Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2020-01-13

West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-13

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 13

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Jan 6Jan 13Jan 20 →

Receipts

2,807 head

▼ 562 vs last sale 3,369▲ 2,807 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale; compared to last week 600-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-5.00 lower, 600-700 pound heifers were 2.00-3.00 higher. Heavy offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.60/cwt on 1,408 head.

Average price

$155.60

1,408 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$4.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.85

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	156.33	1,088	1,189
Medium and Large 1-2	658	151.65	998	219

One grade step is worth $4.68/cwt here — about $89 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 sale1,408 hd

155.60

—

NE average12 barns · 26,604 hd

165.45

−9.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	197.86/cwt	188.00–201.00	801	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	173.22/cwt	172.00–174.00	719	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	188.14/cwt	182.00–194.00	886	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	845	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	186.81/cwt	178.00–196.00	986	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	170.58/cwt	167.50–176.00	904	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	171.54/cwt	167.50–177.00	959	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	932	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	161.91/cwt	154.00–169.50	1,020	176
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	970	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	155.79/cwt	152.50–166.00	1,058	228
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	145.13/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,000	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	147.79/cwt	140.00–152.75	1,069	202
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	145.74/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,141	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	143.96/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,180	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	1,124	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	947	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,283	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,301	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	513	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	164.14/cwt	163.00–166.00	630	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	161.29/cwt	157.00–164.50	776	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	160.92/cwt	154.00–166.50	861	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	156.10/cwt	151.50–163.00	890	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	147.19/cwt	147.00–147.50	876	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	147.24/cwt	139.00–150.00	931	227
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	143.90/cwt	138.00–149.00	977	214
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	694	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	937	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	142.28/cwt	136.00–146.50	1,032	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	139.33/cwt	139.25–140.00	1,062	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,195	9

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 13, 2020

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

Receipts 2,807Last week 3,369Year ago 0

Precondition sale; compared to last week 600-700 pound steers were mostly 1.00-5.00 lower, 600-700 pound heifers were 2.00-3.00 higher. Heavy offering of good cattle was met with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	300	171.00	171.00
9	—	964	124.00	124.00
13	—	384	163.00–166.00	164.14
56	—	570	151.50–163.00	156.10
80	—	762	139.25–140.00	139.33
94	—	481	157.00–164.50	161.29
132	—	535	154.00–166.50	160.92
151	—	725	136.00–146.50	142.28
214	—	679	138.00–149.00	143.90
227	—	632	139.00–150.00	147.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	694	135.00	135.00
24	—	595	147.00–147.50	147.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	947	135.50	135.50
29	—	405	188.00–201.00	197.86
46	—	982	132.50	132.50
57	—	528	178.00–196.00	186.81
58	—	559	167.50–177.00	171.54
65	—	471	182.00–194.00	188.14
148	—	820	140.00–148.00	143.96
161	—	783	140.00–152.00	145.74
176	—	630	154.00–169.50	161.91
202	—	723	140.00–152.75	147.79
228	—	679	152.50–166.00	155.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	176.00	176.00
18	—	415	172.00–174.00	173.22
18	—	588	158.50	158.50
23	—	638	152.00	152.00
40	—	530	167.50–176.00	170.58
57	—	840	133.75	133.75
58	—	689	143.00–148.00	145.13

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.