50
33	—	579	147.25–156.25	151.24
34	—	826	121.75–127.50	123.86
46	—	624	152.00–152.75	152.61
55	—	729	134.50–135.75	135.12
96	—	924	120.50–122.00	121.18
113	—	667	137.50–147.75	146.48
122	—	538	159.50–162.75	161.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	136.00	136.00
10	—	763	121.00	121.00
27	—	474	156.00–159.00	157.76

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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