Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported spring calf sale of the fall season with not enough yearling feeders to establish a trend therefore a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with bawling calves that had not received their fall vaccinations selling at a discount. Near 450 head of slaughter cows and bulls are included in the receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.19/cwt on 1,410 head.

Average price

$153.19

1,410 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$10.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	154.53	970	1,233
Medium and Large 1-2	627	143.87	902	177

One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about $69 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 sale1,410 hd

153.19

—

NE average13 barns · 23,776 hd

158.37

−5.18

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

45 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	692	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	820	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	130.91/cwt	130.25–133.50	1,257	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	143.88/cwt	137.50–148.50	738	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	650	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	969	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	552	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	125.97/cwt	124.00–130.00	709	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	474	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	758	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,024	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	158.41/cwt	155.00–164.00	828	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	714	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,025	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	498	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	984	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	146.18/cwt	142.50–147.00	984	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	144.31/cwt	141.00–151.50	696	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	913	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	564	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	529	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	794	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	963	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,252	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	176.27/cwt	172.50–180.00	844	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	155.49/cwt	151.00–159.85	882	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	154.76/cwt	145.75–156.50	1,034	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	147.40/cwt	145.00–151.00	634	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	627	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	878	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	550	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	831	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	721	139.54/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,006	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	159.67/cwt	155.00–162.00	596	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	153.10/cwt	146.50–156.75	671	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	139.70/cwt	135.00–144.00	796	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	789	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,120	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	700	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	757	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,158	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	146.82/cwt	145.00–148.50	841	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	175.50/cwt	171.00–179.50	739	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	153.57/cwt	147.50–155.00	1,255	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	149.82/cwt	145.00–154.75	926	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	944	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,096	70

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 18, 2019

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

Receipts 3,139Last week 678Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	618	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	820	130.00	130.00
26	—	721	139.00–141.00	139.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	865	139.00	139.00
49	—	960	130.25–133.50	130.91
153	—	513	137.50–148.50	143.88
7	—	810	136.00	136.00
32	—	673	142.50–147.00	146.18
79	—	482	141.00–151.50	144.31
22	—	373	155.00–162.00	159.67
70	—	438	146.50–156.75	153.10
190	—	570	135.00–144.00	139.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	650	149.00	149.00
44	—	789	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	368	150.00	150.00
29	—	563	124.00–130.00	125.97
7	—	465	130.00	130.00
11	—	400	141.00	141.00
8	—	528	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	629	156.50	156.50
70	—	550	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	681	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	474	160.00	160.00
13	—	529	150.00	150.00
58	—	573	145.00–148.50	146.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	687	149.00	149.00
64	—	523	155.00–164.00	158.41
53	—	479	172.50–180.00	176.27
248	—	567	151.00–159.85	155.49
34	—	421	171.00–179.50	175.50
85	—	817	147.50–155.00	153.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	714	143.50	143.50
273	—	668	145.75–156.50	154.76
234	—	618	145.00–154.75	149.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	145.00	145.00
8	—	543	142.50	142.50
16	—	330	151.00	151.00
7	—	361	150.00	150.00
15	—	430	145.00–151.00	147.40
6	—	855	135.50	135.50
8	—	699	135.00	135.00
70	—	756	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	963	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	627	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	757	153.00	153.00

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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