Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2019-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and steers 600-700 lbs sold 7.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 higher and heifers 500-650 lbs sold 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd. Near 500 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 $145.28/cwt on 1,089 head.

Average price

$145.28

1,089 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$5.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	145.73	931	1,000
Medium and Large 1-2	515	140.16	722	89

One grade step is worth $5.57/cwt here — about $209 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 sale1,089 hd

145.28

—

NE average9 barns · 9,197 hd

148.59

−3.31

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

42 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	—	965	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,245	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	650	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	144.15/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,070	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	160.34/cwt	159.50–162.50	699	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	140.02/cwt	134.25–141.75	860	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	878	146.85/cwt	146.85–146.85	1,289	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	134.81/cwt	134.00–136.50	782	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,373	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	410	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	183.25/cwt	176.50–184.50	781	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	579	159.85/cwt	152.75–161.75	926	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	137.35/cwt	135.00–140.50	934	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	656	143.09/cwt	139.50–144.50	939	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	826	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,074	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,269	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	896	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	318	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	512	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	149.00/cwt	146.50–151.50	782	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	140.71/cwt	136.50–147.00	796	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	517	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	724	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,370	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	177.90/cwt	177.90–177.90	934	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	169.47/cwt	164.25–173.00	881	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	153.92/cwt	145.00–156.50	951	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	773	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,086	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	644	143.44/cwt	142.50–144.00	924	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	992	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,146	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,332	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	167.65/cwt	164.00–169.00	619	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	481	155.30/cwt	152.00–157.25	747	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	397	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	140.78/cwt	140.50–142.50	683	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	150.76/cwt	149.50–155.00	1,233	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	338	206.82/cwt	206.50–207.00	699	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	777	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	175.89/cwt	168.00–179.00	864	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	153.54/cwt	150.50–158.00	1,007	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	515	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	803	6

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 22, 2019

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

Receipts 2,780Last week 3,003Year 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
36	—	965	129.00	129.00
27	—	826	130.00	130.00
17	—	735	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	387	168.00	168.00
154	—	742	139.00–145.00	144.15
8	—	874	145.25	145.25
13	—	666	134.50	134.50
7	—	823	139.25	139.25
12	—	948	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	436	159.50–162.50	160.34
120	—	614	134.25–141.75	140.02
12	—	318	161.00	161.00
59	—	525	146.50–151.50	149.00
193	—	566	136.50–147.00	140.71
5	—	657	130.00	130.00
42	—	369	164.00–169.00	167.65
132	—	481	152.00–157.25	155.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	878	146.85	146.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	580	134.00–136.50	134.81
20	—	517	140.00	140.00
7	—	397	159.00	159.00
34	—	485	140.50–142.50	140.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	886	155.00	155.00
6	—	395	185.00	185.00
45	—	904	151.50	151.50
30	—	818	149.50–155.00	150.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	190.00	190.00
96	—	525	177.90	177.90
21	—	338	206.50–207.00	206.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	320	191.00	191.00
81	—	426	176.50–184.50	183.25
125	—	579	152.75–161.75	159.85
73	—	520	164.25–173.00	169.47
115	—	618	145.00–156.50	153.92
27	—	383	203.00	203.00
95	—	491	168.00–179.00	175.89
141	—	656	150.50–158.00	153.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	680	135.00–140.50	137.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	656	139.50–144.50	143.09
24	—	644	142.50–144.00	143.44
6	—	515	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	773	140.50	140.50

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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