Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week heifers 750-900 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 175 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.01/cwt on 407 head.

Average price

$145.01

407 head · 826 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$10.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.90

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	855	146.82	1,255	338
Medium and Large 1-2	687	136.13	936	69

One grade step is worth $10.69/cwt here — about $319 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 sale407 hd

145.01

—

NE average7 barns · 7,441 hd

143.11

+1.90

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

8 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 1	—	776	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,127	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,080	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	885	147.60/cwt	147.60–147.60	1,306	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	947	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	143.60/cwt	143.60–143.60	1,153	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	642	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	803	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 Oct 11, 2019

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

Receipts 678Last week 678Year ago 0

Compared to last week heifers 750-900 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 175 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	776	145.25	145.25
5	—	707	147.00	147.00
27	—	803	143.60	143.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	885	147.60	147.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	691	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	800	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	610	144.00	144.00

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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