Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2020-11-02

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 2
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,143 head
▼ 2,368 vs last sale 3,511▼ 1,277 vs year ago 2,420 · −52.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today as there hasn't been recent market coverage. Lots of load lots were offered today. Good demand on the light offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.08/cwt on 537 head.
Average price
$139.08
537 head · 760 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$471
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3
$76.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.50
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1754143.331,081472
Medium and Large 1-2743130.8897242
Medium 391067.0061023
One grade step is worth $76.33/cwt here — about $471 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 sale537 hd
139.08
—
NE average11 barns · 16,072 hd
154.59
−15.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1356178.00/cwt178.00–178.006345
Steers—Medium and Large 1422180.00/cwt180.00–180.0076024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478143.00/cwt143.00–143.006845
Steers—Medium and Large 1481148.96/cwt148.00–152.0071621
Steers—Medium and Large 1506154.25/cwt147.00–155.5078148
Steers—Medium and Large 1562143.64/cwt141.00–149.0080715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned587127.49/cwt125.00–130.0074810
Steers—Medium and Large 1613142.43/cwt139.00–145.5087349
Steers—Medium and Large 1673143.43/cwt140.00–144.2596532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,04920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,03412
Steers—Medium and Large 1823143.94/cwt143.50–144.751,18534
Steers—Medium and Large 1879139.21/cwt138.75–139.251,22483
Steers—Medium and Large 1907136.21/cwt128.50–136.751,235102
Steers—Medium 391067.00/cwt67.00–67.0061023
Steers—Medium and Large 1995132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,31354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350171.00/cwt171.00–171.0059918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405162.00/cwt162.00–162.0065620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438145.00/cwt145.00–145.0063510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473145.16/cwt145.00–146.0068730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540130.00/cwt130.00–130.0070214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578132.30/cwt130.00–136.0076528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620128.00/cwt128.00–128.0079412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773130.25/cwt129.50–130.501,00732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816135.09/cwt133.00–136.501,102115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2837124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884133.67/cwt133.50–134.501,18276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1992125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,24525
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289995.00/cwt95.00–95.008545

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.