Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs too lightly tested last week for complete comparison, lower undertones, 550-700 lbs mostly steady, 700 lbs and heavier 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of 6.00-7.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this nice offering of fully preconditioned and longtime weaned steers and heifer calves. Many long strings of attractive steers and heifers, along with numerous smaller packages, flesh ranged from light to moderate plus. CME Live Cattle contracts lost over 1.00 today which added to the pressure the feeder cattle market was already under. Cattle feeders are facing higher costs of gain as corn prices hover near 5.00. Next special feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 18, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.40/cwt on 1,449 head.

Average price

$144.40

1,449 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$213

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

$15.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.06

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	501	159.04	798	55
Medium and Large 1	702	143.82	1,010	1,394

One grade step is worth $15.22/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale1,449 hd

144.40

—

NE average11 barns · 30,082 hd

153.46

−9.06

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

37 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 1Fancy	—	766	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	988	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	566	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	466	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	653	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	839	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	145.82/cwt	139.00–152.00	834	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	132.09/cwt	128.50–136.00	818	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	130.63/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,018	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	138.42/cwt	133.00–143.00	992	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,245	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	160.91/cwt	153.00–165.50	928	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	653	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	128.18/cwt	124.50–132.75	1,115	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	149.35/cwt	144.50–158.00	781	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	151.51/cwt	143.50–161.75	948	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	125.74/cwt	123.00–127.00	971	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	171.48/cwt	161.00–174.00	804	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	133.36/cwt	130.25–137.00	892	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	192.88/cwt	190.00–196.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,014	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	175.57/cwt	170.00–179.50	736	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	734	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	163.82/cwt	160.00–168.00	875	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	148.15/cwt	147.00–149.00	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	145.63/cwt	139.00–149.00	974	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	896	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	130.51/cwt	125.00–135.50	1,086	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	149.34/cwt	145.00–151.50	865	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	161.30/cwt	151.00–165.00	708	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	126.23/cwt	124.00–127.00	914	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	129.33/cwt	128.00–130.00	795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,137	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	153.95/cwt	150.00–158.00	797	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	164.49/cwt	162.00–171.00	770	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	745	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 Jan 11, 2021

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

Receipts 2,728Last week 2,301Year ago 2,807

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	766	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	142.00	142.00
10	—	653	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	572	139.00–152.00	145.82
211	—	619	128.50–136.00	132.09
3	—	460	158.00	158.00
10	—	396	165.00	165.00
83	—	523	144.50–158.00	149.35
170	—	772	123.00–127.00	125.74
225	—	669	130.25–137.00	133.36
38	—	818	124.00	124.00
68	—	439	151.00–165.00	161.30
116	—	724	124.00–127.00	126.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	139.00	139.00
12	—	485	147.00–149.00	148.15
9	—	615	128.00–130.00	129.33
7	—	446	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	779	129.00–133.00	130.63
272	—	717	133.00–143.00	138.42
11	—	969	128.50	128.50
163	—	577	153.00–165.50	160.91
111	—	870	124.50–132.75	128.18
160	—	626	143.50–161.75	151.51
43	—	469	161.00–174.00	171.48
6	—	334	190.00–196.00	192.88
32	—	419	170.00–179.50	175.57
91	—	534	160.00–168.00	163.82
130	—	669	139.00–149.00	145.63
233	—	832	125.00–135.50	130.51
66	—	904	125.75	125.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	659	136.00	136.00
12	—	579	145.00–151.50	149.34
5	—	281	193.00	193.00
16	—	518	150.00–158.00	153.95
14	—	468	162.00–171.00	164.49
4	—	438	170.00	170.00

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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