Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifers calves 450-600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 440 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 $166.96/cwt on 1,552 head.

Average price

$166.96

1,552 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$13.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	167.71	927	1,464
Medium and Large 1-2	529	154.51	817	88

One grade step is worth $13.20/cwt here — about $109 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 sale1,552 hd

166.96

—

NE average12 barns · 20,824 hd

166.68

+0.28

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

44 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	—	652	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	621	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	824	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	307	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	488	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	145.94/cwt	145.00–147.35	855	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	438	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	637	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	351	151.33/cwt	146.00–153.00	531	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	195.23/cwt	194.50–196.00	802	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	884	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	692	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	991	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	456	185.07/cwt	184.00–186.50	844	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	730	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,048	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	492	178.67/cwt	177.00–179.50	879	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	170.36/cwt	166.50–175.75	898	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	792	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	115.25/cwt	112.00–118.00	713	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	468	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	693	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	150.17/cwt	146.50–156.50	799	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	380	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	865	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,159	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	531	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	348	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	158.29/cwt	153.00–160.00	992	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	402	177.81/cwt	175.00–183.00	715	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	433	187.69/cwt	187.00–191.00	813	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	616	147.29/cwt	142.50–150.00	907	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	816	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,102	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	876	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	134.98/cwt	132.50–140.00	709	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	155.59/cwt	151.00–160.00	728	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	414	163.10/cwt	156.00–165.25	675	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	137.22/cwt	136.00–138.50	788	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	989	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	822	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	593	146.27/cwt	146.00–146.50	867	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	455	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	769	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	163.18/cwt	161.00–164.75	930	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	157.39/cwt	157.00–157.75	1,047	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	332	176.49/cwt	174.00–178.00	586	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	346	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	171.27/cwt	170.50–173.00	814	16

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 Nov 8, 2019

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

Receipts 3,040Last week 2,504Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	130.00	130.00
21	—	621	132.75	132.75
9	—	468	148.00	148.00
56	—	574	136.00–138.50	137.22
6	—	770	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	307	159.00	159.00
166	—	586	145.00–147.35	145.94
156	—	532	146.50–156.50	150.17
185	—	468	151.00–160.00	155.59
61	—	414	156.00–165.25	163.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	438	145.50	145.50
15	—	330	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	351	146.00–153.00	151.33
10	—	553	138.00	138.00
61	—	525	132.50–140.00	134.98
6	—	400	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	812	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	411	194.50–196.00	195.23
12	—	380	198.00	198.00
61	—	451	194.25	194.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	576	153.50	153.50
25	—	692	143.25	143.25
8	—	865	134.00	134.00
51	—	616	142.50–150.00	147.29
14	—	816	135.00	135.00
16	—	475	170.50–173.00	171.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	456	184.00–186.50	185.07
53	—	433	187.00–191.00	187.69
12	—	346	184.50	184.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	730	143.50	143.50
163	—	492	177.00–179.50	178.67
306	—	527	166.50–175.75	170.36
242	—	627	153.00–160.00	158.29
29	—	402	175.00–183.00	177.81
278	—	570	161.00–164.75	163.18
89	—	665	157.00–157.75	157.39
13	—	332	174.00–178.00	176.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	495	160.00	160.00
8	—	531	156.00	156.00
47	—	593	146.00–146.50	146.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	348	164.00	164.00
18	—	455	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	619	112.00–118.00	115.25
6	—	679	121.00	121.00

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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