Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Several packages light weight calves with some load lots of feeder cattle in the run. Demand was moderate to good with some buyers participating from the internet. Next special Monday sale is slated for April 27th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.43/cwt on 669 head.

Average price

$124.43

669 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$127

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

$8.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.88

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	534	132.06	705	41
Medium and Large 1	672	123.93	832	628

One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about −$127 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 sale669 hd

124.43

—

NE average9 barns · 8,562 hd

127.31

−2.88

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 1-2	—	603	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	112.52/cwt	110.50–113.50	865	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	117.53/cwt	115.00–123.50	804	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	129.67/cwt	123.75–135.75	803	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	136.26/cwt	130.00–149.00	775	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	900	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	123.17/cwt	121.00–124.00	903	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	170.09/cwt	169.00–171.00	718	13
Steers	Large 1	—	1,030	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	865	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	141.33/cwt	141.00–142.00	677	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	104.66/cwt	104.00–105.00	761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	557	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	148.00/cwt	147.00–151.00	996	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	157.37/cwt	151.00–161.00	996	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.40/cwt	153.00–162.00	891	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	877	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	168.64/cwt	164.50–170.50	801	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	145.29/cwt	142.00–150.00	830	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	145.47/cwt	139.00–155.00	775	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	684	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	112.43/cwt	111.00–112.75	991	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,002	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	156.22/cwt	155.00–159.00	787	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	153.11/cwt	141.00–156.00	709	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	517	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	166.34/cwt	160.00–170.00	622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	921	84.35/cwt	81.00–91.00	777	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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,470Last week 1,466Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	603	124.50	124.50
21	—	479	141.00–142.00	141.33
9	—	727	104.00–105.00	104.66
6	—	379	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	769	110.50–113.50	112.52
158	—	684	115.00–123.50	117.53
55	—	619	123.75–135.75	129.67
38	—	569	130.00–149.00	136.26
34	—	729	123.50	123.50
33	—	504	155.00–159.00	156.22
33	—	463	141.00–156.00	153.11
17	—	315	164.00	164.00
8	—	374	160.00–170.00	166.34
5	—	931	85.50	85.50
5	—	446	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	733	121.00–124.00	123.17
13	—	422	169.00–171.00	170.09
43	—	673	147.00–151.00	148.00
41	—	758	125.00	125.00
41	—	633	151.00–161.00	157.37
30	—	570	153.00–162.00	156.40
27	—	510	172.00	172.00
25	—	475	164.50–170.50	168.64
158	—	881	111.00–112.75	112.43
132	—	821	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,030	84.00	84.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	571	142.00–150.00	145.29
22	—	533	139.00–155.00	145.47
9	—	437	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	921	81.00–91.00	84.35

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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