Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned sale. Compared to last week steers 500-600 pounds mostly 6.00-9.00 higher, 700 pound steers steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 pounds mostly 5.00-8.00 higher. Good demand for the moderate offerings of quality cattle. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.13/cwt on 1,181 head.

Average price

$147.13

1,181 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$10.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	147.31	986	1,160
Medium and Large 1-2	666	137.00	912	21

One grade step is worth $10.31/cwt here — about $74 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 sale1,181 hd

147.13

—

NE average10 barns · 20,057 hd

153.37

−6.24

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	—	921	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,009	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	150.56/cwt	142.50–155.00	634	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	130.11/cwt	129.50–132.00	938	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	146.20/cwt	143.00–151.00	697	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	170.03/cwt	163.50–172.50	888	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	151.07/cwt	147.50–157.00	941	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	735	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,036	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	139.83/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,025	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	156.44/cwt	150.00–161.25	917	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	176.51/cwt	169.00–180.00	748	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,056	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	127.74/cwt	126.75–128.75	1,130	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	143.08/cwt	139.00–151.00	744	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	137.60/cwt	132.00–144.00	849	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	143.39/cwt	136.00–148.00	813	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.79/cwt	130.00–139.00	906	321
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	134.45/cwt	128.00–139.50	1,026	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	146.55/cwt	143.00–150.00	988	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	963	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	882	14

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 2,402Last week 2,122Year ago 2,934

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	921	113.00	113.00
8	—	396	159.00	159.00
11	—	782	129.00	129.00
15	—	421	142.50–155.00	150.56
46	—	721	129.50–132.00	130.11
68	—	477	143.00–151.00	146.20
68	—	520	139.00–151.00	143.08
174	—	617	132.00–144.00	137.60
289	—	567	136.00–148.00	143.39
321	—	672	130.00–139.00	134.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	735	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	522	163.50–172.50	170.03
112	—	623	147.50–157.00	151.07
247	—	733	134.00–142.00	139.83
271	—	586	150.00–161.25	156.44
5	—	939	125.00	125.00
18	—	424	169.00–180.00	176.51
18	—	817	129.25	129.25
38	—	885	126.75–128.75	127.74
171	—	763	128.00–139.50	134.45
194	—	674	143.00–150.00	146.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	741	130.00	130.00
14	—	628	140.50	140.50

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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