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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 12

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Mar 22Apr 12Apr 26 →

Receipts

3,026 head

▲ 928 vs last sale 2,098▲ 3,026 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All Class Feeder sale. First reported sale in several weeks, a trend is not applicable. Demand good for the moderate offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.39/cwt on 1,480 head.

Average price

$154.39

1,480 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$221

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.11

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	158.55	925	64
Medium and Large 1	743	154.20	1,146	1,416

One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale1,480 hd

154.39

—

NE average7 barns · 10,926 hd

162.51

−8.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	207.92/cwt	204.00–210.00	778	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	684	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	197.35/cwt	190.00–205.00	847	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	449	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	808	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	200.41/cwt	185.00–211.00	942	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	866	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	184.06/cwt	173.00–188.00	976	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	884	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	176.07/cwt	167.00–181.75	1,005	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	925	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	945	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	148.78/cwt	139.00–156.00	906	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	171.30/cwt	165.50–179.00	1,074	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	153.46/cwt	149.50–159.50	1,048	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	143.19/cwt	142.50–143.75	1,011	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	156.42/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,128	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	147.72/cwt	144.50–149.00	1,134	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	139.72/cwt	131.00–141.50	1,161	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	137.45/cwt	130.00–138.75	1,190	327
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	938	126.95/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,191	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,266	95
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	181.55/cwt	180.00–183.00	610	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	580	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	635	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	172.15/cwt	168.00–175.50	737	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	166.69/cwt	162.00–172.00	810	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	157.95/cwt	152.00–166.00	831	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	152.43/cwt	145.00–160.50	872	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	598	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	801	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	145.66/cwt	140.00–149.00	923	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	844	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	143.86/cwt	140.00–145.00	981	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	136.73/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,002	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	767	139.53/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,070	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,038	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	129.07/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,061	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	848	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,132	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,086	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	876	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,152	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,147	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,188	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,319	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	631	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	921	7

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Mon Apr 12, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,026Last week 2,098Year ago 0

All Class Feeder sale. First reported sale in several weeks, a trend is not applicable. Demand good for the moderate offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	351	181.00	181.00
5	—	925	124.00	124.00
10	—	336	180.00–183.00	181.55
50	—	855	127.00	127.00
103	—	634	140.00–149.00	145.66
76	—	486	162.00–172.00	166.69
150	—	822	124.00–131.00	129.07
71	—	428	168.00–175.50	172.15
99	—	733	135.00–142.50	136.73
101	—	572	145.00–160.50	152.43
73	—	770	134.75	134.75
116	—	526	152.00–166.00	157.95
183	—	682	140.00–145.00	143.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	767	136.00–144.00	139.53
21	—	876	131.50	131.50
20	—	848	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	705	130.00	130.00
7	—	667	126.50	126.50
6	—	341	170.00	170.00
5	—	598	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	631	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	429	190.00–205.00	197.35
116	—	530	173.00–188.00	184.06
95	—	961	131.75	131.75
116	—	768	144.50–149.00	147.72
79	—	938	123.00–130.00	126.95
167	—	831	131.00–141.50	139.72
159	—	721	147.00–159.00	156.42
56	—	571	167.00–181.75	176.07
73	—	470	185.00–211.00	200.41
121	—	627	165.50–179.00	171.30
15	—	374	204.00–210.00	207.92
327	—	866	130.00–138.75	137.45
38	—	683	149.50–159.50	153.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	580	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	706	142.50–143.75	143.19
12	—	609	139.00–156.00	148.78
5	—	449	180.00	180.00
5	—	578	160.00	160.00
7	—	481	180.00	180.00
5	—	534	165.50	165.50
7	—	374	183.00	183.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.