Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned sale- good quality weaned cattle. Compared to last week lightweight steers were mostly 3.00-8.00 lower, 800 pound steers 2.00-3.00 lower. Heifers 600-800 pounds were mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. Good demand for the moderate offerings. Trading active. Next feeder cattle sale January 25.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.31/cwt on 992 head.

Average price

$132.31

992 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$268

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

$6.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.11

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	467	139.00	649	11thin
Medium and Large 1	693	132.24	917	981

One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about −$268 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 sale992 hd

132.31

—

NE average10 barns · 15,597 hd

141.42

−9.11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	814	134.58/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,095	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	132.32/cwt	129.50–138.00	832	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	714	130.95/cwt	130.75–131.00	935	95
Steers	Large 1	—	1,136	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,250	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	666	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	132.55/cwt	131.00–134.00	790	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,077	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	127.36/cwt	125.50–128.00	977	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	150.14/cwt	145.00–156.00	725	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	158.71/cwt	155.00–163.00	806	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	169.38/cwt	167.00–172.00	808	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	136.37/cwt	131.00–140.10	993	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	120.58/cwt	114.50–124.00	1,167	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	140.30/cwt	135.00–146.00	881	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,152	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	135.32/cwt	130.00–140.75	919	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	145.36/cwt	140.50–155.00	847	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	128.02/cwt	125.50–131.00	872	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	579	149.92/cwt	149.00–151.75	868	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,064	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,224	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	126.93/cwt	124.25–128.50	933	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	133.21/cwt	126.00–137.50	779	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	128.08/cwt	122.50–130.25	1,108	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	123.55/cwt	122.50–124.50	967	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	124.31/cwt	120.50–125.00	1,047	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	143.73/cwt	141.00–145.50	773	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	801	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	128.39/cwt	121.00–132.50	1,053	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	134.99/cwt	129.75–139.85	1,052	144

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 2,122Last week 2,728Year ago 2,133

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	814	134.00–138.00	134.58
95	—	714	130.75–131.00	130.95
26	—	579	149.00–151.75	149.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	629	129.50–138.00	132.32
12	—	444	150.00	150.00
36	—	596	131.00–134.00	132.55
46	—	863	124.75	124.75
50	—	767	125.50–128.00	127.36
52	—	483	145.00–156.00	150.14
112	—	681	125.50–131.00	128.02
125	—	735	124.25–128.50	126.93
110	—	842	120.50–125.00	124.31
79	—	538	141.00–145.50	143.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	495	133.00	133.00
6	—	443	144.00	144.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,136	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	508	155.00–163.00	158.71
19	—	477	167.00–172.00	169.38
138	—	728	131.00–140.10	136.37
41	—	968	114.50–124.00	120.58
156	—	628	135.00–146.00	140.30
50	—	902	127.75	127.75
75	—	679	130.00–140.75	135.32
51	—	583	140.50–155.00	145.36
7	—	1,064	115.00	115.00
76	—	865	122.50–130.25	128.08
92	—	820	121.00–132.50	128.39
144	—	779	129.75–139.85	134.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	585	126.00–137.50	133.21
15	—	783	122.50–124.50	123.55
8	—	614	130.50	130.50

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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