Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Apr 26

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Apr 12Apr 26May 17 →

Receipts

1,597 head

▼ 1,429 vs last sale 3,026▼ 1,633 vs year ago 3,230 · −50.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All Class Feeder Sale. Compared to two weeks ago steers were sharply lower, lightweight heifers were 6.00-10.00 lower, 800 pound heifers 3.00 higher. Demand good for the light offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.61/cwt on 888 head.

Average price

$132.61

888 head · 732 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$238

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$24.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.93

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	728	133.31	970	835
Medium and Large 1-2	652	127.47	831	36
Large 1	1,105	109.29	1,208	17thin

One grade step is worth $24.02/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale888 hd

132.61

—

NE average5 barns · 3,561 hd

139.54

−6.93

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	171.01/cwt	166.00–175.00	722	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	169.63/cwt	169.00–170.00	797	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	173.86/cwt	164.50–179.00	890	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	146.76/cwt	146.00–149.00	848	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	164.73/cwt	158.00–171.00	954	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	155.85/cwt	151.25–168.00	997	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	149.51/cwt	140.25–161.00	1,009	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	912	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	141.31/cwt	132.50–145.75	1,016	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	131.24/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,033	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	129.06/cwt	124.50–132.25	1,044	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	893	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,136	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,135	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,127	9
Steers	—	Large 1	1,071	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,200	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	572	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	642	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	396	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	598	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	156.01/cwt	155.00–157.00	651	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	624	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	154.86/cwt	150.00–161.50	739	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	150.90/cwt	142.00–157.00	777	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	144.04/cwt	139.00–147.00	811	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	747	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	132.27/cwt	127.00–137.00	835	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	126.74/cwt	125.50–127.50	844	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	129.14/cwt	125.50–130.25	940	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	124.25/cwt	121.00–124.50	969	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	836	128.66/cwt	125.50–131.00	1,076	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,116	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,069	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	876	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,134	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	121.15/cwt	120.50–123.00	1,113	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	986	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,035	12
Heifers	—	Large 1Replacement	1,022	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,155	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,140	107.75/cwt	107.75–107.75	1,228	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	150.83/cwt	146.00–156.00	790	10

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 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,597Last week 3,026Year ago 3,230

All Class Feeder Sale. Compared to two weeks ago steers were sharply lower, lightweight heifers were 6.00-10.00 lower, 800 pound heifers 3.00 higher. Demand good for the light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	174.00	174.00
66	—	666	125.50–127.50	126.74
20	—	515	142.00–157.00	150.90
54	—	631	127.00–137.00	132.27
43	—	563	139.00–147.00	144.04
65	—	919	120.50–123.00	121.15
93	—	728	125.50–130.25	129.14
138	—	844	132.25	132.25
16	—	417	155.00–157.00	156.01
86	—	477	150.00–161.50	154.86
113	—	780	121.00–124.50	124.25
13	—	855	125.00	125.00
5	—	388	165.50	165.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	876	129.50	129.50
50	—	836	125.50–131.00	128.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	396	151.00	151.00
12	—	986	105.00	105.00
9	—	593	126.00	126.00
10	—	433	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,140	107.75	107.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	809	124.50–132.25	129.06
40	—	893	127.25	127.25
54	—	579	158.00–171.00	164.73
28	—	787	128.00–135.00	131.24
69	—	640	151.25–168.00	155.85
77	—	719	132.50–145.75	141.31
16	—	470	169.00–170.00	169.63
24	—	934	121.50	121.50
50	—	675	140.25–161.00	149.51
58	—	512	164.50–179.00	173.86
9	—	963	117.00	117.00
24	—	422	166.00–175.00	171.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	578	146.00–149.00	146.76
5	—	683	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,071	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	146.00–156.00	150.83

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.