Sale reports / Nebraska / West Point Livestock Auction / 2021-12-20

West Point Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · West Point, Nebraska · Mon, Dec 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2248
Receipts
2,936 head
▲ 335 vs last sale 2,601▲ 1,128 vs year ago 1,808 · +62.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, over 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good throughout to day with some lots going to internet buyers. Mostly small packages of cattle some load lots of yearling weight cattle in the run. Majority of the offerings were longtime weaned with full vaccination program with repository shots. Next Special Wean Calf and Yearling sale will be January 3, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.34/cwt on 1,537 head.
Average price
$167.34
1,537 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,200
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$32.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.23
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556175.6797697
Medium and Large 1725167.451,2141,399
Medium and Large 2825143.611,18541
One grade step is worth $32.06/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale1,537 hd
167.34
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NE average8 barns · 15,178 hd
177.56
−10.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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 1-2380190.00/cwt190.00–190.007227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421190.72/cwt186.00–195.0080310
Steers—Medium and Large 1433215.10/cwt201.00–218.5093120
Steers—Medium and Large 1465205.77/cwt199.00–213.0095727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478189.70/cwt173.00–194.0090727
Steers—Medium and Large 1518190.10/cwt188.00–193.0098538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541161.00/cwt161.00–161.008717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566174.55/cwt172.50–176.0098810
Steers—Medium and Large 1572181.30/cwt176.50–190.001,03797
Steers—Medium and Large 1614173.32/cwt170.00–176.501,064138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642164.59/cwt162.50–166.001,05710
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy668159.79/cwt150.50–166.501,06751
Steers—Medium and Large 1673172.30/cwt169.00–176.501,160174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,12910
Steers—Medium and Large 2695136.00/cwt136.00–136.0094515
Steers—Medium and Large 1708167.52/cwt163.00–171.001,186222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714156.69/cwt155.00–159.501,11916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy778149.87/cwt145.50–151.001,16634
Steers—Medium and Large 1781161.30/cwt158.50–165.751,260232
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy809154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,25010
Steers—Medium and Large 1826160.90/cwt156.25–164.251,329182
Steers—Medium and Large 1880154.61/cwt154.50–155.001,36132
Steers—Medium and Large 2900148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,33226
Steers—Medium and Large 1919155.43/cwt152.00–156.501,428142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375172.00/cwt172.00–172.006455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416168.99/cwt165.00–173.0070342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420157.69/cwt155.50–161.0066212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470168.48/cwt165.00–170.0079228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484160.00/cwt160.00–160.0077411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520168.61/cwt164.50–174.5087766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528161.03/cwt160.00–168.0085039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553158.00/cwt158.00–158.0087415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy559156.50/cwt156.50–156.5087518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574165.14/cwt161.00–167.0094862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616139.00/cwt139.00–139.0085610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630150.31/cwt150.00–150.5094721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631156.94/cwt151.00–161.00990320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677152.24/cwt148.00–156.001,03186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy689142.00/cwt142.00–142.0097832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725147.42/cwt147.00–149.001,06919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,05112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764149.73/cwt147.00–156.001,144227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2785134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,05625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,20925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877147.42/cwt147.00–148.001,293149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy888136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,20821
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,018130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3235

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.