Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2020-12-07

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 7
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
3,463 head
▲ 2,413 vs last sale 1,050▲ 3,463 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Precondition sale. No recent market coverage for comparison. Many load lots today. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trade active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.40/cwt on 1,602 head.
Average price
$150.40
1,602 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,012
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.10
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676151.101,0221,445
Medium and Large 1-2640144.03921157
One grade step is worth $7.07/cwt here — about $100 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 sale1,602 hd
150.40
—
NE average9 barns · 14,204 hd
166.51
−16.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365184.00/cwt184.00–184.0067211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391151.00/cwt151.00–151.005905
Steers—Medium and Large 1431182.00/cwt182.00–182.0078417
Steers—Medium and Large 1474172.19/cwt164.00–177.0081663
Steers—Medium and Large 1520168.44/cwt161.00–177.0087673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532157.85/cwt157.00–159.5084024
Steers—Medium and Large 1576158.86/cwt154.50–166.00915165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588149.51/cwt148.00–150.5087933
Steers—Medium and Large 1626155.78/cwt149.00–162.75975217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634143.67/cwt136.00–146.0091142
Steers—Medium and Large 1676151.49/cwt146.00–155.001,024354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688140.50/cwt140.50–140.5096718
Steers—Medium and Large 1725142.54/cwt138.50–149.501,033174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728134.50/cwt134.50–134.5097912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757129.00/cwt129.00–129.0097717
Steers—Medium and Large 1776140.05/cwt131.00–145.751,087256
Steers—Medium and Large 1832137.42/cwt135.00–142.251,14338
Steers—Medium and Large 1903138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,24660
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2116
Steers—Medium and Large 11,016133.75/cwt133.75–133.751,35917
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342159.98/cwt156.00–164.0054712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378160.99/cwt154.00–165.0060920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430152.37/cwt146.00–158.5065556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486158.42/cwt149.00–163.5077099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491141.92/cwt140.00–143.0069714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1503157.62/cwt153.75–161.0079357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540142.76/cwt141.50–148.0077147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577141.84/cwt135.50–147.00818335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2599126.00/cwt126.00–126.007556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614139.33/cwt134.50–143.25855216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623129.16/cwt128.00–130.0080512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662135.50/cwt130.75–138.00897199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707136.07/cwt133.50–137.0096219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728123.00/cwt123.00–123.008958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780130.72/cwt129.00–132.501,02093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820134.31/cwt129.00–135.251,101138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885128.27/cwt126.50–128.501,13560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,15014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1993121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,206169
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,138108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,2356

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.