Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, over 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good throughout to day with some lots going to internet buyers. Mostly small packages of cattle some load lots of yearling weight cattle in the run. Majority of the offerings were longtime weaned with full vaccination program with repository shots. Next Special Wean Calf and Yearling sale will be January 3, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.34/cwt on 1,537 head.

Average price

$167.34

1,537 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$209

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

$32.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.23

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	556	175.67	976	97
Medium and Large 1	725	167.45	1,214	1,399
Medium and Large 2	825	143.61	1,185	41

One grade step is worth $32.06/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale1,537 hd

167.34

—

NE average8 barns · 15,178 hd

177.56

−10.23

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

47 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 1Fleshy	—	730	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,051	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	559	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	875	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	888	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,208	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	689	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	978	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	190.10/cwt	188.00–193.00	985	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	154.61/cwt	154.50–155.00	1,361	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	173.32/cwt	170.00–176.50	1,064	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	181.30/cwt	176.50–190.00	1,037	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	164.59/cwt	162.50–166.00	1,057	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	156.69/cwt	155.00–159.50	1,119	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	161.30/cwt	158.50–165.75	1,260	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	155.43/cwt	152.00–156.50	1,428	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	160.90/cwt	156.25–164.25	1,329	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	215.10/cwt	201.00–218.50	931	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	167.52/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,186	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	189.70/cwt	173.00–194.00	907	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	871	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	174.55/cwt	172.50–176.00	988	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	809	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,250	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	172.30/cwt	169.00–176.50	1,160	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,056	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	161.03/cwt	160.00–168.00	850	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	150.31/cwt	150.00–150.50	947	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	156.94/cwt	151.00–161.00	990	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	147.42/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,293	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,209	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	168.61/cwt	164.50–174.50	877	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	149.73/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,144	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	152.24/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,031	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	774	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	874	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	190.72/cwt	186.00–195.00	803	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	157.69/cwt	155.50–161.00	662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	159.79/cwt	150.50–166.50	1,067	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	165.14/cwt	161.00–167.00	948	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	168.99/cwt	165.00–173.00	703	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	168.48/cwt	165.00–170.00	792	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	205.77/cwt	199.00–213.00	957	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	147.42/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,069	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,332	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	945	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	778	149.87/cwt	145.50–151.00	1,166	34

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 2,936Last week 2,601Year ago 1,808

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	730	144.00	144.00
18	—	559	156.50	156.50
21	—	888	136.00	136.00
32	—	689	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	172.00	172.00
5	—	1,018	130.00	130.00
320	—	631	151.00–161.00	156.94
149	—	877	147.00–148.00	147.42
25	—	803	150.50	150.50
66	—	520	164.50–174.50	168.61
227	—	764	147.00–156.00	149.73
86	—	677	148.00–156.00	152.24
62	—	574	161.00–167.00	165.14
42	—	416	165.00–173.00	168.99
28	—	470	165.00–170.00	168.48
19	—	725	147.00–149.00	147.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	785	134.50	134.50
10	—	616	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	528	160.00–168.00	161.03
21	—	630	150.00–150.50	150.31
11	—	484	160.00	160.00
15	—	553	158.00	158.00
12	—	420	155.50–161.00	157.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	518	188.00–193.00	190.10
32	—	880	154.50–155.00	154.61
138	—	614	170.00–176.50	173.32
97	—	572	176.50–190.00	181.30
232	—	781	158.50–165.75	161.30
142	—	919	152.00–156.50	155.43
182	—	826	156.25–164.25	160.90
20	—	433	201.00–218.50	215.10
222	—	708	163.00–171.00	167.52
174	—	673	169.00–176.50	172.30
27	—	465	199.00–213.00	205.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	642	162.50–166.00	164.59
16	—	714	155.00–159.50	156.69
7	—	380	190.00	190.00
27	—	478	173.00–194.00	189.70
7	—	541	161.00	161.00
10	—	566	172.50–176.00	174.55
10	—	421	186.00–195.00	190.72
10	—	682	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	809	154.50	154.50
51	—	668	150.50–166.50	159.79
34	—	778	145.50–151.00	149.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	900	148.00	148.00
15	—	695	136.00	136.00

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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