Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today as there hasn't been recent market coverage. Lots of load lots were offered today. Good demand on the light offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.08/cwt on 537 head.

Average price

$139.08

537 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$76.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.50

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	754	143.33	1,081	472
Medium and Large 1-2	743	130.88	972	42
Medium 3	910	67.00	610	23

One grade step is worth $76.33/cwt here — about $471 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 sale537 hd

139.08

—

NE average11 barns · 16,072 hd

154.59

−15.50

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
Steers	Medium 3	—	910	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	610	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	599	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	656	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,245	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	132.30/cwt	130.00–136.00	765	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	143.94/cwt	143.50–144.75	1,185	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,313	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	142.43/cwt	139.00–145.50	873	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	130.25/cwt	129.50–130.50	1,007	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	139.21/cwt	138.75–139.25	1,224	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	143.43/cwt	140.00–144.25	965	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	143.64/cwt	141.00–149.00	807	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	154.25/cwt	147.00–155.50	781	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	133.67/cwt	133.50–134.50	1,182	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	148.96/cwt	148.00–152.00	716	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	760	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	136.21/cwt	128.50–136.75	1,235	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,034	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	145.16/cwt	145.00–146.00	687	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,038	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	135.09/cwt	133.00–136.50	1,102	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	587	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	748	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,049	20

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 Nov 2, 2020

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

Receipts 1,143Last week 3,511Year ago 2,420

No comparison today as there hasn't been recent market coverage. Lots of load lots were offered today. Good demand on the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	910	67.00	67.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	823	143.50–144.75	143.94
54	—	995	132.00	132.00
49	—	613	139.00–145.50	142.43
83	—	879	138.75–139.25	139.21
32	—	673	140.00–144.25	143.43
15	—	562	141.00–149.00	143.64
48	—	506	147.00–155.50	154.25
5	—	356	178.00	178.00
21	—	481	148.00–152.00	148.96
24	—	422	180.00	180.00
102	—	907	128.50–136.75	136.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	821	126.00	126.00
20	—	774	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	587	125.00–130.00	127.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	730	130.00	130.00
18	—	350	171.00	171.00
20	—	405	162.00	162.00
25	—	992	125.50	125.50
28	—	578	130.00–136.00	132.30
32	—	773	129.50–130.50	130.25
76	—	884	133.50–134.50	133.67
30	—	473	145.00–146.00	145.16
115	—	816	133.00–136.50	135.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	540	130.00	130.00
12	—	620	128.00	128.00
6	—	860	124.00	124.00
5	—	837	124.00	124.00
10	—	438	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	899	95.00	95.00

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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