Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 600 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 lower, heifers under 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 550-700 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.68/cwt on 1,173 head.

Average price

$165.68

1,173 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$242

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$14.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.80

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	488	177.96	869	171
Medium and Large 1	679	163.58	1,111	1,002

One grade step is worth $14.38/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale1,173 hd

165.68

—

NE average6 barns · 9,078 hd

172.48

−6.80

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

Every lot, as filed

38 lots · USDA AMS · Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	840	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	673	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	949	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	762	132.57/cwt	130.00–134.25	1,010	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	957	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	845	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	161.96/cwt	158.00–163.50	656	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	913	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	145.10/cwt	145.10–145.10	1,058	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	149.10/cwt	149.10–149.10	986	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	133.09/cwt	132.00–134.75	1,079	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	312	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	562	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	526	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	944	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	449	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	786	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	335	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	610	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	378	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	680	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	554	189.10/cwt	186.00–190.25	1,048	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	463	200.78/cwt	195.00–204.00	930	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	188.54/cwt	187.00–190.00	990	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	373	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	742	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	414	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	803	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	149.36/cwt	149.00–153.25	1,158	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	155.78/cwt	152.00–159.25	1,122	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	159.30/cwt	155.50–163.25	1,070	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	147.10/cwt	147.10–147.10	1,252	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	745	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	365	173.45/cwt	173.00–174.00	633	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	519	173.76/cwt	172.00–175.50	902	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	426	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	741	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	554	168.42/cwt	167.00–169.00	933	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	472	166.28/cwt	165.00–168.25	785	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	150.95/cwt	149.00–153.00	780	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	388	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	343	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	552	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	433	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	671	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	959	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	810	142.36/cwt	138.75–143.50	1,153	110

How this sale compares

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.

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Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Apr 26, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	535	157.00	157.00
28	—	673	141.00	141.00
48	—	762	130.00–134.25	132.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	637	150.25	150.25
31	—	506	167.00	167.00
51	—	405	158.00–163.50	161.96
51	—	585	156.00	156.00
53	—	729	145.10	145.10
89	—	661	149.10	149.10
210	—	811	132.00–134.75	133.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	312	180.00	180.00
21	—	365	173.00–174.00	173.45
49	—	519	172.00–175.50	173.76
50	—	426	174.00	174.00
94	—	554	167.00–169.00	168.42
123	—	472	165.00–168.25	166.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	517	149.00–153.00	150.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	388	154.00	154.00
16	—	343	161.00	161.00
22	—	433	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	518	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	526	179.50	179.50
31	—	449	175.00	175.00
16	—	335	182.00	182.00
14	—	378	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	708	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	554	186.00–190.25	189.10
85	—	463	195.00–204.00	200.78
41	—	525	187.00–190.00	188.54
13	—	373	199.00	199.00
10	—	414	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	775	149.00–153.25	149.36
175	—	720	152.00–159.25	155.78
104	—	672	155.50–163.25	159.30
65	—	851	147.10	147.10
24	—	388	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	578	166.00	166.00
110	—	810	138.75–143.50	142.36

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.

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