Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Demand was good throughout the sale on fully preconditioned calves that were weaned for over 45 days and for yearlings. With harvest done, there was a large crowd of farmer/feeders with a few order buyers procuring top quality cattle from the local trade area. Next special weaned calf and yearling sale will be December 20, start time 10:30 sharp.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.44/cwt on 1,312 head.

Average price

$174.44

1,312 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$23.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.27

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	175.67	1,177	1,112
Medium and Large 1-2	600	169.25	1,016	181
Large 1-2	559	152.05	849	19thin

One grade step is worth $23.62/cwt here — about $327 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 sale1,312 hd

174.44

—

NE average9 barns · 16,199 hd

185.71

−11.27

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

40 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	—	713	152.45/cwt	150.50–153.00	1,087	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	149.35/cwt	149.35–149.35	1,414	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	179.49/cwt	178.00–181.00	770	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	177.30/cwt	171.25–185.00	823	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	149.09/cwt	146.75–151.00	853	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	163.20/cwt	157.00–170.00	770	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	185.25/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,058	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	168.45/cwt	154.00–169.75	1,304	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	154.03/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,520	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	160.62/cwt	157.00–162.50	1,103	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	220.40/cwt	216.00–223.00	831	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	221.67/cwt	217.00–222.50	969	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	175.53/cwt	162.00–179.00	918	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	156.00/cwt	151.50–158.00	1,123	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	505	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	813	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	607	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	154.37/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,253	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	215.00/cwt	206.00–227.00	1,004	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	625	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,038	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	556	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	177.23/cwt	174.00–178.50	1,023	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	192.57/cwt	182.00–197.00	1,028	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	737	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	166.95/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,028	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	140.00/cwt	139.00–141.00	921	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	146.19/cwt	143.00–148.50	920	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	721	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	174.47/cwt	168.50–178.00	1,089	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	162.54/cwt	155.00–166.50	910	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	167.19/cwt	162.50–173.25	889	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	168.04/cwt	165.00–172.00	714	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	169.41/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,155	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	166.23/cwt	161.50–170.75	1,200	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,075	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	149.57/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,001	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	156.50/cwt	152.50–163.50	972	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	153.22/cwt	152.50–155.00	1,166	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	160.41/cwt	149.75–161.50	1,288	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	159.61/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,361	192

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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Receipts 2,601Last week 1,652Year ago 3,463

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	713	150.50–153.00	152.45
33	—	947	149.35	149.35
35	—	429	178.00–181.00	179.49
44	—	464	171.25–185.00	177.30
118	—	560	155.00–166.50	162.54
91	—	532	162.50–173.25	167.19
117	—	669	145.00–156.00	149.57
171	—	621	152.50–163.50	156.50
49	—	761	152.50–155.00	153.22
66	—	803	149.75–161.50	160.41
192	—	853	154.00–160.00	159.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	572	146.75–151.00	149.09
32	—	472	157.00–170.00	163.20
8	—	658	139.00–141.00	140.00
38	—	629	143.00–148.50	146.19
10	—	298	180.00	180.00
12	—	425	165.00–172.00	168.04
5	—	736	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	625	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	556	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	571	180.00–191.00	185.25
148	—	774	154.00–169.75	168.45
70	—	987	151.00–160.00	154.03
16	—	377	216.00–223.00	220.40
19	—	437	217.00–222.50	221.67
20	—	812	154.00–156.50	154.37
54	—	467	206.00–227.00	215.00
80	—	534	182.00–197.00	192.57
213	—	624	168.50–178.00	174.47
183	—	682	163.00–171.00	169.41
190	—	722	161.50–170.75	166.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	687	157.00–162.50	160.62
24	—	523	162.00–179.00	175.53
27	—	720	151.50–158.00	156.00
49	—	577	174.00–178.50	177.23
14	—	388	190.00	190.00
16	—	616	165.00–170.00	166.95
8	—	448	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	505	161.00	161.00
10	—	607	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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