Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2021-01-25

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Jan 25
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,402 head
▲ 280 vs last sale 2,122▼ 532 vs year ago 2,934 · −18.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Preconditioned sale. Compared to last week steers 500-600 pounds mostly 6.00-9.00 higher, 700 pound steers steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 pounds mostly 5.00-8.00 higher. Good demand for the moderate offerings of quality cattle. Trading active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.13/cwt on 1,181 head.
Average price
$147.13
1,181 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.24
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669147.319861,160
Medium and Large 1-2666137.0091221
One grade step is worth $10.31/cwt here — about $74 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 sale1,181 hd
147.13
—
NE average10 barns · 20,057 hd
153.37
−6.24
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 1424176.51/cwt169.00–180.0074818
Steers—Medium and Large 1522170.03/cwt163.50–172.5088886
Steers—Medium and Large 1586156.44/cwt150.00–161.25917271
Steers—Medium and Large 1623151.07/cwt147.50–157.00941112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628140.50/cwt140.50–140.5088214
Steers—Medium and Large 1674146.55/cwt143.00–150.00988194
Steers—Medium and Large 1733139.83/cwt134.00–142.001,025247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741130.00/cwt130.00–130.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 1763134.45/cwt128.00–139.501,026171
Steers—Medium and Large 1817129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,05618
Steers—Medium and Large 1885127.74/cwt126.75–128.751,13038
Steers—Medium and Large 1939125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1745
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396159.00/cwt159.00–159.006308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421150.56/cwt142.50–155.0063415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477146.20/cwt143.00–151.0069768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520143.08/cwt139.00–151.0074468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539134.00/cwt134.00–134.007225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567143.39/cwt136.00–148.00813289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617137.60/cwt132.00–144.00849174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672134.79/cwt130.00–139.00906321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721130.11/cwt129.50–132.0093846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement735141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,03618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,00911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0416

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.