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West Point Livestock Auction

Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-17

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, May 17

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248

← Apr 26May 17Jun 14 →

Receipts

1,036 head

▼ 561 vs last sale 1,597▲ 1,036 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Calf & Yearling sale. Last reported sale was three weeks ago. Comparison is not applicable. Several load lots today. Demand was good. Next Monday feeder sale is June 14.

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 $135.87/cwt on 564 head.

Average price

$135.87

564 head · 824 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$78

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$22.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.52

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	814	137.72	1,121	488
Medium and Large 1-2	753	132.03	994	40
Large 1	1,041	115.11	1,199	36

One grade step is worth $22.61/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale564 hd

135.87

—

NE average8 barns · 3,389 hd

147.39

−11.52

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	728	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	828	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	881	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	165.09/cwt	159.00–171.00	926	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	154.74/cwt	151.00–161.00	972	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	147.67/cwt	144.50–150.25	992	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	826	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	142.12/cwt	138.50–146.00	1,022	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,136	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	139.64/cwt	135.50–142.00	1,149	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,034	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,163	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	883	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,064	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	126.60/cwt	123.50–128.00	1,171	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,179	12
Steers	—	Large 1	1,013	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,170	29
Steers	—	Large 1	1,159	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,315	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	142.47/cwt	140.00–145.00	761	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	718	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	137.40/cwt	134.00–140.00	802	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	135.10/cwt	130.00–140.50	859	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	692	136.92/cwt	130.00–140.00	947	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	126.88/cwt	125.50–128.50	927	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	134.13/cwt	133.75–136.25	1,115	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	127.56/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,102	126

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 May 17, 2021

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

Receipts 1,036Last week 1,597Year ago 0

Calf & Yearling sale. Last reported sale was three weeks ago. Comparison is not applicable. Several load lots today. Demand was good. Next Monday feeder sale is June 14.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,159	113.50	113.50
29	—	1,013	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	883	120.50	120.50
5	—	487	170.00	170.00
5	—	534	165.00	165.00
5	—	827	125.00	125.00
7	—	712	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	966	122.00	122.00
36	—	672	144.50–150.25	147.67
38	—	719	138.50–146.00	142.12
198	—	925	123.50–128.00	126.60
60	—	860	135.25	135.25
10	—	377	193.00	193.00
10	—	561	159.00–171.00	165.09
12	—	793	143.25	143.25
52	—	823	135.50–142.00	139.64
60	—	628	151.00–161.00	154.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	758	125.00	125.00
11	—	475	155.00	155.00
14	—	534	140.00–145.00	142.47
29	—	636	130.00–140.50	135.10
29	—	731	125.50–128.50	126.88
40	—	831	133.75–136.25	134.13
42	—	692	130.00–140.00	136.92
44	—	584	134.00–140.00	137.40
126	—	864	122.00–128.00	127.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	548	131.00	131.00

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.