Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale. Many load lots today. Compared to the last sale two weeks ago lightweight steers were mostly 1.00-6.00 higher, 800-900 pound steers steady to 3.00 higher. Lightweight heifers were mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Good demand for the moderate offerings. Trading active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.31/cwt on 1,348 head.

Average price

$146.31

1,348 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$352

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

$25.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.18

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	430	171.50	737	14thin
Medium and Large 1	746	146.05	1,090	1,334

One grade step is worth $25.45/cwt here — about −$352 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 sale1,348 hd

146.31

—

NE average7 barns · 11,386 hd

152.50

−6.18

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

29 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	—	1,128	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,269	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	571	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	159.06/cwt	156.00–162.00	662	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	122.84/cwt	117.00–129.00	1,072	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	147.34/cwt	143.00–155.00	781	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	193.16/cwt	190.00–196.00	833	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	148.04/cwt	138.50–153.00	853	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	177.97/cwt	173.00–184.00	835	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	167.05/cwt	159.50–171.00	946	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	157.81/cwt	150.00–162.00	986	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	152.81/cwt	143.00–158.00	1,022	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	132.87/cwt	122.25–134.75	1,140	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	123.01/cwt	118.50–125.50	1,182	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	140.52/cwt	136.50–144.00	892	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	159.42/cwt	156.75–162.00	762	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	140.54/cwt	134.00–145.25	1,099	369
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	129.46/cwt	122.00–130.30	1,179	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	141.51/cwt	138.50–144.50	1,036	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	133.28/cwt	123.50–138.00	1,126	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	130.82/cwt	127.25–134.25	962	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	179.87/cwt	176.00–185.00	943	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	128.63/cwt	128.25–132.00	1,015	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	136.33/cwt	132.00–138.50	927	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	122.67/cwt	115.00–123.75	1,152	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	126.20/cwt	124.75–127.00	1,049	153

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 Feb 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,560Last week 2,652Year ago 2,096

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,128	112.50	112.50
7	—	334	171.00	171.00
7	—	394	165.00	165.00
14	—	416	156.00–162.00	159.06
26	—	873	117.00–129.00	122.84
40	—	530	143.00–155.00	147.34
156	—	576	138.50–153.00	148.04
97	—	635	136.50–144.00	140.52
88	—	478	156.75–162.00	159.42
46	—	735	127.25–134.25	130.82
60	—	789	128.25–132.00	128.63
168	—	680	132.00–138.50	136.33
83	—	939	115.00–123.75	122.67
153	—	831	124.75–127.00	126.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	400	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	431	190.00–196.00	193.16
27	—	469	173.00–184.00	177.97
77	—	566	159.50–171.00	167.05
99	—	625	150.00–162.00	157.81
188	—	669	143.00–158.00	152.81
85	—	858	122.25–134.75	132.87
17	—	961	118.50–125.50	123.01
369	—	782	134.00–145.25	140.54
267	—	911	122.00–130.30	129.46
64	—	732	138.50–144.50	141.51
37	—	845	123.50–138.00	133.28
81	—	524	176.00–185.00	179.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	187.00	187.00
7	—	481	156.00	156.00

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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