Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend is not applicable. Mostly light to moderate demand for calves with good demand for yearlings. Change in the weather along with quite a lot of corn in the field brought a light crowd of farmer/feeder buyers to the seats. Most cattle sold to order buyers. Offering comprised of calves in small packages with some packages and load lots of yearling feeder cattle in the run. Some of the calves were weaned, some coming right off the cow with a mix bag of vaccination protocols throughout the day. The local trade area consumed some of the offerings with other going East to Iowa. Next Special Calf and Feeder sale will be in two weeks on Nov 15.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.54/cwt on 688 head.

Average price

$151.54

688 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$472

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

$1.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.76

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	418	152.72	639	50
Medium and Large 1	734	151.45	1,111	638

One grade step is worth $1.27/cwt here — about −$472 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 sale688 hd

151.54

—

NE average12 barns · 10,657 hd

156.30

−4.76

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

32 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 1Fancy	—	875	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,400	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	951	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,237	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	614	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	149.51/cwt	146.50–150.75	1,399	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	162.99/cwt	161.50–165.25	1,286	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	159.01/cwt	154.50–171.75	827	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	167.26/cwt	162.00–173.00	820	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	159.63/cwt	152.00–165.50	919	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	156.07/cwt	153.00–162.00	1,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	190.16/cwt	186.00–191.00	751	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,309	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	145.25/cwt	142.00–148.50	813	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,345	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	934	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	167.84/cwt	160.50–175.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	932	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	148.36/cwt	146.00–155.00	717	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	187.06/cwt	180.00–195.75	799	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	150.91/cwt	145.00–151.50	1,023	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,067	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	167.65/cwt	162.00–171.00	622	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	144.16/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,113	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	149.48/cwt	148.00–154.00	650	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	150.45/cwt	146.50–153.50	785	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	161.59/cwt	160.00–165.00	671	13

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 Nov 1, 2021

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

Receipts 1,536Last week 3,464Year ago 1,143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	875	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	684	139.00	139.00
9	—	540	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	145.50	145.50
36	—	830	149.00	149.00
207	—	877	149.25	149.25
55	—	560	142.00–148.50	145.25
22	—	643	145.00	145.00
18	—	483	146.00–155.00	148.36
13	—	736	145.00	145.00
16	—	371	162.00–171.00	167.65
18	—	772	140.00–150.00	144.16
90	—	522	146.50–153.50	150.45
8	—	319	171.00	171.00
13	—	415	160.00–165.00	161.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	386	159.00	159.00
33	—	435	148.00–154.00	149.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	936	146.50–150.75	149.51
61	—	789	161.50–165.25	162.99
68	—	520	154.50–171.75	159.01
5	—	605	150.00	150.00
30	—	490	162.00–173.00	167.26
79	—	576	152.00–165.50	159.63
9	—	811	153.00–162.00	156.07
17	—	395	186.00–191.00	190.16
26	—	865	155.50	155.50
32	—	427	180.00–195.75	187.06
32	—	678	145.00–151.50	150.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	337	200.00	200.00
6	—	425	160.50–175.00	167.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	145.00	145.00
9	—	615	143.00	143.00

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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