Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale; There is no comparison today as the last sale was not a Precondition sale. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.54/cwt on 494 head.

Average price

$149.54

494 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$16.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.91

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	150.83	1,056	456
Medium and Large 1-2	720	134.08	965	38

One grade step is worth $16.75/cwt here — about $91 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 sale494 hd

149.54

—

NE average10 barns · 11,793 hd

163.45

−13.91

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

28 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 and Large 1Fleshy	—	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	130.65/cwt	130.50–131.00	885	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	126.30/cwt	125.00–126.75	928	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	149.00/cwt	145.00–151.00	648	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	169.09/cwt	164.00–174.50	803	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,111	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	147.43/cwt	141.00–152.00	696	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	154.99/cwt	153.50–157.00	959	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,337	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	176.91/cwt	168.00–181.00	755	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.45/cwt	143.00–155.50	871	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	144.58/cwt	143.00–151.00	987	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	142.15/cwt	136.00–146.50	752	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	135.25/cwt	131.50–139.75	836	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	130.94/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,011	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	159.98/cwt	156.00–163.25	841	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	143.60/cwt	143.60–143.60	1,341	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,222	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	142.85/cwt	140.25–145.00	810	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	542	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	786	4

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,050Last week 1,143Year ago 0

Precondition sale; There is no comparison today as the last sale was not a Precondition sale. Demand was good for the light offerings. Trading was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	665	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	475	164.00–174.50	169.09
43	—	820	135.50	135.50
52	—	619	153.50–157.00	154.99
7	—	339	187.00	187.00
11	—	1,057	126.50	126.50
18	—	427	168.00–181.00	176.91
5	—	952	129.00	129.00
38	—	575	143.00–155.50	151.45
41	—	683	143.00–151.00	144.58
86	—	526	156.00–163.25	159.98
121	—	934	143.60	143.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	745	133.50	133.50
24	—	772	130.00–132.00	130.94
5	—	619	131.00	131.00
4	—	499	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	750	128.00	128.00
7	—	298	163.00	163.00
20	—	677	130.50–131.00	130.65
27	—	735	125.00–126.75	126.30
34	—	435	145.00–151.00	149.00
47	—	472	141.00–152.00	147.43
52	—	529	136.00–146.50	142.15
54	—	618	131.50–139.75	135.25
60	—	859	142.25	142.25
101	—	567	140.25–145.00	142.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	138.00	138.00
8	—	374	145.00	145.00

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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