Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned sale. Compared to the Precondition sale two weeks ago, 500-600 steers were steady to 1.00 higher, 700 pound steers 4.00-5.00 higher, 900 pound steers steady. 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 4.00-5.00 higher, 700 pound heifers steady, 850 pound heifers 5.00 higher. Demand good for the moderate offerings of good quality calves. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.91/cwt on 945 head.

Average price

$152.91

945 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$174

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

$10.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.65

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	555	163.40	907	22
Medium and Large 1	708	152.66	1,081	923

One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about −$174 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 sale945 hd

152.91

—

NE average7 barns · 14,180 hd

161.56

−8.65

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

24 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	—	353	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,005	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	170.19/cwt	166.00–173.00	817	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	142.55/cwt	134.00–147.00	878	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	132.19/cwt	125.00–136.00	945	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	138.98/cwt	135.00–143.00	930	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	686	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,036	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	763	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,106	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	193.67/cwt	189.00–197.50	895	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	145.69/cwt	144.50–149.25	1,179	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	183.11/cwt	174.25–189.00	950	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	162.26/cwt	156.00–167.50	938	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	135.74/cwt	131.00–137.75	1,281	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	149.98/cwt	145.00–154.25	1,012	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	163.39/cwt	158.00–168.00	855	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	131.36/cwt	126.50–134.00	1,149	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	150.48/cwt	147.00–159.50	879	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	144.20/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,131	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	158.95/cwt	151.00–162.50	995	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	151.53/cwt	145.00–154.75	1,097	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,049	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	822	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	161.26/cwt	157.00–165.00	856	11

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 1,808Last week 3,463Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	353	188.00	188.00
10	—	773	130.00	130.00
18	—	480	166.00–173.00	170.19
80	—	616	134.00–147.00	142.55
83	—	715	125.00–136.00	132.19
97	—	669	135.00–143.00	138.98
101	—	523	158.00–168.00	163.39
101	—	875	126.50–134.00	131.36
102	—	584	147.00–159.50	150.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	686	151.00	151.00
14	—	763	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	462	189.00–197.50	193.67
24	—	809	144.50–149.25	145.69
36	—	519	174.25–189.00	183.11
61	—	578	156.00–167.50	162.26
83	—	944	131.00–137.75	135.74
116	—	675	145.00–154.25	149.98
161	—	784	139.00–151.00	144.20
187	—	626	151.00–162.50	158.95
239	—	724	145.00–154.75	151.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	141.00	141.00
6	—	442	186.00	186.00
11	—	531	157.00–165.00	161.26

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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