Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale. No recent market coverage for comparison. Many load lots today. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.40/cwt on 1,602 head.

Average price

$150.40

1,602 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$7.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	151.10	1,022	1,445
Medium and Large 1-2	640	144.03	921	157

One grade step is worth $7.07/cwt here — about $100 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 sale1,602 hd

150.40

—

NE average9 barns · 14,204 hd

166.51

−16.10

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

40 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	—	430	152.37/cwt	146.00–158.50	655	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	157.62/cwt	153.75–161.00	793	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	128.27/cwt	126.50–128.50	1,135	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	130.72/cwt	129.00–132.50	1,020	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	158.42/cwt	149.00–163.50	770	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	134.31/cwt	129.00–135.25	1,101	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,359	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	135.50/cwt	130.75–138.00	897	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	172.19/cwt	164.00–177.00	816	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	168.44/cwt	161.00–177.00	876	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	142.54/cwt	138.50–149.50	1,033	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	140.05/cwt	131.00–145.75	1,087	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	151.49/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,024	354
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	158.86/cwt	154.50–166.00	915	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	139.33/cwt	134.50–143.25	855	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	155.78/cwt	149.00–162.75	975	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,206	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	137.42/cwt	135.00–142.25	1,143	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,246	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	136.07/cwt	133.50–137.00	962	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	160.99/cwt	154.00–165.00	609	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,235	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	159.98/cwt	156.00–164.00	547	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,150	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	141.84/cwt	135.50–147.00	818	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	129.16/cwt	128.00–130.00	805	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	977	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	149.51/cwt	148.00–150.50	879	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,211	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	141.92/cwt	140.00–143.00	697	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	967	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	143.67/cwt	136.00–146.00	911	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	979	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	157.85/cwt	157.00–159.50	840	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	142.76/cwt	141.50–148.00	771	47

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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Receipts 3,463Last week 1,050Year ago 0

Precondition sale. No recent market coverage for comparison. Many load lots today. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	430	146.00–158.50	152.37
57	—	503	153.75–161.00	157.62
60	—	885	126.50–128.50	128.27
93	—	780	129.00–132.50	130.72
99	—	486	149.00–163.50	158.42
138	—	820	129.00–135.25	134.31
199	—	662	130.75–138.00	135.50
216	—	614	134.50–143.25	139.33
169	—	993	121.50	121.50
19	—	707	133.50–137.00	136.07
20	—	378	154.00–165.00	160.99
6	—	1,138	108.50	108.50
12	—	342	156.00–164.00	159.98
14	—	913	126.00	126.00
335	—	577	135.50–147.00	141.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	623	128.00–130.00	129.16
6	—	599	126.00	126.00
14	—	491	140.00–143.00	141.92
8	—	728	123.00	123.00
47	—	540	141.50–148.00	142.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,016	133.75	133.75
63	—	474	164.00–177.00	172.19
73	—	520	161.00–177.00	168.44
11	—	365	184.00	184.00
174	—	725	138.50–149.50	142.54
256	—	776	131.00–145.75	140.05
17	—	431	182.00	182.00
354	—	676	146.00–155.00	151.49
165	—	576	154.50–166.00	158.86
217	—	626	149.00–162.75	155.78
38	—	832	135.00–142.25	137.42
60	—	903	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	757	129.00	129.00
33	—	588	148.00–150.50	149.51
6	—	950	127.50	127.50
5	—	391	151.00	151.00
18	—	688	140.50	140.50
42	—	634	136.00–146.00	143.67
12	—	728	134.50	134.50
24	—	532	157.00–159.50	157.85

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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