Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2020-02-10

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Feb 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,711 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 2,934▲ 2,711 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Precondition sale; 500-700 pound steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. Heavy offering of good quality cattle was met with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.90/cwt on 1,197 head.
Average price
$158.90
1,197 head · 653 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648160.581,0401,079
Medium and Large 1-2704143.521,011118
One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about $30 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 sale1,197 hd
158.90
—
NE average7 barns · 11,267 hd
158.74
+0.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333214.00/cwt214.00–214.0071310
Steers—Medium and Large 1422193.15/cwt186.00–202.0081554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438178.30/cwt176.00–181.0078115
Steers—Medium and Large 1467187.21/cwt184.00–189.0087434
Steers—Medium and Large 1522179.30/cwt175.00–182.75936150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542155.00/cwt155.00–155.008405
Steers—Medium and Large 1572168.86/cwt164.00–172.50966101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2596161.50/cwt161.50–161.509636
Steers—Medium and Large 1627160.37/cwt156.50–168.001,006213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634152.00/cwt152.00–152.009645
Steers—Medium and Large 1680154.13/cwt148.50–156.751,048181
Steers—Medium and Large 1712150.24/cwt144.00–154.751,070116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,01114
Steers—Medium and Large 1760148.63/cwt140.00–153.001,13096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777134.54/cwt134.50–135.001,04566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0617
Steers—Medium and Large 1870136.27/cwt130.50–136.601,18695
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy887126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,11813
Steers—Medium and Large 1913127.95/cwt126.00–129.501,16816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2297185.50/cwt185.50–185.505519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326188.00/cwt188.00–188.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390184.00/cwt184.00–184.007187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418170.81/cwt163.00–176.0071449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479164.17/cwt156.00–171.00786110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525158.80/cwt152.50–163.00834117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584146.49/cwt140.50–151.00856109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632135.41/cwt134.00–136.5085641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638140.22/cwt137.75–149.00895131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666137.29/cwt133.00–139.25914264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728131.46/cwt128.00–136.0095762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756131.98/cwt130.00–132.25998139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837132.84/cwt130.00–133.251,11292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1876126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,10818

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.