Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers 450-600 lbs sold 5.00 lower and steers 600-700 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Heifers 500-600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 600 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 $160.39/cwt on 1,204 head.

Average price

$160.39

1,204 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$13.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.59

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	593	160.75	953	1,173
Medium and Large 1-2	509	147.02	749	31

One grade step is worth $13.73/cwt here — about $205 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 sale1,204 hd

160.39

—

NE average10 barns · 13,445 hd

166.98

−6.59

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

36 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 1Unweaned	—	398	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	153.78/cwt	151.50–157.00	655	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	147.24/cwt	143.00–149.00	838	249
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	477	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	668	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	469	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	724	142.75/cwt	142.50–143.00	1,034	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	668	145.96/cwt	145.00–147.00	975	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	483	180.57/cwt	180.00–182.00	872	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,046	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	164.62/cwt	160.50–168.00	877	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	532	145.53/cwt	143.25–146.50	774	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	143.85/cwt	143.50–144.00	869	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	150.63/cwt	145.00–155.35	786	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	509	138.21/cwt	135.50–139.50	703	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	653	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	953	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	149.89/cwt	146.00–153.50	944	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	417	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	817	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	182.69/cwt	179.00–189.00	791	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	172.83/cwt	169.00–177.00	835	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	161.42/cwt	158.25–163.50	1,038	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	362	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	564	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	795	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	150.87/cwt	150.00–153.50	717	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	947	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	427	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	820	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	947	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	571	148.17/cwt	148.00–148.50	846	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	852	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	360	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	751	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,127	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	159.14/cwt	155.00–163.00	917	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	441	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	639	10

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 15, 2019

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

Receipts 3,003Last week 3,040Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	398	165.00	165.00
67	—	426	151.50–157.00	153.78
249	—	569	143.00–149.00	147.24
56	—	604	143.50–144.00	143.85
191	—	522	145.00–155.35	150.63
44	—	475	150.00–153.50	150.87
89	—	681	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	140.00	140.00
7	—	445	140.00	140.00
27	—	509	135.50–139.50	138.21
10	—	594	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	532	143.25–146.50	145.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	564	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	427	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	469	199.50	199.50
85	—	562	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	724	142.50–143.00	142.75
21	—	653	146.00	146.00
93	—	630	146.00–153.50	149.89
62	—	571	148.00–148.50	148.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	668	145.00–147.00	145.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	483	180.00–182.00	180.57
18	—	417	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	654	160.00	160.00
105	—	533	160.50–168.00	164.62
40	—	433	179.00–189.00	182.69
50	—	483	169.00–177.00	172.83
228	—	643	158.25–163.50	161.42
6	—	360	198.00	198.00
49	—	751	150.00	150.00
220	—	576	155.00–163.00	159.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	605	140.00	140.00
5	—	362	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	557	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	441	145.00	145.00

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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