Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale. Compared to the sale two weeks ago 700 pound steers 1.00-2.00 higher, 800 pound steers steady to 8.00 higher. Heifers, 700 pounds, steady to 3.00 higher, 800 pounds 5.00 higher. 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 $143.73/cwt on 1,262 head.

Average price

$143.73

1,262 head · 768 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$184

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

$6.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.92

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	617	149.76	924	31
Medium and Large 1	771	143.57	1,107	1,231

One grade step is worth $6.18/cwt here — about −$184 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 sale1,262 hd

143.73

—

NE average5 barns · 5,354 hd

150.64

−6.92

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

26 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	—	391	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,108	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	679	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	135.88/cwt	135.75–136.00	859	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	150.63/cwt	144.00–155.00	801	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.94/cwt	141.25–144.00	809	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	141.83/cwt	134.00–147.00	1,098	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	138.28/cwt	136.50–138.75	1,138	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	148.65/cwt	143.50–151.75	1,091	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	148.90/cwt	142.50–150.50	1,007	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	675	138.90/cwt	138.75–139.25	938	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	758	140.38/cwt	138.50–144.00	1,064	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	160.74/cwt	150.00–167.25	1,040	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	171.82/cwt	160.00–178.50	907	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,199	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	138.09/cwt	130.00–138.75	1,218	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	132.97/cwt	130.50–137.00	908	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	132.22/cwt	129.00–134.50	974	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,062	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	128.52/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,002	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	853	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,207	21

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 2,098Last week 2,638Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	166.00	166.00
12	—	886	125.00	125.00
17	—	441	154.00	154.00
22	—	632	135.75–136.00	135.88
25	—	532	144.00–155.00	150.63
32	—	570	141.25–144.00	141.94
53	—	683	130.50–137.00	132.97
69	—	737	129.00–134.50	132.22
130	—	830	128.00	128.00
152	—	780	124.00–132.00	128.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	675	138.75–139.25	138.90
122	—	758	138.50–144.00	140.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
323	—	774	134.00–147.00	141.83
324	—	823	136.50–138.75	138.28
144	—	734	143.50–151.75	148.65
177	—	676	142.50–150.50	148.90
37	—	647	150.00–167.25	160.74
45	—	528	160.00–178.50	171.82
76	—	905	132.50	132.50
77	—	882	130.00–138.75	138.09
7	—	427	191.00	191.00
21	—	958	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	499	171.00	171.00
7	—	563	158.50	158.50
7	—	761	128.00	128.00
10	—	636	144.00	144.00

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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