Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2020-12-21

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 21
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,808 head
▼ 1,655 vs last sale 3,463▲ 1,808 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned sale. Compared to the Precondition sale two weeks ago, 500-600 steers were steady to 1.00 higher, 700 pound steers 4.00-5.00 higher, 900 pound steers steady. 500-600 pound heifers were mostly 4.00-5.00 higher, 700 pound heifers steady, 850 pound heifers 5.00 higher. Demand good for the moderate offerings of good quality calves. 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 $152.91/cwt on 945 head.
Average price
$152.91
945 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,078
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$174
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.65
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555163.4090722
Medium and Large 1708152.661,081923
One grade step is worth $10.74/cwt here — about −$174 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 sale945 hd
152.91
—
NE average7 barns · 14,180 hd
161.56
−8.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442186.00/cwt186.00–186.008226
Steers—Medium and Large 1462193.67/cwt189.00–197.5089516
Steers—Medium and Large 1519183.11/cwt174.25–189.0095036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531161.26/cwt157.00–165.0085611
Steers—Medium and Large 1578162.26/cwt156.00–167.5093861
Steers—Medium and Large 1626158.95/cwt151.00–162.50995187
Steers—Medium and Large 1675149.98/cwt145.00–154.251,012116
Steers—Medium and Large 1724151.53/cwt145.00–154.751,097239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0495
Steers—Medium and Large 1784144.20/cwt139.00–151.001,131161
Steers—Medium and Large 1809145.69/cwt144.50–149.251,17924
Steers—Medium and Large 1944135.74/cwt131.00–137.751,28183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353188.00/cwt188.00–188.006646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409169.00/cwt169.00–169.006915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480170.19/cwt166.00–173.0081718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523163.39/cwt158.00–168.00855101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584150.48/cwt147.00–159.50879102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616142.55/cwt134.00–147.0087880
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669138.98/cwt135.00–143.0093097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement686151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715132.19/cwt125.00–136.0094583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement763145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,10614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,00510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875131.36/cwt126.50–134.001,149101

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.