Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2021-11-15

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Nov 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
1,652 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 1,536▲ 602 vs year ago 1,050 · +57.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, 650 to 750 lbs sold steady. Heifer calves under 550 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 550 to 700 lbs calves sold steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers on comparable offerings sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Monday’s sale was a special weaned and vaccinated sale where calves had to be 45 days weaned, precondition vaccination with respiratory shot. Several lots of background yearling feeders in the run with most selling as load lots and in medium flesh. Next Special weaned calf sale will be December 6th.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.94/cwt on 790 head.
Average price
$158.94
790 head · 754 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,198
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$412
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3
$66.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.06
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527169.0389076
Medium and Large 1769159.411,225679
Large 11,040132.021,37330
Large 2-3464103.004785thin
One grade step is worth $66.03/cwt here — about $412 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 sale790 hd
158.94
—
NE average10 barns · 16,365 hd
177.00
−18.06
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310192.50/cwt192.50–192.505976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed399180.97/cwt168.00–185.0072221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed414184.50/cwt184.50–184.5076422
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed434207.21/cwt207.00–209.0089919
Steers—Large 2-3464103.00/cwt103.00–103.004785
Steers—Medium and Large 1478180.60/cwt180.00–181.0086315
Steers—Medium and Large 1540165.60/cwt159.50–170.0089451
Steers—Medium and Large 1569163.20/cwt160.00–167.0092964
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy593152.00/cwt152.00–152.009016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606157.00/cwt157.00–157.009518
Steers—Medium and Large 1623157.47/cwt154.00–159.0098160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656147.00/cwt147.00–147.009646
Steers—Medium and Large 1673152.44/cwt151.00–153.001,02635
Steers—Medium and Large 1717155.23/cwt150.00–159.501,11364
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724149.94/cwt144.00–153.001,08619
Steers—Medium and Large 1753158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,19040
Steers—Medium and Large 1831154.73/cwt154.00–157.001,28633
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy861146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,26110
Steers—Medium and Large 1907156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,41961
Steers—Large 1911140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2755
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy969144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,39547
Steers—Medium and Large 1972159.01/cwt155.50–161.001,546168
Steers—Large 11,032133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,37811
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,093128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,39914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315165.00/cwt165.00–165.005203
Heifers—Large 2-335798.00/cwt98.00–98.003507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed370140.00/cwt140.00–140.0051826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379170.00/cwt170.00–170.0064413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425172.37/cwt169.00–176.0073325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442164.00/cwt164.00–164.007253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478156.00/cwt156.00–156.007463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490172.63/cwt165.50–176.0084669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed517167.00/cwt167.00–167.008637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525173.28/cwt169.00–177.0091024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582150.35/cwt147.00–157.5087552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625146.02/cwt142.00–149.00913109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy638140.89/cwt140.50–141.0089943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668137.34/cwt135.00–143.0091710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671134.00/cwt134.00–134.008996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719134.50/cwt134.50–134.509679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768152.43/cwt149.00–153.001,17136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,31383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement826210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1852162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,385122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy926130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,20414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1930148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,38160
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 334777.00/cwt77.00–77.002675
Dairy Steers—Large 31,05979.00/cwt79.00–79.0083721

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.