Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale. Compared to the last sale two weeks ago 700 pound steers were steady to 6.00 higher, 800 pound steers steady to 4.00 lower. Lightweight heifers mostly 1.00-5.00 lower. Many load lots today. Good demand for the moderate offerings. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.89/cwt on 1,896 head.

Average price

$143.89

1,896 head · 745 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.77

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	747	144.29	1,078	1,789
Medium and Large 1-2	681	139.25	949	99
Large 1	1,071	112.00	1,200	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.29/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale1,896 hd

143.89

—

NE average8 barns · 13,537 hd

154.66

−10.77

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

30 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
Steers	Large 1	—	1,071	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	167.97/cwt	158.00–172.00	621	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	151.73/cwt	150.00–153.00	801	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	145.53/cwt	144.00–148.50	818	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	130.40/cwt	129.25–131.00	944	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	158.43/cwt	151.00–164.00	734	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	191.45/cwt	179.50–197.00	821	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	129.35/cwt	128.00–130.50	1,146	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	135.80/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,116	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	141.85/cwt	134.25–144.85	1,098	460
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	699	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	161.43/cwt	158.00–166.00	856	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	158.71/cwt	150.50–165.00	921	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	148.61/cwt	147.50–154.00	909	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	132.57/cwt	131.00–137.00	896	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	122.41/cwt	122.00–122.75	998	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	125.68/cwt	123.00–131.50	988	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	129.35/cwt	129.35–129.35	1,178	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	145.34/cwt	137.00–150.50	1,051	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	150.72/cwt	143.50–153.50	1,008	347
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	818	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	760	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	932	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	142.27/cwt	139.00–148.50	903	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	126.21/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,046	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	133.25/cwt	132.00–134.00	987	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	136.19/cwt	134.00–137.50	945	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	679	6

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 Mar 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,638Last week 2,560Year ago 1,466

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,071	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	429	179.50–197.00	191.45
113	—	886	128.00–130.50	129.35
379	—	822	130.00–138.00	135.80
460	—	774	134.25–144.85	141.85
23	—	348	201.00	201.00
28	—	530	158.00–166.00	161.43
29	—	580	150.50–165.00	158.71
40	—	612	147.50–154.00	148.61
129	—	911	129.35	129.35
174	—	723	137.00–150.50	145.34
347	—	669	143.50–153.50	150.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	437	174.00	174.00
11	—	770	121.00	121.00
14	—	635	140.00	140.00
15	—	829	125.00–127.00	126.21
16	—	741	132.00–134.00	133.25
29	—	694	134.00–137.50	136.19
6	—	361	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	370	158.00–172.00	167.97
19	—	528	150.00–153.00	151.73
42	—	562	144.00–148.50	145.53
48	—	724	129.25–131.00	130.40
49	—	463	151.00–164.00	158.43
72	—	676	131.00–137.00	132.57
100	—	815	122.00–122.75	122.41
141	—	786	123.00–131.50	125.68
64	—	635	139.00–148.50	142.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	532	145.00	145.00
6	—	615	133.00	133.00

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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