Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2021-08-23

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Aug 23
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
3,464 head
▲ 1,078 vs last sale 2,386▼ 47 vs year ago 3,511 · −1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent market coverage. Trend is not applicable. Many lot loads of yearling calves. Demand was good on fall calves and yearlings. Several buyers today and active internet bidding. Trading active at the BBQ/Customer Appreciation Auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.09/cwt on 1,591 head.
Average price
$155.09
1,591 head · 754 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,169
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1755155.301,1731,564
Medium and Large 1-2666142.5695027
One grade step is worth $12.74/cwt here — about $223 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 sale1,591 hd
155.09
—
NE average7 barns · 6,681 hd
154.63
+0.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned284675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,9177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313194.00/cwt194.00–194.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned334160.00/cwt160.00–160.005345
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned348227.50/cwt227.50–227.5079213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned361224.67/cwt214.00–229.5081124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416200.00/cwt200.00–200.008328
Steers—Medium and Large 1430214.54/cwt206.00–226.0092385
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed481186.00/cwt186.00–186.008959
Steers—Medium and Large 1484202.49/cwt191.00–206.0098029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484179.77/cwt168.00–186.0087024
Steers—Medium and Large 1521195.44/cwt186.00–203.501,01853
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530178.23/cwt177.00–181.0094526
Steers—Medium and Large 1570173.28/cwt169.00–182.5098861
Steers—Medium and Large 1621168.77/cwt162.00–176.001,04895
Steers—Medium and Large 1668171.55/cwt164.00–179.001,14641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673146.00/cwt146.00–146.009834
Steers—Medium and Large 1718166.29/cwt159.00–167.251,194110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0947
Steers—Medium and Large 1775163.78/cwt155.00–169.251,269189
Steers—Medium and Large 1825161.76/cwt153.50–165.501,335110
Steers—Medium and Large 1860155.93/cwt151.50–157.001,34132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2872140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,22110
Steers—Medium and Large 1920154.52/cwt146.50–158.751,422445
Steers—Medium and Large 1968148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,43399
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,008139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,40134
Steers—Large 11,020155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,58148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural1,022145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,48720
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned280625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,7507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1301188.00/cwt188.00–188.005665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned311610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,8979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378182.71/cwt179.00–185.0069163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433175.16/cwt175.00–175.5075815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned455164.00/cwt164.00–164.0074616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471171.13/cwt165.00–176.0080648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515151.00/cwt151.00–151.007787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526167.77/cwt164.50–171.0088253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553151.00/cwt151.00–151.008356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565160.50/cwt160.50–160.509075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628158.87/cwt154.00–169.00998104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679156.53/cwt152.50–159.001,06392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731156.18/cwt149.50–160.001,14248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738131.00/cwt131.00–131.009675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788152.35/cwt144.00–156.751,201321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy800162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,300194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820136.80/cwt130.50–144.501,1229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824153.42/cwt147.00–157.501,264265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural828144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,19617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877144.59/cwt137.00–149.501,268249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968134.73/cwt130.00–136.001,30458
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,012137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,38611
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 397789.75/cwt89.75–89.7587710

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.