Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no feeder sale. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 490 head of slaughter cows and bulls sold in the run.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.56/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$143.56

436 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$2.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	143.74	965	406
Medium and Large 1-2	524	141.10	740	30

One grade step is worth $2.64/cwt here — about $225 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 sale436 hd

143.56

—

NE average3 barns · 2,302 hd

147.55

−3.98

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

32 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	—	596	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	876	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	137.25/cwt	132.50–137.75	968	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	587	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	857	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	729	132.64/cwt	131.50–133.25	967	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	990	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	683	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	158.17/cwt	157.00–159.00	679	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	119.57/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,107	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	148.24/cwt	147.50–149.25	906	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	156.46/cwt	155.50–157.75	831	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	756	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,100	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	878	134.85/cwt	134.50–135.00	1,184	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	308	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	650	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	636	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	827	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	593	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	822	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	792	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,156	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	782	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	940	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	157.15/cwt	156.00–157.50	1,062	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	939	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	154.30/cwt	151.00–157.00	971	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	308	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	669	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	688	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	525	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	169.02/cwt	166.50–171.00	769	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	735	5

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri May 10, 2019

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

Receipts 1,290Last week 2,870Year ago 0

No comparison to last week due to no feeder sale. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 490 head of slaughter cows and bulls sold in the run.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	596	147.00	147.00
73	—	705	132.50–137.75	137.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	587	146.00	146.00
17	—	729	131.50–133.25	132.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	756	131.00	131.00
10	—	452	151.00	151.00
12	—	429	157.00–159.00	158.17
14	—	926	116.00–121.00	119.57
47	—	611	147.50–149.25	148.24
56	—	531	155.50–157.75	156.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	756	145.50	145.50
86	—	878	134.50–135.00	134.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	308	173.00	173.00
11	—	380	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	636	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	520	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	380	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	822	136.50	136.50
11	—	860	125.00	125.00
14	—	792	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	782	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	561	167.50	167.50
22	—	676	156.00–157.50	157.15
37	—	536	175.25	175.25
69	—	629	151.00–157.00	154.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	308	181.00	181.00
17	—	378	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	688	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	161.00	161.00
27	—	455	166.50–171.00	169.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	159.00	159.00

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.

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