Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was 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 $143.24/cwt on 965 head.

Average price

$143.24

965 head · 917 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$11.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	922	143.69	1,324	927
Medium and Large 1-2	795	132.09	1,050	38

One grade step is worth $11.61/cwt here — about $275 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 sale965 hd

143.24

—

NE average3 barns · 6,804 hd

157.21

−13.98

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

15 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,112	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	974	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	138.85/cwt	138.85–138.85	1,422	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,325	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	145.14/cwt	144.85–146.00	1,296	500
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,064	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	142.47/cwt	141.60–143.35	1,362	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	984	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	894	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,030	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	397	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	663	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	399	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	638	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	936	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 Jul 12, 2019

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

Receipts 1,604Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	780	142.50	142.50
5	—	655	150.00	150.00
5	—	630	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,024	138.85	138.85
63	—	940	141.00	141.00
500	—	893	144.85–146.00	145.14
233	—	956	141.60–143.35	142.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	894	115.25	115.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	397	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	701	139.00	139.00
5	—	488	145.00	145.00
151	—	797	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	787	125.00	125.00
7	—	485	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	399	160.00	160.00

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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