Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2021-01-11

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,728 head
▲ 427 vs last sale 2,301▼ 79 vs year ago 2,807 · −2.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs too lightly tested last week for complete comparison, lower undertones, 550-700 lbs mostly steady, 700 lbs and heavier 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of 6.00-7.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this nice offering of fully preconditioned and longtime weaned steers and heifer calves. Many long strings of attractive steers and heifers, along with numerous smaller packages, flesh ranged from light to moderate plus. CME Live Cattle contracts lost over 1.00 today which added to the pressure the feeder cattle market was already under. Cattle feeders are facing higher costs of gain as corn prices hover near 5.00. Next special feeder cattle auction will be Jan. 18, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.40/cwt on 1,449 head.
Average price
$144.40
1,449 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,003
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.06
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501159.0479855
Medium and Large 1702143.821,0101,394
One grade step is worth $15.22/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale1,449 hd
144.40
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NE average11 barns · 30,082 hd
153.46
−9.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 1-2281193.00/cwt193.00–193.005425
Steers—Medium and Large 1334192.88/cwt190.00–196.006446
Steers—Medium and Large 1419175.57/cwt170.00–179.5073632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438170.00/cwt170.00–170.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468164.49/cwt162.00–171.0077014
Steers—Medium and Large 1469171.48/cwt161.00–174.0080443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518153.95/cwt150.00–158.0079716
Steers—Medium and Large 1534163.82/cwt160.00–168.0087591
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy566150.00/cwt150.00–150.008495
Steers—Medium and Large 1577160.91/cwt153.00–165.50928163
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579149.34/cwt145.00–151.5086512
Steers—Medium and Large 1626151.51/cwt143.50–161.75948160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659136.00/cwt136.00–136.008964
Steers—Medium and Large 1669145.63/cwt139.00–149.00974130
Steers—Medium and Large 1717138.42/cwt133.00–143.00992272
Steers—Medium and Large 1779130.63/cwt129.00–133.001,01871
Steers—Medium and Large 1832130.51/cwt125.00–135.501,086233
Steers—Medium and Large 1870128.18/cwt124.50–132.751,115111
Steers—Medium and Large 1904125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,13766
Steers—Medium and Large 1969128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,24511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396165.00/cwt165.00–165.0065310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439161.30/cwt151.00–165.0070868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446154.00/cwt154.00–154.006877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460158.00/cwt158.00–158.007273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy466142.00/cwt142.00–142.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485148.15/cwt147.00–149.0071912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523149.35/cwt144.50–158.0078183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528139.00/cwt139.00–139.0073412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572145.82/cwt139.00–152.00834189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615129.33/cwt128.00–130.007959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619132.09/cwt128.50–136.00818211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy653128.50/cwt128.50–128.5083910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669133.36/cwt130.25–137.00892225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724126.23/cwt124.00–127.00914116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy766129.00/cwt129.00–129.0098820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772125.74/cwt123.00–127.00971170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,01438

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.