Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week, as there hasn't been a recent reported sale. Many consignments of load lots was offered today. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.67/cwt on 1,692 head.

Average price

$127.67

1,692 head · 782 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$192

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

$4.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.06

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	638	131.58	840	312
Medium and Large 1	814	126.78	1,032	1,380

One grade step is worth $4.80/cwt here — about −$192 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 sale1,692 hd

127.67

—

NE average4 barns · 4,815 hd

131.73

−4.06

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

45 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	—	973	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	93.75/cwt	93.75–93.75	954	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	981	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	954	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	151.99/cwt	148.00–156.00	666	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	123.59/cwt	120.00–124.50	837	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	148.94/cwt	139.00–153.50	772	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	151.78/cwt	143.00–157.00	730	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	113.28/cwt	112.50–116.50	924	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	112.90/cwt	110.50–113.50	986	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	126.34/cwt	124.00–132.50	776	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	113.42/cwt	109.00–116.00	889	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	121.01/cwt	116.75–124.00	869	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	129.47/cwt	128.00–136.00	751	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	826	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	999	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	702	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	907	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	783	121.01/cwt	118.00–124.00	948	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	885	122.42/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,083	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	651	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	93.26/cwt	92.00–94.00	863	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	105.60/cwt	105.60–105.60	921	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	174.59/cwt	174.00–175.00	740	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	167.27/cwt	165.00–169.00	801	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	145.87/cwt	142.50–150.00	977	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	134.52/cwt	127.00–139.50	1,020	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	154.25/cwt	154.25–154.25	1,000	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	139.57/cwt	131.00–142.00	983	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	163.30/cwt	160.00–169.00	865	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	154.39/cwt	149.00–165.50	888	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	124.97/cwt	121.75–126.50	1,048	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	117.25/cwt	112.00–119.75	1,036	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	112.29/cwt	108.25–114.60	1,043	599
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	978	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	971	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	137.73/cwt	135.00–145.00	799	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	133

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 3,230Last week 1,470Year ago 0

There is no comparison this week, as there hasn't been a recent reported sale. Many consignments of load lots was offered today. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	973	96.00	96.00
6	—	348	156.00	156.00
7	—	366	157.00	157.00
10	—	1,018	93.75	93.75
12	—	1,115	88.00	88.00
29	—	900	106.00	106.00
32	—	438	148.00–156.00	151.99
36	—	677	120.00–124.50	123.59
50	—	518	139.00–153.50	148.94
51	—	481	143.00–157.00	151.78
53	—	816	112.50–116.50	113.28
72	—	873	110.50–113.50	112.90
81	—	614	124.00–132.50	126.34
148	—	784	109.00–116.00	113.42
152	—	718	116.75–124.00	121.01
199	—	580	128.00–136.00	129.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	826	121.00	121.00
31	—	702	129.25	129.25
71	—	783	118.00–124.00	121.01
73	—	885	117.00–124.00	122.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	128.00	128.00
6	—	444	133.00	133.00
7	—	572	124.00	124.00
8	—	460	141.50	141.50
24	—	925	92.00–94.00	93.26
71	—	872	105.60	105.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,117	100.50	100.50
7	—	363	173.00	173.00
18	—	424	174.00–175.00	174.59
27	—	479	165.00–169.00	167.27
40	—	670	142.50–150.00	145.87
41	—	758	127.00–139.50	134.52
48	—	648	154.25	154.25
83	—	704	131.00–142.00	139.57
84	—	530	160.00–169.00	163.30
87	—	575	149.00–165.50	154.39
111	—	839	121.75–126.50	124.97
230	—	884	112.00–119.75	117.25
599	—	929	108.25–114.60	112.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	806	109.00	109.00
9	—	988	99.00	99.00
13	—	786	123.50	123.50
20	—	628	130.00	130.00
130	—	580	135.00–145.00	137.73
133	—	650	130.00	130.00

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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